Georgetown University

Georgetown University is a private Catholic and Jesuit university in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789 by John Carroll, it is the oldest Catholic institution of higher learning in the United States. It grew from a college on the Potomac bluff known as the Hilltop into a university with schools of foreign service, law, medicine, business, and public policy.

The main campus houses Georgetown College, the Walsh School of Foreign Service (1919), the McDonough School of Business, the McCourt School of Public Policy, and graduate arts and sciences. Georgetown Law sits near Capitol Hill; the Medical Center and Nursing occupy Reservoir Road. Graduate study is strongest in international relations, law, medicine, public policy, business, and theology.

About 20,000 students enroll, with graduate and professional students outnumbering undergraduates. Students come from all 50 states and more than 130 countries. Faculty number in the thousands, including medical and law faculties. Alumni include former U.S. President Bill Clinton, who studied in the School of Foreign Service, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, and many diplomats and heads of government.

Georgetown is known for master's degrees in foreign service, the J.D. and LL.M., the M.D., the M.P.P., the M.B.A., and research M.A. and Ph.D. programs. Professional master's programs are coursework-heavy; doctoral work is advisor-led. The calendar is a semester system. Ph.D. students typically receive multi-year aid. Graduate life is split among the Hilltop, the law campus, and the medical complex.

In the Grad School Navigator directory, Georgetown University lists 138 graduate programs across 36 subjects: 111 master's programs and 22 doctoral programs, with the widest choice in area studies, biology and languages & linguistics. Georgetown University holds rank 92 in the GSN Overall University Ranking.