How this school serves students from different economic backgrounds, including Pell students, first-generation pathways, and long-term mobility outcomes.
George Washington University admits about 47.1% of applicants. Among admitted students who submitted scores, the middle 50% scored between 1,350 and 1,500 on the SAT or between 31 and 34 on the ACT (interquartile range). Among enrolled undergraduates, 15.8% receive Pell Grants and 16.1% are first-generation college students — figures that reflect the university's position as a selective private institution in Washington, DC. Transfer enrollment stands at 19.4% of the student body. Azimuth ranks George Washington University #439 for access among nonprofit four-year institutions. The access ranking reflects the structural tension common to selective private universities: a relatively narrow Pell share limits the number of low-income and first-generation students who benefit from the institution's outcomes, even as those outcomes remain strong for students who do enroll. For graduates from low-income backgrounds, median earnings reach $95,600 on a historical ten-year Scorecard measure, placing this cohort in the 99.2 percentile for low-income graduate earnings among nonprofit four-year institutions. The six-year graduation rate is 84.0%, and Pell-eligible students complete at 74.5% — a meaningful signal that low-income students who gain admission tend to finish. Azimuth ranks George Washington University #304 for mobility among nonprofit four-year institutions. As Azimuth's analysis of access versus outcomes at scale explores, the pattern here is familiar for selective private institutions: low-income students who gain admission to George Washington University complete at high rates and achieve strong post-graduation earnings — but the institution's admission scale and Pell share limit how broadly that mobility pathway reaches across the income spectrum.
George Washington University admits about 47.1% of applicants. Among admitted students who submitted scores, the middle 50% scored between 1,350 and 1,500 on the SAT or between 31 and 34 on the ACT (interquartile range). Among enrolled undergraduates, 15.8% receive Pell Grants and 16.1% are first-generation college students — figures that reflect the university's position as a selective private institution in Washington, DC. Transfer enrollment stands at 19.4% of the student body. Azimuth ranks George Washington University #439 for access among nonprofit four-year institutions. The access ranking reflects the structural tension common to selective private universities: a relatively narrow Pell share limits the number of low-income and first-generation students who benefit from the institution's outcomes, even as those outcomes remain strong for students who do enroll. For graduates from low-income backgrounds, median earnings reach $95,600 on a historical ten-year Scorecard measure, placing this cohort in the 99.2 percentile for low-income graduate earnings among nonprofit four-year institutions. The six-year graduation rate is 84.0%, and Pell-eligible students complete at 74.5% — a meaningful signal that low-income students who gain admission tend to finish. Azimuth ranks George Washington University #304 for mobility among nonprofit four-year institutions. As Azimuth's analysis of access versus outcomes at scale explores, the pattern here is familiar for selective private institutions: low-income students who gain admission to George Washington University complete at high rates and achieve strong post-graduation earnings — but the institution's admission scale and Pell share limit how broadly that mobility pathway reaches across the income spectrum.
George Washington University admits about 47.1% of applicants. Among admitted students who submitted scores, the middle 50% scored between 1,350 and 1,500 on the SAT or between 31 and 34 on the ACT (interquartile range). Among enrolled undergraduates, 15.8% receive Pell Grants and 16.1% are first-generation college students — figures that reflect the university's position as a selective private institution in Washington, DC. Transfer enrollment stands at 19.4% of the student body. Azimuth ranks George Washington University #439 for access among nonprofit four-year institutions. The access ranking reflects the structural tension common to selective private universities: a relatively narrow Pell share limits the number of low-income and first-generation students who benefit from the institution's outcomes, even as those outcomes remain strong for students who do enroll. For graduates from low-income backgrounds, median earnings reach $95,600 on a historical ten-year Scorecard measure, placing this cohort in the 99.2 percentile for low-income graduate earnings among nonprofit four-year institutions. The six-year graduation rate is 84.0%, and Pell-eligible students complete at 74.5% — a meaningful signal that low-income students who gain admission tend to finish. Azimuth ranks George Washington University #304 for mobility among nonprofit four-year institutions. As Azimuth's analysis of access versus outcomes at scale explores, the pattern here is familiar for selective private institutions: low-income students who gain admission to George Washington University complete at high rates and achieve strong post-graduation earnings — but the institution's admission scale and Pell share limit how broadly that mobility pathway reaches across the income spectrum.
