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George Washington University

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  1. Families earning under $30k paid $17,440 a year after grants and aid, against a published cost of $83,856.

  2. Students who received federal aid earned a median $90,873 ten years after entering, the 96th percentile among private nonprofit 4-years.

  3. 84% of students finish within 150% of normal time.

Founded
1821
Enrollment, 2023
29,136
Website
gwu.edu
Campus of George Washington University

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The George Washington University is a private federally chartered research university in Washington, D.C., United States. Originally named Columbian College, it was chartered in 1821 by the United States Congress and is the first university founded under Washington, D.C.'s jurisdiction. It is one of six federally chartered universities in the United States.

From the Wikipedia article “George Washington University”, revision 1363856998, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

What it costs

The published sticker cost is $83,856 a year; after grants, families who received aid paid between $17,292 and $55,337 a year depending on income at George Washington University.

Statement of cost · George Washington University

Family income (per year)
Sticker costPublished yearly cost of attendance, all students
$83,856
What families earning under $30k paidYearly net price after grants, for students receiving federal aid
$17,440
Average net price, all incomesAided students, all family incomes
$36,586
In-state tuition & feesLatest reported, 2024
$67,710

Each figure is reported separately; none is computed from another.

Net price by family income

Pick an income bracket above; the marked point follows. Dollars are what aided families paid each year after grants.

Yearly net price by family income, in dollars

under $30k: $17,440; $30–48k: $17,292; $48–75k: $22,080; $75–110k: $28,100; over $110k: $55,337. Shaded band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years, from $17,360 to $28,210; dotted line at the median, $22,313.
  • Shaded: the middle half of private nonprofit 4-years (all incomes), $17,360 to $28,210. Dotted line: the median, $22,313.
Table of the same numbers
Average yearly net price by family income bracket
Family incomePaid per year
Under $30k$17,440
$30k–$48k$17,292
$48k–$75k$22,080
$75k–$110k$28,100
Over $110k$55,337

College Scorecard, 2023–24 aid cohort (students who received federal aid)

What graduates earn and owe

Ten years after entry, the median federally aided student here earns $90,873; the median graduate who borrowed owes $20,449.

Statement, continued

Earnings, 6 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
$71,607
Earnings, 8 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
$78,974
Median earnings 10 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
96th percentile among private nonprofit 4-years
$90,873
Median debt, graduatesStudents who finished and borrowed federal loans.
22nd percentile among private nonprofit 4-years
$20,449
Median debt, all who borrowedEveryone who borrowed, whether or not they finished.
$19,500

Earnings and debt come from federal aid records, so students who never received federal aid are not counted.

Earnings after entry

The shaded band is the middle half of private nonprofit 4-years at 10 years: $43,845 to $62,830.

6 yrs after entry: $71,607; 8 yrs after entry: $78,974; 10 yrs after entry: $90,873. Median graduate debt: $20,449. Shaded band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years at 10 years, from $43,845 to $62,830; dotted line at the median, $52,889.
  • Shaded: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years, 10 years out ($43,845 to $62,830); dotted line is the median.
  • Dashed: median graduate debt, $20,449.

Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Hollow marks are rungs with no reported value, not zero.

Table of the same numbers
Earnings after entry and graduate debt
MeasureDollars
Median earnings, 6 yrs after entry$71,607
Median earnings, 8 yrs after entry$78,974
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry$90,873
Median graduate debt$20,449

College Scorecard, federal tax and aid records

What programs pay

Median earnings five years after completing, by field of study. Small programs are privacy-suppressed and shown as not reported, never zero.

