Admissions & selectivity
Georgetown University Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at Georgetown University?
Georgetown University’s reported acceptance rate is 12.9%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 12.9%
Source: College Scorecard · Fall 2024 admissions. Acceptance rates can change from year to year; this figure does not predict the current or next admission cycle.
Source: Georgetown University Common Data Set 2025-26, C1 · first-time, first-year students.
How to interpret the acceptance rate
Georgetown University admits 12.9% of applicants, a rate far below the median of 71.2% for comparable institutions (same type and size). In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 26,822 first-year applicants and 3,618 admitted students, with 1,589 enrolling.
What SAT and ACT scores do enrolled Georgetown University students report?
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported that among enrolled first-year students who submitted SAT scores, the middle half scored between 1405 and 1530. The median was 1480.
78% of the entering class submitted an SAT score. For the ACT, the middle half of enrolled submitters scored between 32 and 35, with a median of 34.
32% of enrolled students submitted an ACT score. These ranges describe the enrolled students who chose to submit scores, not a minimum for admission.
Among enrolled first-year students with a reported class rank, 87% graduated in the highest tenth of their high school class and 97% in the highest quarter.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Georgetown University. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
78% of entering students submitted SAT scores
- 25th percentile
- 1405
- Median
- 1480
- 75th percentile
- 1530
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
32% of entering students submitted ACT scores
- 25th percentile
- 32
- Median
- 34
- 75th percentile
- 35
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Source: Georgetown University Common Data Set 2025-26, C9 · Enrolled first-time, first-year score submitters.
Who enrolls at Georgetown University?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 10.1%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 5.2%
- First-year retention
- 96.8%
Retention source: College Scorecard; full-time first-year retention.
About these student measures
The entering-student group includes part-time entrants as well as other attendance patterns.
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, Georgetown University reported 26,822 first-year applicants, 3,618 admitted, and 1,589 enrolled. The university also reported 2,878 transfer applicants, 319 admitted, and 190 enrolled.
7,569 undergraduates attend the university. 10.1% receive Pell Grants, and an estimated 5.2% enter as transfers or part-time students.
The student body is drawn mainly from traditional first-year applicants, with limited representation from either group.
Georgetown University retains 96.8% of first-year students, well above the 83.4% median for comparable institutions. The six-year graduation rate for the first-time full-time cohort is 94.8%, against a peer median of 68.8%.
Pell Grant recipients in that cohort complete at 86.7%, which is 8.1 percentage points below the overall rate. Enrolled students can expect strong persistence and completion outcomes, with the understanding that Pell recipients finish at a lower rate than the cohort as a whole.
Data & methodology
Sources and reporting periods: methodology.
Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.
Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.
Admission rates describe past applicants, not an individual’s chance of admission; confirm requirements and deadlines with the institution.
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