by our College Data Analytics TeamThis overview covers the essential stats on Georgetown University, including its rankings, majors, diversity, and more. All you need to do to learn more about a stat is click on its tile, and you’ll be taken to another page that analyzes that data more closely. Also, you can use the links below to scroll to any section of this page.
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 26 majors graduated from Georgetown University.
At Georgetown University, students can earn anything from certificates through the doctor’s degree - research/scholarship and professional practice.
| Degree Level | Offered |
|---|---|
| Certificate | ✓ |
| Associate | — |
| Bachelor’s | ✓ |
| Master’s | ✓ |
| Doctorate | ✓ |
Completions: 4,976 undergraduate · 11,350 graduate (16,326 total)
Ranked by the number of degrees awarded, these are the most popular majors at Georgetown University.
| Most Popular Majors | Graduates |
|---|---|
| Multi-Disciplinary Studies | 8,163 |
| Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies. | 783 |
| Law. | 672 |
| International Relations and National Security Studies. | 639 |
| Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods. | 484 |
These majors at Georgetown University report the highest average early-career salaries for their graduates.
| Highest-Paying Majors | Average Salary |
|---|---|
| Law. | $165,914 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | $124,241 |
| Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies. | $109,015 |
| Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management. | $105,843 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | $104,591 |
Browse every major at Georgetown University, grouped into broad areas of study. Each area lists its majors and any specializations within them.
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Multi-Disciplinary Studies | 8,163 | NA |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods. ↳ Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Other. · Management Science. · Business Statistics. |
484 | NA |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. ↳ Business Administration and Management, General. · Project Management. · Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management. · Business Administration, Management and Operations, Other. |
374 | $124,241 |
| Finance and Financial Management Services. ↳ Finance, General. |
363 | $92,268 |
| Real Estate. | 174 | $103,021 |
| International Business. ↳ International Business/Trade/Commerce. |
109 | $91,657 |
| Marketing. ↳ Marketing/Marketing Management, General. |
60 | $69,082 |
| Human Resources Management and Services. ↳ Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General. |
54 | $73,972 |
| Accounting and Related Services. ↳ Accounting. |
41 | $77,441 |
| Hospitality Administration/Management. ↳ Hospitality Administration/Management, General. |
2 | $52,872 |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| International Relations and National Security Studies. ↳ International Relations and Affairs. |
639 | $59,584 |
| Political Science and Government. ↳ Political Science and Government, General. · Political Economy. |
316 | $52,021 |
| Social Sciences, General. ↳ Research Methodology and Quantitative Methods. |
298 | NA |
| Economics. ↳ Econometrics and Quantitative Economics. · Development Economics and International Development. · Applied Economics. |
263 | $68,554 |
| Sociology. ↳ Sociology, General. |
27 | $39,076 |
| Anthropology. ↳ Anthropology, General. |
11 | NA |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies. ↳ Advanced Legal Research/Studies, General. · Tax Law/Taxation. · International Business, Trade, and Tax Law. · International Law and Legal Studies. · Health Law. · Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies, Other. · Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources Law. |
783 | $109,015 |
| Law. | 672 | $165,914 |
| Legal Support Services. ↳ Legal Administrative Assistant/Secretary. |
21 | NA |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. ↳ Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse. · Nurse Anesthetist. |
361 | $104,591 |
| Medicine. | 176 | $59,162 |
| Public Health. ↳ International Public Health/International Health. · Behavioral Aspects of Health. · Health/Medical Physics. |
69 | $54,985 |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services. ↳ Health/Health Care Administration/Management. · Hospital and Health Care Facilities Administration/Management. |
42 | $71,986 |
| Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other. | 19 | NA |
| Health/Medical Preparatory Programs. ↳ Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies. |
9 | NA |
| Medical Illustration and Informatics. ↳ Medical Informatics. |
9 | NA |
| Medical Clinical Sciences/Graduate Medical Studies. ↳ Medical Science/Scientist. |
4 | NA |
| Health Professions Education, Ethics, and Humanities. ↳ Bioethics/Medical Ethics. |
1 | NA |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences. ↳ Physiology, General. · Oncology and Cancer Biology. |
164 | $26,004 |
| Biology, General. ↳ Biomedical Sciences, General. · Biology/Biological Sciences, General. |
105 | $22,160 |
| Neurobiology and Neurosciences. ↳ Neurobiology and Anatomy. · Neuroscience. |
65 | NA |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology. ↳ Molecular Biochemistry. · Biochemistry. · Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Other. |
51 | $51,817 |
| Biotechnology. | 46 | $65,252 |