What programs pay at George Washington University
ProgramCredentialGraduatesEarnings, 5 yrsMedian debt
LawFirst Professional Degree550$142,941not reported
Public HealthMaster's Degree550$91,259not reported
International Relations and National Security StudiesBachelor's Degree511$84,705$22,000
International Relations and National Security StudiesMaster's Degree358$109,649not reported
Political Science and GovernmentBachelor's Degree305$86,946$23,000
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingBachelor's Degree272$91,325$26,500
Business Administration, Management and OperationsMaster's Degree270$154,789not reported
Health and Medical Administrative ServicesMaster's Degree258$122,503not reported
MedicineFirst Professional Degree186$132,966not reported
Political Science and GovernmentMaster's Degree176$106,800not reported
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingMaster's Degree164$121,358not reported
Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's Degree156not reportednot reported
Show all 26 programs
Remaining programs
ProgramCredentialGraduatesEarnings, 5 yrsMedian debt
Legal Research and Advanced Professional StudiesMaster's Degree140$113,751not reported
Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementMaster's Degree134not reportednot reported
Public HealthBachelor's Degree129$74,440$23,822
Computer ScienceMaster's Degree121not reportednot reported
Engineering-Related FieldsMaster's Degree113$133,602not reported
EconomicsBachelor's Degree112$104,484$23,250
Systems EngineeringMaster's Degree110$146,616not reported
Psychology, GeneralBachelor's Degree110$73,005not reported
Engineering-Related FieldsDoctoral Degree1not reportednot reported
Human Resources Management and ServicesDoctoral Degree15$204,153not reported
Human Resources Management and ServicesGraduate/Professional Certificate47not reportednot reported
Computer ScienceBachelor's Degree55$124,419$19,500
Information Science/StudiesMaster's Degree43$129,307not reported
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingGraduate/Professional Certificate23$119,328not reported

Source: College Scorecard field-of-study data.

Who goes here

George Washington University: 11,182 undergraduates; 16% of students receive Pell grants; 47% of applicants are admitted.

Admission rate

47%

18th percentile among private nonprofit 4-years

Undergraduates

11,182

98th percentile among private nonprofit 4-years

Pell share

16%

of undergraduates receive Pell grants

12th percentile among private nonprofit 4-years

Completion

84%

finish within 150% of normal time

90th percentile among private nonprofit 4-years

First-generation

16%

parents did not attend college

Median family income

$71,359

83rd percentile among private nonprofit 4-years

Students by family income

Share of students in each family-income bracket, for students who received federal aid.

  • Under $30k19%
  • $30k–$48k11%
  • $48k–$75k14%
  • $75k–$110k14%
  • Over $110k43%
Show as a table
Students by family income
Family incomeShare of students
Under $30k19%
$30k–$48k11%
$48k–$75k14%
$75k–$110k14%
Over $110k43%

Who Wikipedia remembers

Wikidata records 3,928 people who studied at George Washington University, most often in science & academia (30%). That is the archive's memory, not a census.

What the recorded alumni are remembered for

Share of recorded people by field, in a fixed order so schools compare.

Fields of the people the archive recorded for this school, in a fixed order: science & academia 30% (1,225 people); medicine 2.3% (92 people); law 10% (414 people); politics & gov 16% (653 people); business 4.5% (182 people); engineering & tech 1.9% (78 people); writing & journalism 7.5% (306 people); film & stage 2.2% (90 people); music 0.8% (33 people); visual arts 2.3% (95 people); sports 15% (598 people); religion 0.4% (17 people); military 7.1% (290 people). These are shares of people recorded in Wikidata, the archive's memory, not a census of alumni.
Table of the same numbers
Fields of the people the archive recorded for this school (the archive's memory, not a census)
FieldPeople recordedShare
science & academia1,22530.1%
medicine922.3%
law41410.2%
politics & gov65316.0%
business1824.5%
engineering & tech781.9%
writing & journalism3067.5%
film & stage902.2%
music330.8%
visual arts952.3%
sports59814.7%
religion170.4%
military2907.1%

Source: Wikidata, via the archive's memory (not a census).

most recorded occupationsresearcher (690) · basketball player (531) · politician (528) · lawyer (371) · university teacher (192) · military officer (185) · writer (144) · diplomat (129)

Women among recorded alumni, by birth decade

Counts reflect who the archive records, not a census.

Share of women among recorded alumni, from 20% for the 1830s to 43% for the 2000s. Decades with fewer than 5 recorded people are not drawn, and 6 decades are marked not reported for women. The line breaks at every decade not drawn.

Counts only people the archive records with a gender. Hollow marks are decades with no women reported or fewer than 5 recorded, not zero.

