Georgetown University has released its school-by-school acceptance rates for students applying during the 2019-2020 admissions cycle for the D.C. university’s Class of 2024.
Georgetown continues to be one of the most proactively transparent universities when it comes to sharing both its overall acceptance rate and its acceptance rates broken down at the school level (Business, Foreign Service, Arts and Sciences, and Nursing). We wish more selective universities would follow Georgetown’s lead. Georgetown, of course, always has a lot of impressive statistics to share.
“This year, the Admissions Committee reviewed more than 21,300 applications and offered admission to 15% of these candidates. Because of the precautions against COVID-19 that we have been asked by the University to take, for the first time we are not sending decision letters in the mail. Admissions decisions were posted in the applicant portal on March 20. Students can view and print their decision letters from their applicant portals.” shared Charles A. Deacon, Georgetown University’s Dean of Undergraduate Admissions.
Deacon went on to add that financial aid decisions will be sent by the Office of Student Financial Services early this week and that candidates accepting a place on Georgetown’s Waiting List will be informed of their status by May 15. “As the Waiting List is not ranked in advance, it is not possible to offer an estimate of chances of admission.”
Of note, in just the past two years, the number of students who have applied to Georgetown College has dropped by 1,126 students, which represents the bulk in Georgetown’s overall drop in applicants over the past two years (which totals 1,579). While total applications are not where they were at their peak, Georgetown is still accepting students at roughly the same rate as it has in recent years. When reviewing the table below, do note that rows with an asterisk (*) are filled with statistics reflecting numbers applicable to admitted students only.
| Georgetown College | Walsh School of Foreign Service | McDonough School of Business | School of Nursing & Health Studies | Total | |
Applied | 12,683 | 4,027 | 3,219 | 1,389 | 21,318 |
Admitted | 1,950 | 590 | 543 | 226 | 3,309 |
| Admission Rate | 15% | 15% | 17% | 16% | 15% |
| *Mean Class Rank Percentile | 94.5% | 95.4% | 93.3% | 95.0% | 94.5% |
*Middle 50% SAT EBRW | 710-770 | 730-770 | 690-760 | 700-770 | 710-770 |
*Middle 50% SAT Math | 710-790 | 730-790 | 730-800 | 710-790 | 720-790 |
| *Middle 50% ACT Composite | 32-35 | 33-35 | 32-35 | 32-35 | 32-35 |
Recent Acceptance Rates of Candidates From the Waiting List
| 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | |
| Georgetown College | 6% | None | 14% | 7% | 14% | 12% | 10% | 7% |
| McDonough School of Business | 3% | None | 3% | 1% | 4% | None | 6% | 10% |
| School of Nursing & Health Studies | 11% | 14% | 9% | 28% | 4% | 22% | None | 10% |
| Walsh School of Foreign Service | 3% | None | None | None | 17% | 13% | 8% | 6% |
Again, thanks for the transparency Georgetown. Hopefully the Class of 2024 will be able to start on campus safe and well in a few months.
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