unitid 131469 · Washington, DC · private nonprofit 4-year · city (large)
George Washington University
Private university in Washington, D.C., US
- founded
- 1821
- enrollment 2023
- 29,136
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
- website
- gwu.edu
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. wikipedia rev 1363856998 ↗
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private nonprofit 4-years
The record
admission rate
47%
18th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
undergraduates
11,182
98th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
Pell share
16%
undergrads on Pell grants
12th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
completion
84%
finish within 150% time
90th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$83,856
94th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$36,586
after aid, aided students
91st pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$90,873
after entry, Title IV students
96th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median grad debt
$20,449
22nd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $17,440 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k19%
- 30-48k11%
- 48-75k14%
- 75-110k14%
- 110k+43%
- Median family income
- $71,359
- First-generation students
- 16%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $67,710
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 4.4× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Law. | 550 | $142,941 | — |
| Public Health. | 550 | $91,259 | — |
| International Relations and National Security Studies. | 511 | $84,705 | $22,000 |
| International Relations and National Security Studies. | 358 | $109,649 | — |
| Political Science and Government. | 305 | $86,946 | $23,000 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 272 | $91,325 | $26,500 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 270 | $154,789 | — |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services. | 258 | $122,503 | — |
| Medicine. | 186 | $132,966 | — |
| Political Science and Government. | 176 | $106,800 | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 164 | $121,358 | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 156 | — | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
- sticker
- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
wikidata · 3,928 people recorded
Memory
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.
Field fingerprint — share of recorded alumni by field
Women among recorded alumni, by birth decade
People without a recorded gender are excluded; decades with fewer than 5 recorded alumni are dropped.
Wikipedia attention
monthly article views since 2015
most recorded occupationsresearcher (690) · basketball player (531) · politician (528) · lawyer (371) · university teacher (192) · military officer (185) · writer (144) · diplomat (129)
The portrait wall
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Mikheil Saakashvili
121 wikis · CC BY 4.0
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović
108 wikis · CC BY 4.0
David Lynch
105 wikis · CC BY 2.0
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
101 wikis · Public domain
Alec Baldwin
89 wikis · CC BY-SA 3.0
Courteney Cox
88 wikis · CC BY 3.0
Syngman Rhee
88 wikis · Public domain
Colin Powell
86 wikis · Public domain
Lee Myung-bak
77 wikis · KOGL Type 1
Juan Guaidó
76 wikis · CC BY-SA 4.0
Casey Affleck
69 wikis · CC BY 2.0
Elizabeth Warren
69 wikis · CC BY-SA 2.0
Kerry Washington
66 wikis · CC BY 4.0
J. Edgar Hoover
64 wikis · Public domain
Soh Jaipil
64 wikis · Public domain
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Provenance
- 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.
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