Washington, DC
George Washington University
https://www.gwu.eduRepayment outcome
95.3%
of borrowers were paying down their loan principal five years after entering repayment. Higher means more graduates can afford what they borrowed.
Money
$42,100–$96,100
middle 50% · median $64,500
Federal aid recipients · 10 yrs after entry · US Dept of Ed
College Scorecard reports earnings 10 years after a student first enrolled, not after graduation. The sample includes only federal aid recipients and counts non-completers alongside graduates, which can pull the number down at selective schools where many students never borrow. Treat it as a conservative floor, not a forecast.
Net price
after grants & scholarships
$30,206
Median debt
of borrowers at graduation
$22,723
Sticker price
before any aid
$58,925
Default rate
1.4%
Earnings by major
Median 1–2 yrs after completion · Scorecard field-of-study data
A different measurement than the 10-year headline above. These are early-career numbers for students who finished the degree, 1–2 years out — they tend to read higher because they exclude non-completers and are measured right out of school.
- Engineering Tech$96,405
- Legal Studies$83,177
- Computer Science$73,949
- Math & Statistics$71,015
- Engineering$69,338
- Health Professions$65,486
- Publishing.$61,814
- Education$56,901
- Business$52,414
- Criminal Justice$52,107
- Visual & Performing Arts$47,846
- History$46,673
- Physical Sciences$46,087
- Foreign Languages$42,187
- Social Sciences$41,565
- Public Admin$41,193
- Psychology$40,068
- Communication and Media Studies.$37,568
- Philosophy$33,265
- Biology$30,228
- English & Literature$29,685
- Interdisciplinary$28,019
Academics
Acceptance
33.1%
Avg SAT
1,297
Enrollment
10,121
What students study
16 fields offered
Social Sciences
33% of degrees awarded — the most popular field
- 02Health Professions19.0%
- 03Business13.7%
- 04Psychology5.0%
- 05Communications4.6%
- 06Engineering3.8%
- 07Biology2.8%
- 08History2.5%
- 09English & Literature2.3%
- 10Area Studies2.1%
- 11Criminal Justice1.9%
- 12Computer Science1.8%
- 13Visual & Performing Arts1.7%
- 14Foreign Languages1.1%
- 15Philosophy1.1%
- 16Physical Sciences1.1%