Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia · Private, nonprofit

Of 64 assessed programs, 62 leave graduates out-earning a typical District of Columbia high-school graduate (about $40,140/yr) and 2 fall short. Another 95 could not be assessed.

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Family income	Net price per year
Under $30k	$5,064
$30k to $48k	$12,155
$48k to $75k	$18,329
$75k to $110k	$26,459
$110k and up	$57,403
All families (average)	$40,815

Net price is the yearly cost after grants and scholarships, by family income (College Scorecard). It reflects students who received federal aid.

Program earnings vs a high-school graduate

Earnings are measured four years after completion when available. Where four-year earnings are suppressed, one-year earnings are shown and marked 1-year earnings. One-year and four-year figures reflect different career stages and should not be compared as if measured at the same time.

64 of 159 programs could be assessed 40% have an earnings verdict

Programs by earnings versus a typical District of Columbia high-school graduate.
Program	Degree	Median earnings	vs a high-school grad	Verdict	Median debt	Years to repay	Recent completers
Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies	Master's Degree	$171,631	+$131,491	clears the bar	$97,008	0.7 yrs	676
Law	First Professional Degree	$226,624	+$186,484	clears the bar	$162,286	0.9 yrs	660
Business Administration	Master's Degree	$188,160	+$148,020	clears the bar	$98,440	0.7 yrs	405
International Relations	Master's Degree	$118,569	+$78,429	clears the bar	$74,360	0.9 yrs	294
Political Science	Bachelor's Degree	$79,502	+$39,362	clears the bar	$15,384	0.4 yrs	270
International Relations	Bachelor's Degree	$82,197	+$42,057	clears the bar	$17,500	0.4 yrs	268
Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences	Master's Degree	$68,776	+$28,636	clears the bar	$78,000	2.7 yrs	255
Nursing	Master's Degree	$127,831	+$87,691	clears the bar	$127,131	1.4 yrs	245
Management Science	Master's Degree	$173,832 1-year earnings	+$133,692	clears the bar	$96,000	0.7 yrs	240
Finance	Bachelor's Degree	$152,744	+$112,604	clears the bar	$15,750	0.1 yrs	214
Medicine	First Professional Degree	$90,785	+$50,645	clears the bar	$249,194	4.9 yrs	197
Economics	Bachelor's Degree	$118,999	+$78,859	clears the bar	$15,500	0.2 yrs	181
IT Administration and Management	Master's Degree	$153,948	+$113,808	clears the bar	$40,837	0.4 yrs	173
Real Estate	Master's Degree	$154,778	+$114,638	clears the bar	$43,099	0.4 yrs	170
Intelligence, Command Control and Information Operations	Master's Degree	$113,928	+$73,788	clears the bar	$66,566	0.9 yrs	149
Kinesiology and Physical Education	Master's Degree	$81,035	+$40,895	clears the bar	$55,935	1.4 yrs	146
Finance	Master's Degree	$180,878	+$140,738	clears the bar	$74,347	0.5 yrs	142
Public Relations and Advertising	Master's Degree	$115,091	+$74,951	clears the bar	$49,149	0.7 yrs	140
Psychology	Bachelor's Degree	$99,007	+$58,867	clears the bar	$17,500	0.3 yrs	106
Management Science	Bachelor's Degree	$92,963 1-year earnings	+$52,823	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	104
Area Studies	Master's Degree	$91,661	+$51,521	clears the bar	$76,142	1.5 yrs	99
Economics	Master's Degree	$99,537	+$59,397	clears the bar	$69,649	1.2 yrs	88
Science, Technology and Society	Bachelor's Degree	$89,228	+$49,088	clears the bar	$13,625	0.3 yrs	84
International Business	Bachelor's Degree	$159,452	+$119,312	clears the bar	$14,394	0.1 yrs	79
Marketing	Bachelor's Degree	$105,944	+$65,804	clears the bar	$17,000	0.3 yrs	79
English	Bachelor's Degree	$78,370	+$38,230	clears the bar	$16,000	0.4 yrs	77
Biology	Bachelor's Degree	$77,132	+$36,992	clears the bar	$17,380	0.5 yrs	71
Human Resources	Master's Degree	$109,895	+$69,755	clears the bar	$59,620	0.9 yrs	70
Homeland Security	Master's Degree	$108,885	+$68,745	clears the bar	$62,182	0.9 yrs	69
Public Policy Analysis	Master's Degree	$110,634	+$70,494	clears the bar	$99,635	1.4 yrs	59
Accounting	Bachelor's Degree	$141,931	+$101,791	clears the bar	$17,500	0.2 yrs	53
Radio, TV and Digital Media	Master's Degree	$88,001	+$47,861	clears the bar	$74,237	1.6 yrs	50
Mathematics	Bachelor's Degree	$127,760	+$87,620	clears the bar	$17,500	0.2 yrs	50
Business Administration	Bachelor's Degree	$117,733	+$77,593	clears the bar	$14,975	0.2 yrs	50
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Master's Degree	$66,282 1-year earnings	+$26,142	clears the bar	$62,607	2.4 yrs	48
Computer Science	Bachelor's Degree	$143,900	+$103,760	clears the bar	$15,750	0.2 yrs	46
Biotechnology	Master's Degree	$126,361	+$86,221	clears the bar	$77,949	0.9 yrs	46
History	Bachelor's Degree	$75,501	+$35,361	clears the bar	$16,640	0.5 yrs	46
Nursing	Doctoral Degree	$197,197 1-year earnings	+$157,057	clears the bar	$212,494	1.4 yrs	44
International Business	Master's Degree	$145,272	+$105,132	clears the bar	$78,681	0.7 yrs	44
Sociology	Bachelor's Degree	$40,079 1-year earnings	-$61	falls short	$13,266	insufficient data	40
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology	Master's Degree	$97,357	+$57,217	clears the bar	$71,610	1.3 yrs	35
Statistics	Master's Degree	$143,619	+$103,479	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	34
Biological and Physical Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	$22,631 1-year earnings	-$17,509	falls short	$14,750	insufficient data	34
Political Science	Master's Degree	$79,929	+$39,789	clears the bar	$65,578	1.6 yrs	31
Public Health	Master's Degree	$58,917 1-year earnings	+$18,777	clears the bar	$87,819	4.7 yrs	31
Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution	Bachelor's Degree	$73,534	+$33,394	clears the bar	$13,249	0.4 yrs	30
Nursing	Bachelor's Degree	$84,915 1-year earnings	+$44,775	clears the bar	$14,000	0.3 yrs	30
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	$70,025	+$29,885	clears the bar	$17,500	0.6 yrs	27
Healthcare Administration	Bachelor's Degree	$143,686	+$103,546	clears the bar	$17,500	0.2 yrs	26
City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning	Master's Degree	$80,847	+$40,707	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	23