| Microbiological Sciences and Immunology. ↳ Microbiology and Immunology. · Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology. · Microbiological Sciences and Immunology, Other. |
30 | $48,620 |
| Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology. ↳ Biostatistics. · Bioinformatics. |
28 | NA |
| Pharmacology and Toxicology. ↳ Pharmacology. |
22 | NA |
| Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology. ↳ Environmental Biology. · Epidemiology. |
17 | NA |
| Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences. ↳ Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology. |
1 | NA |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Computational Science. | 141 | NA |
| Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution. | 54 | $44,743 |
| Sustainability Studies. | 44 | NA |
| Biological and Physical Sciences. | 37 | $14,165 |
| International/Globalization Studies. | 35 | NA |
| Museology/Museum Studies. | 16 | $45,234 |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other. ↳ Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other. |
16 | NA |
| Gerontology. | 2 | NA |
| Medieval and Renaissance Studies. | 1 | NA |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management. ↳ Information Technology Project Management. · Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance. |
205 | $105,843 |
| Computer Science. | 89 | $93,493 |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication. ↳ Public Relations/Image Management. · Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication. |
187 | $76,798 |
| Radio, Television, and Digital Communication. ↳ Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia. |
76 | NA |
| Journalism. | 16 | NA |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services. ↳ Linguistics. · Comparative Literature. |
77 | NA |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. ↳ Spanish Language and Literature. · French Language and Literature. · Italian Language and Literature. |
39 | $39,870 |
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. | 19 | NA |
| Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. ↳ German Language and Literature. |
8 | NA |
| Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. ↳ Russian Language and Literature. |
7 | NA |
| East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. ↳ Chinese Language and Literature. · Japanese Language and Literature. · Korean Language and Literature. |
5 | NA |
| Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. ↳ Arabic Language and Literature. |
2 | NA |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence, Command Control and Information Operations. ↳ Intelligence, General. |
154 | NA |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. ↳ Sport and Fitness Administration/Management. |
139 | $45,817 |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Area Studies. ↳ East Asian Studies. · Western European Studies. · Near and Middle Eastern Studies. · Russian, Central European, East European and Eurasian Studies. · Latin American Studies. · American/United States Studies/Civilization. |
125 | $59,362 |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies. ↳ Women's Studies. · African-American/Black Studies. |
11 | NA |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology, General. | 99 | $45,936 |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Public Policy Analysis. ↳ Public Policy Analysis, General. |
86 | $70,745 |
| Public Administration. | 2 | NA |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| History. ↳ History, General. · History, Other. |
81 | $46,691 |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Mathematics. ↳ Mathematics, General. |
39 | $66,793 |
| Statistics. ↳ Mathematics and Statistics. |
37 | $96,445 |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Educational Administration and Supervision. ↳ Higher Education/Higher Education Administration. |
41 | NA |
| Educational/Instructional Media Design. ↳ Educational/Instructional Technology. |
18 | NA |
| Education, General. | 15 | NA |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| English Language and Literature, General. | 69 | $49,031 |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. ↳ Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies. · Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other. · Humanities/Humanistic Studies. |
64 | $66,216 |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Homeland Security. ↳ Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management. |
63 | $71,917 |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Physics. ↳ Physics, General. |
25 | NA |
| Chemistry. ↳ Chemistry, General. |
20 | NA |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Philosophy. | 19 | NA |
| Religion/Religious Studies. ↳ Religion/Religious Studies. · Religion/Religious Studies, Other. |
12 | NA |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning. | 28 | $72,553 |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Fine and Studio Arts. ↳ Art History, Criticism and Conservation. · Art/Art Studies, General. |
14 | NA |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft. ↳ Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General. |
3 | NA |
| Music. ↳ Music, General. |
3 | NA |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Natural Resources Conservation and Research. ↳ Environmental Studies. |
10 | NA |
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
References
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