Georgetown University Student Population

How many students at GU?

For the academic year 2024-2025, Georgetown University has a total enrollment of 20,031 students, including 7,833 undergraduate and 12,198 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 8,833 male students (44.1%) and 11,198 female students (55.9%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 7,588 White students (37.9%) and 2,537 Asian students (12.7%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 7,833 undergraduate students (39.1%) and 12,198 graduate students (60.9%).
• Class Delivery: 2,625 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 1,344 students take a hybrid mix of online and on-campus courses.

Compared to similar private (not-for-profit) Research University (very high research activity) - which average 19,644 - GU's body is almost same.

Explore complete student demographics below, including gender ratio, race and ethnicity, age distribution, and distance learning statistics.

Enrollment by Gender and Class Level

By gender, 8,833 male (44.10%) and 11,198 female (55.90%) students are attending Georgetown University. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 78.88.

By class level, 7,833 (39.10%) are undergraduate students and 12,198 (60.90%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 41.30% are male and 58.70% are female, while among graduate students, 45.89% are male and 54.11% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 7,588 White, 1,185 Black, and 2,537 Asian students out of a total of 20,031 are attending at Georgetown University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Georgetown University is highly diverse with a diversity index of 80.5% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, GU has 107 students under 18 years old and 150 students over 65 years old. There are 11,237 students under 25 years old, and 8,770 students over 25 years old out of 20,031 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 107 students are younger than 18 and 133 students are older than 65. GU has 7,270 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 554 students aged 25 and over.

It has 3,967 graduate students aged under 25 and 8,216 students aged 25 and over.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Georgetown University, 2,625 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,344 students are enrolled in some online courses.

146 students who live in District of Columbia or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2,479 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 7,833 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 84 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 1.07%.