Public Health	Bachelor's Degree	$50,415 1-year earnings	+$10,275	clears the bar	$12,000	1.2 yrs	23
Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution	Master's Degree	$91,038	+$50,898	clears the bar	$104,270	2.0 yrs	21
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$51,388 1-year earnings	+$11,248	clears the bar	$17,000	1.5 yrs	20
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services	Bachelor's Degree	$65,574	+$25,434	clears the bar	$17,500	0.7 yrs	19
Liberal Arts and General Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$112,722	+$72,582	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	18
Journalism	Master's Degree	$90,356	+$50,216	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	17
Education	Master's Degree	$62,647 1-year earnings	+$22,507	clears the bar	$65,500	2.9 yrs	13
Hospitality Management	Master's Degree	$85,539	+$45,399	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Museology/Museum Studies	Master's Degree	$62,965	+$22,825	clears the bar	$91,096	4.0 yrs	10
English	Master's Degree	$101,463	+$61,323	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Healthcare Administration	Master's Degree	$137,887	+$97,747	clears the bar	$80,900	0.8 yrs	1
Management Information Systems	Bachelor's Degree	$138,263	+$98,123	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies	First Professional Degree	$99,212	+$59,072	clears the bar	$170,377	2.9 yrs	insufficient data
Social Sciences	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	111
Computational Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	62
Educational Administration	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	53
Neuroscience	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	37
Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	27
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	25
Area Studies	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	24
Nursing	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	24
Neuroscience	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	19
Philosophy	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	17
Legal Support Services	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Economics	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
History	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Liberal Arts and General Studies	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Pharmacology and Toxicology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Public Administration	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Anthropology	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Chemistry	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Educational/Instructional Media Design	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Physics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Fine Arts	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Computer Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Interdisciplinary Studies	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Religion/Religious Studies	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
History	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Liberal Arts and General Studies	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Neuroscience	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Music	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Medical Clinical Sciences/Graduate Medical Studies	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Natural Resources and Conservation	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Political Science	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Medical Illustration and Informatics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Health Professions Education, Ethics, and Humanities	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Gerontology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Religion/Religious Studies	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Chemistry	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Physics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Computer Science	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Biology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Philosophy	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Philosophy	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Religion/Religious Studies	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Physics	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Psychology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Management Information Systems	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Area Studies	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Computer Science	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Chemistry	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Theatre	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Engineering-Related Fields	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Biology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	First Professional Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences	First Professional Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Pharmacology and Toxicology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Neuroscience	First Professional Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Medieval and Renaissance Studies	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Science, Technology and Society	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
International/Globalization Studies	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Psychology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Earnings are medians measured four years after completion where available (programs shown with a 1-year figure are marked), compared with the state high-school-graduate benchmark ($40,140/yr). Debt is federal loans only. Suppressed values are shown as insufficient data, never imputed. Figures describe past graduates and are never a promise.