Table of the same numbers
Recorded alumni by birth decade
BornWomenMenShare women
1770snot reported1not reported
1790snot reported3not reported
1800snot reported6not reported
1810snot reported9not reported
1820snot reported7not reported
1830s1420%
1840snot reported25not reported
1850s2209%
1860s73318%
1870s75911%
1880s85014%
1890s205826%
1900s238621%
1910s2913318%
1920s3219314%
1930s3716918%
1940s6521323%
1950s7917931%
1960s5314727%
1970s5612132%
1980s509834%
1990s324641%
2000s131743%

Source: Wikidata, via the archive's memory (not a census).

Wikipedia attention, by month

Wikipedia attention

monthly views

Monthly Wikipedia article views from 2015-07 to 2026-06; peak 48,110 in 2019-01.
Table of the same numbers
Wikipedia article views by month
MonthViews
2026-0619,884
2026-0524,675
2026-0426,383
2026-0331,508
2026-0228,062
2026-0126,467
2025-1222,600
2025-1123,413
2025-1026,873
2025-0925,122
2025-0824,707
2025-0722,936
2025-0625,219
2025-0526,592
2025-0427,849
2025-0332,473
2025-0226,790
2025-0130,747
2024-1227,709
2024-1129,889
2024-1027,044
2024-0926,812
2024-0829,074
2024-0725,989
2024-0624,815
2024-0535,599
2024-0434,333
2024-0333,615
2024-0229,543
2024-0135,862
2023-1229,043
2023-1127,659
2023-1032,012
2023-0928,599
2023-0831,993
2023-0731,031
2023-0630,575
2023-0534,012
2023-0432,911
2023-0335,914
2023-0230,211
2023-0132,358
2022-1227,722
2022-1128,849
2022-1030,352
2022-0927,146
2022-0830,166
2022-0727,752
2022-0628,513
2022-0528,992
2022-0431,624
2022-0330,591
2022-0227,163
2022-0127,312
2021-1226,352
2021-1126,665
2021-1031,700
2021-0926,236
2021-0826,868
2021-0726,905
2021-0620,786
2021-0526,487
2021-0434,416
2021-0329,190
2021-0227,350
2021-0134,673
2020-1232,859
2020-1138,586
2020-1031,770
2020-0929,568
2020-0829,048
2020-0731,885
2020-0633,081
2020-0539,132
2020-0438,701
2020-0334,544
2020-0234,816
2020-0135,505
2019-1238,381
2019-1135,106
2019-1036,403
2019-0931,636
2019-0833,416
2019-0731,516
2019-0629,933
2019-0534,646
2019-0440,676
2019-0345,003
2019-0237,393
2019-0148,110
2018-1229,087
2018-1128,973
2018-1035,592
2018-0937,921
2018-0839,079
2018-0735,903
2018-0631,828
2018-0540,068
2018-0445,699
2018-0341,143
2018-0230,090
2018-0132,002
2017-1228,998
2017-1128,262
2017-1028,666
2017-0926,960
2017-0830,685
2017-0728,223
2017-0629,701
2017-0535,311
2017-0441,426
2017-0345,857
2017-0244,445
2017-0144,448
2016-1236,208
2016-1137,427
2016-1035,665
2016-0931,167
2016-0831,522
2016-0730,021
2016-0628,024
2016-0531,618
2016-0437,251
2016-0339,781
2016-0228,974
2016-0128,382
2015-1225,883
2015-1127,327
2015-1027,688
2015-0926,672
2015-0825,971
2015-0725,875

Source: Wikimedia pageviews.

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Ordered by Wikipedia footprint (language editions).

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These are the nearest neighbors in the same sector. The list is not an ordering.

Sources & caveats

Figures come from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. Built 2026-07-17.

not reported
Not reported: suppressed for privacy or never collected. It is not zero, and nothing has been filled in.
Percentiles
A percentile compares this school with others in its own sector (for example, public 4-year schools). It describes position, not quality.
Earnings
Earnings cover students who received federal (Title IV) aid, measured from the year they entered. Students who never received federal aid are not included.
Provenance notes
  • U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
  • Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
  • Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.
  • Wikidata is not an alumni census: a person appears only when volunteer editors record them. Counts measure the archive's memory - access x achievement x documentation - never placement rates or institutional quality.
  • Images are from Wikimedia Commons under free licenses. Render the credit line (artist + license) with every image.

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