Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at GU

At Georgetown University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 15.18%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 13.00%. Georgetown University has beep kept its acceptance rate very low and it is hard that applicants admit into the school.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 47.29%, and the 2024 yield is 47.99%.

The number of GU applicants decreased by -4.33% (1,153 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 15.18%, and this year's acceptance rate is 13.00% at Georgetown University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 16.33% and women students' rate is 14.46%. Georgetown University has beep kept its acceptance rate very low and it is hard that applicants admit into the school.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Georgetown University over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	16.97%	18.73%	15.74%
2014-15	17.35% 0.38%	18.35% -0.39%	16.65% 0.91%
2015-16	17.24% -0.11%	18.93% 0.58%	16.06% -0.59%
2016-17	16.85% -0.39%	18.00% -0.93%	16.09% 0.03%
2017-18	15.68% -1.17%	17.60% -0.40%	14.39% -1.70%
2018-19	14.52% -1.16%	15.74% -1.86%	13.69% -0.69%
2019-20	14.36% -0.16%	15.48% -0.26%	13.62% -0.08%
2020-21	16.81% 2.44%	18.02% 2.54%	15.99% 2.37%
2021-22	12.00% -4.81%	13.00% -5.02%	12.00% -3.99%
2022-23	12.23% 0.23%	12.81% -0.19%	11.88% -0.12%
2023-24	13.00% 0.77%	13.00% 0.19%	13.00% 1.12%
Average	15.18%	16.33%	14.46%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 47.29% where the current academic year yield is 47.99%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Georgetown University from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	46.00%	46.86%	45.28%
2014-15	46.63% 0.63%	48.03% 1.17%	45.55% 0.27%
2015-16	46.66% 0.03%	46.57% -1.46%	46.75% 1.19%
2016-17	46.72% 0.06%	46.92% 0.35%	46.57% -0.17%
2017-18	47.46% 0.74%	48.52% 1.60%	46.58% 0.01%
2018-19	48.83% 1.37%	47.99% -0.53%	49.47% 2.88%
2019-20	48.46% -0.37%	49.75% 1.76%	47.48% -1.99%
2020-21	44.71% -3.75%	46.23% -3.52%	43.55% -3.93%
2021-22	47.99% 3.29%	47.01% 0.78%	49.01% 5.46%
2022-23	48.70% 0.70%	47.17% 0.16%	49.76% 0.75%
2023-24	47.99% -0.70%	46.97% -0.20%	49.02% -0.75%
Average	47.29%	47.46%	47.18%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 22,467, the average number of admitted is 3,357, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,586.

The number of GU applicants decreased by -4.33% (1,153 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Georgetown University from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	20,115	3,413	1,570
2014-15	19,505 -3.03%	3,384 -0.85%	1,578 0.51%
2015-16	19,478 -0.14%	3,358 -0.77%	1,567 -0.70%
2016-17	19,997 2.66%	3,369 0.33%	1,574 0.45%
2017-18	21,462 7.33%	3,365 -0.12%	1,597 1.46%
2018-19	22,872 6.57%	3,320 -1.34%	1,621 1.50%
2019-20	22,764 -0.47%	3,269 -1.54%	1,584 -2.28%
2020-21	21,190 -6.91%	3,561 8.93%	1,592 0.51%
2021-22	27,629 30.39%	3,315 -6.91%	1,591 -0.06%
2022-23	26,638 -3.59%	3,257 -1.75%	1,586 -0.31%
2023-24	25,485 -4.33%	3,313 1.72%	1,590 0.25%
Average	22,467	3,357	1,586

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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