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Located in Washington, District of Columbia, George Washington University is a private not-for-profit institution. Washington is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

$53,925 Avg Cost After Aid (Undergrad)
50% Acceptance Rate

Where Is George Washington University?

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Contact details for GWU are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 1918 F Street, Nw, Washington, DC 20052
Phone: 202-994-1000
Website: www.gwu.edu

How Do I Get Into GWU?

You can apply to GWU online at: https://undergraduate.admissions.gwu.edu/apply-gw

Admission Requirements for GWU

Submission Required?
High School GPA Recommended
High School Rank Neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript Required
College Prep Program Required
Recommendations Required
SAT or ACT Scores Considered but not required
TOEFL Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into GWU?

50% Acceptance Rate
65% Of Accepted Are Women
29% Submit SAT Scores
You'll need to do what you can to make your application stand out if you plan to apply to GWU. The school screens its applicants carefully and has a fairly low acceptance rate of 50%. So, don't just throw your admission packet together at the last minute!

Approximately 35% of accepted students are men and 65% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 48%, and the acceptance rate for women is 51%.

Average Test Scores

About 29% of students accepted to GWU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 660 and 740. Math scores were between 650 and 750.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for George Washington University  ( 660 to 740 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for George Washington University  ( 650 to 750 )
200
800
GWU received ACT scores from 18% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 31 and 35. Math scores were between 27 and 32. Composite scores were between 30 and 34.

ACT English Scores for George Washington University  ( 31 to 35 )
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36
ACT Math Scores for George Washington University  ( 27 to 32 )
1
36
ACT Composite Scores for George Washington University  ( 30 to 34 )
1
36

Can I Afford George Washington University?

$53,925 Net Price
32% Take Out Loans
0.4% Loan Default Rate
The overall average net price of GWU is $53,925. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At GWU, approximately 32% of students took out student loans averaging $9,310 a year. That adds up to $37,240 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at GWU is 0.4%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

George Washington University Undergraduate Student Diversity

10,284 Full-Time Undergraduates
64% Women
37% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 11,502 undergraduate students at GWU, with 10,284 being full-time and 1,218 being part-time.

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There are also 14,955 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 10,284 full-time undergraduates at GWU, 36% are male and 64% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of George Washington University students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 1,261
Black or African American 807
Hispanic or Latino 1,276
White 5,178
International Students 1,036
Other Races/Ethnicities 726

Geographic Diversity

District of Columbia students aren't the only ones who study at George Washington University. At this time, 49 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 133 countries are represented at GWU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and South Korea.

Online Learning at George Washington University

5,340 Took All Classes Online
6,901 Took At Least One Class Online
5.0% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
There are 24 bachelor’s degree and 72 master’s degree programs available online at GWU. In 2020-2021, 6,901 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at GWU has changed over the last few years.

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This school is the most popular in District of Columbia for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of GWU

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at George Washington University was 5.0%. This is the #1,380 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at GWU regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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