Outcomes
Earnings trajectory
Earnings across the first decade (P25 / median / P75)
Median earnings · 10yr
$80,735
Cost-adjusted: $72,918
Median debt (completers)
$15,000
Debt/earnings ratio: 0.19
3-yr default rate
0.0%
Economic mobility (Opportunity Insights)
Mobility rate
6.8%
Bottom → top quintile
Access Q1
12.2%
% from bottom quintile
Success rate Q1
55.3%
Q1 students reaching Q5
- • High mobility score — moves 6.8% of students from bottom to top quintile.
- • Federal default rate 0.0% — well below national average.
Independent ROI ranking
Georgetown's Center on Education and the Workforce ranked this school #116 of 4,419 US colleges by 40-year return on investment — the net present value of attending after costs.
10-year NPV
$202,000
20-year NPV
$743,000
40-year NPV
$1,551,000
Georgetown University CEW, Ranking 4,500 Colleges by ROI (2022)