George Washington University Profile

George Washington University

, DC 20052

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SAT is an imperfect predictor of college readiness and success and it is only one of many factors in admissions.
This report does not assume any particular merit or value in the SAT, it merely highlights institutional differences in distributions and mean averages.

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Admission Summary, 2023-24 Graduate
Domicile	Applied	Accepted	Acceptance Rate	Enrolled	Yield Rate	Rejected	Rejection Rate
In-State	9	8	89%	6	75%	1	11%
Out-of-State	38	17	45%	8	47%	21	55%

Fall Headcount Enrollment
Fall Term	Undergraduates	Graduate Students	Total
Fall 2014	230	1,861	2,091
Fall 2015	264	1,319	1,583
Fall 2016	356	1,271	1,627
Fall 2017	565	1,291	1,856
Fall 2018	625	1,100	1,725
Fall 2019	603	971	1,574
Fall 2020	578	772	1,350
Fall 2021	531	608	1,139
Fall 2022	459	535	994
Fall 2023	396	443	839

See the report E22: Fall Headcount: Trends in Race Ethnicity for definitions and additiional student levels.

Annualized Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Enrollment
Year	Undergraduate	Graduate	Total
1819	640	730	1,370
1920	605	623	1,228
2021	583	542	1,125
2122	582	440	1,022
2223	487	361	848

STEMH - Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Health Professions

85% of all students entering in 2012-13 either graduated within an Extended Time-to-Completion or were continuing their enrollment in the final year of observation. These Student Success Index results are based on students completing at any Virginia institution.

85% of all students entering in 2012-13 either graduated within an Extended Time-to-Completion or were continuing their enrollment in the final year of observation. These Student Success Index results are based on students completing at any Virginia institution.

Graduation Rates within Six Years

Groups with fewer than 10 students in the starting cohort will not display values. "Normal time" for an associate degree is two years, and four years for bachelor's degree, 150% of Normal time is three years and six years, respectively.

Students Transferring into George Washington University
in Fall and Spring of the Designated Year to the institutions below.
*Starting cohorts of fewer than 10 will not display a graduation rate.

Transfer Enrollment
	Average # New Transfers (2016-17 to 2019-20)	Average # NewTransfers (2016-17 to 2019-20) Graduation Rate	Average # New Transfers (2019-20 to 2022-23)
Blue Ridge Community College	0		0
Brightpoint Community College	1		1
Germanna Community College	1		2
J Sargeant Reynolds Community College	3		2
Laurel Ridge Community College	0		1
Mountain Gateway Community College	0		0
New River Community College	1		2
Northern Virginia Community College	141	91%	136
Piedmont Virginia Community College	0		0
Rappahannock Community College	0		0
Southside Virginia Community College	0		0
Southwest Virginia Community College	0		0
Tidewater Community College	2		3
Total Public Two-Year Institutions	153	91%	152
Virginia Community College System	153	91%	152
Virginia Peninsula Community College	1		2
Virginia Western Community College	0		0
Wytheville Community College	0		0

*Starting cohorts of fewer than 10 will not display a graduation rate.

Debt of 2021-22 Graduates, Total Loans
	Total Graduates		Total Borrowers		Total Borrowing
Degree Level	#	% of All Graduates	#	% of All Borrowers	Amount	% of Total
Bachelors	319	66%	204	71%	$5,936,644	56%
Graduate	168	34%	83	29%	$4,704,802	44%
Total	487	100%	287	100%	$10,641,446	100%

Note:

Associates: Includes graduates who received Bachelor's Credit and Occupational/Techincal Credit Associate degrees.
Bachelors: Includes graduates who received Four- and Five-Year Bachelor's degrees.
Graduate: Includes graduates who received Graduate Master's and Doctorate degrees.

Debt of Recent Graduates, Recent Trend
Year	Borrowers (n)	Borrowers (%)	25th Percentile	Median	Mean	75th Percentile
2017-18	149	68%	$ 12,500	$ 15,000	$ 19,281	$ 25,000
2018-19	218	64%	$ 12,500	$ 18,750	$ 21,627	$ 25,000
2019-20	237	68%	$ 12,500	$ 20,000	$ 23,947	$ 27,737
2020-21	211	67%	$ 12,500	$ 22,000	$ 23,098	$ 28,720
2021-22	204	64%	$ 12,500	$ 21,703	$ 25,206	$ 26,242

Student borrowing at graduation, excludes PLUS loans, in five-year rollups. Includes all known institutionally-processed
borrowing occuring at all public and nonprofit institutions in Virginia. Debt accrued outside Virginia in prior postsecondary activity
is not available.

