+13%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Georgetown University rose 13% between 2021 and 2024 ($60.0k → $68.0k).
District of Columbia · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
Georgetown
Washington, District of Columbia. 7,462 undergraduate students. 160 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
Earnings, completion, debt, and enrollment anomalies at Georgetown
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Georgetown University fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (0.2% → 0.0%).
+13%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Georgetown University rose 13% between 2021 and 2024 ($60.0k → $68.0k).
+52%
Private nonprofit bachelor's-predominant peer
10-year earnings at Georgetown University are 52% above the private nonprofit bachelor's-predominant peer median ($103.5k vs $68.2k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
Georgetown earnings, debt, and completion vs. the District of Columbia median
Each tile compares this institution to the District of Columbia median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$103,494+24% · 6→10y
District of Columbia median $49,020$83,222
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry94.3%+6% · '97→'24
District of Columbia median 55.8%$13,500+2% · '97→'20
At program completion7,462+25% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS97.1%-0% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time13.1%-38% · '01→'24
latest cohort$65,081+181% · '00→'24
out-of-state $65,081SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How Georgetown earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings at Georgetown
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
1.7%Median federal debt $13,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $103,494 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Georgetown enrollment, completion, and debt over time
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
+25%
Georgetown · undergrad enrollment rose
6,040 → 7,569
+181%
Georgetown · in-state tuition rose
$24,168 → $68,017
+181%
Georgetown · out-of-state tuition rose
$24,168 → $68,017
-65%
Georgetown · cohort default rate fell
1.3% → 0.0%
+31%
Georgetown · earnings_median_10yr rose
$79,200 → $103,494
+32%
Georgetown · earnings_median_8yr rose
$67,300 → $88,766
+56%
Georgetown · earnings_median_6yr rose
$53,200 → $83,222
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Georgetown programs ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Business Administration, Management and Operations$175,402Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies$169,366Accounting and Related Services$165,279Law$163,738Computer Science$162,419Finance and Financial Management Services$152,931Real Estate$149,608Finance and Financial Management Services$149,302Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management$142,699Mathematics$138,020Management Information Systems and Services$135,935Human Resources Management and Services$126,185Medicine$124,419Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$120,851Health and Medical Administrative Services$120,217International Relations and National Security Studies$119,853Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities$119,188Science, Technology and Society$115,200International Business$114,222Public Policy Analysis$111,540Marketing$107,915Biotechnology$106,482Economics$104,787Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication$104,697
Showing top 24 of 45 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
45 Georgetown programs with earnings, grouped by field
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
FOREIGN LANGUAGES · CIP 16
LEGAL PROFESSIONS · CIP 22
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS · CIP 27
MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES · CIP 30
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
Business Administration, Management and Operations$175,402Finance and Financial Management Services$152,931Real Estate$149,608Finance and Financial Management Services$149,302Management Information Systems and Services$135,935Accounting and Related Services$165,279International Business$114,222Human Resources Management and Services$126,185Marketing$107,915Business Administration, Management and Operations$95,328
AREA, ETHNIC & CULTURAL STUDIES · CIP 05
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Georgetown
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$1,725,720
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 8
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $13,464
- HS-only baseline · DC
- $47,200
- Years to complete
- 7
- CIP family
- 22
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Institutions similar to Georgetown in District of Columbia
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Georgetown graduates earn $X” — not “Georgetown makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Georgetown caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.