Outcomes
Earnings trajectory
Earnings across the first decade (P25 / median / P75)
Median earnings · 10yr
$44,092
Cost-adjusted: $41,204
Median debt (completers)
$10,643
Debt/earnings ratio: 0.24
3-yr default rate
0.4%
Economic mobility (Opportunity Insights)
Mobility rate
1.5%
Bottom → top quintile
Access Q1
9.2%
% from bottom quintile
Success rate Q1
16.4%
Q1 students reaching Q5
- • Federal default rate 0.4% — well below national average.
Independent ROI ranking
Georgetown's Center on Education and the Workforce ranked this school #1,500 of 4,419 US colleges by 40-year return on investment — the net present value of attending after costs.
10-year NPV
$203,000
20-year NPV
$495,000
40-year NPV
$932,000
Georgetown University CEW, Ranking 4,500 Colleges by ROI (2022)