George Washington University, Four-Year Bachelor's Degree
Earnings in 2022	Median Wage	Percentage of Graduates w/ Reported Wage
10 Years (2011-12 graduates)		20%
8 Years (2013-14 graduates)	$106,677	17%
5 Years (2016-17 graduates)	$91,449	27%
3 Years (2018-19 graduates)	$86,338	33%
18 Months (2020-21 graduates)	$75,353	37%

Only years/programs meeting disclosure rules will be displayed to protect individual confidentiality.

Wages in 2022
Years Post-Completion	10th Percentile	25th Percentile	Median	75th Percentile	90th Percentile
	80% of graduates with full-time wages fall within this range
10 Years (2011-12 graduates)
8 Years (2013-14 graduates)	$58,097	$79,161	$106,677	$150,089	$290,279
5 Years (2016-17 graduates)	$31,051	$66,425	$91,449	$116,980	$178,218
3 Years (2018-19 graduates)	$33,239	$61,805	$86,338	$101,358	$127,246
18 Months (2020-21 graduates)	$38,212	$58,565	$75,353	$87,613	$110,487

As reminder, the median value represents the very middle value of the sample of values (wage or debt) sorted from low to high. This value is found in the middle line of the barcharts.
The remaining values in the chart are constructed similarly, to display how wages and earnings are distributed. Thus, while the median tells us the middle wage, the values for the 25th and 75th percentiles tell us that half of the graduates with wages fall between those two values. Likewise, 80% of reported wages fall between the 10th and 90th percentiles. The length of each bar section clue to the dispersion in the data - that is, how much earnings can vary within a range a group of individuals.

Virgina Resident Tuition and Fees, General, 2024-25
Student Level	Tuition & Mandatory E&G Fees	Mandatory Non-E&G	Average Room & Board (1)	Total

Non-Resident Tuition and Fees, General, 2024-25
Student Level	Tuition & Mandatory E&G Fees	Mandatory Non-E&G	Average Room & Board (1)	Total

Notes/Definitions

Debt: All debt figures refer to education-related debt processed through institutions. i.e. student loans. Unless specified as PLUS loans for undergraduates, the student debt refers to loans taken out by the student, not by parents or relatives. Further, reported student debt calculations are based on graduates who borrowed only. This is why we report the percentage of students/graduates wth debt.

Sample Budgets: These estimates are from the Living Wage project at MIT and are based on the estimated cost of a single adult living in Virginia. Tax and FICA withholding estimates based on a single, unmarried filer.

Limits on the Display of Data

The most important limit to understand is that these short-term measures of outcomes are not meaningful for evaluating the effectiveness of institutions or programs. These are not measures of employment rates, nor they comparable to the so-called Gainful Employment metrics produced by the US Department of Education. These measure are meant to inform readers of the outcomes of graduates in the near-term following degree completion and represent individual behavior and local economies more than any other factor.

In order to protect confidentiality and to accommodate both the many small programs in the Commonwealth and the limits of the available data, these reports will display program-level data only under the following conditions:

1. Single-year data will not be reported at the level of institution, degree, and program, only rolling five-year aggregates. For example, graduates of 2005-06 will be reported with those of 2004-05, 2003-04, 2002-03, and 2001-02.

2. The number of wage-reported graduates must be equal to or greater than 15 with full-time wage equivalent (FTWE) reported wages.

3. At least 30% of the cohort of graduates must have been matched and reported with full-time wage equivalent (FTWE) reported wages, or 20% with a minimum of 200 graduates.

4. The current definition of FTWE is at least three quarters of wages must be reported for each year.

5. Wages and earnings are not adjusted for inflation.

The wage data included in these reports represent only the following individuals:
1. Graduates successfully matched to the Unemployment Insurance Wage records collected by the Virginia Employment Commission (VEC).
2. Graduates employed in Virginia by an entity that reports to the VEC. This excludes federal employees, including those within the Department of Defense.

What employers are subject to the Unemployment Tax and must be registered and file with the Virginia Employment Commission? They must have met one of the following criteria:

One or more employees (ten employees if your operation is agricultural) for some portion of a day during any 20 different weeks in a calendar year
A $1,500 or more total gross quarterly payroll ($20,000 if your business is agricultural; $1,000 if domestic labor)
Acquired a business subject to this tax
Been subject to the Federal Unemployment Tax
A governmental operation or political subdivision
A nonprofit organization under Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and had four or more employees for some portion of a day during any 20 different weeks in a calendar year

Source
These criteria mean that individuals working as consultants, independent contractors (including many psychologists, counselors, barbers, cosmetologists, IT workers, and P-14 wage employees of the Commonwealth) may be excluded, as are a list of others that may be found here.