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Common Data Set 2025-2026

George Washington University

DC · Private (nonprofit) · ~11,500 undergraduates

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Acceptance rate · 2025-2026
47.1%

George Washington University's admit rate has risen 5.3 percentage points across the 8 reported years on file.

SAT · 50th
1390
Range 1310–1450
6-yr grad
82.5%
Retention 90.7%
Undergrads
11,495
12:1 student-faculty
Drawn directly from George Washington University's officially-published 2025-2026 Common Data Set.
George Washington University Admission

At a glance

The headline numbers, drawn from CDS sections A–H.

Admit rate47.1% SAT (50th)1,390 ACT (50th)32 Undergraduates11,495 6-yr graduation82.5% Retention90.7% Tuition (FT)$67,710 Student–faculty ratio12:1

Recent years

Per-cycle Common Data Set values. Enrolled is first-year matriculants (CDS B1), not total undergraduate population. Blank cells mean the field was not published in that year's source CDS.

YearAdmit rateEnrolled6-yr gradRetentionSAT (50th)
2025-202647.1%2,40581.0%90.7%1,390
2024-202547.1%2,45984.0%92.2%1,420
2023-202443.5%2,53985.2%91.9%1,420
2022-202349.0%2,94184.8%89.6%1,410
2021-202249.7%2,57183.7%90.7%—

Schools also worth looking at

Cross-admits and statistical look-alikes, surfaced from the CollegeNumbers peer model.

Where George Washington University applicants also apply
American UniversityDC · 65.6% admit · SAT 1380 · 6,730 UG Boston UniversityMA · 12.8% admit · SAT 1470 · 18,289 UG Northeastern UniversityMA · 5.6% admit · SAT 1480 · 22,456 UG Georgetown UniversityDC · 13.5% admit · SAT 1480 · 7,908 UG New York UniversityNY · 9.2% admit · SAT 1520 · 29,060 UG Fordham UniversityNY · 59.3% admit · SAT 1418 · 10,512 UG University of Maryland-College ParkMD · 45.0% admit · SAT 1470 · 31,875 UG
Statistically similar — worth a look
Southern Methodist UniversityTX · 47.6% admit · SAT 1410 · 7,277 UG Santa Clara UniversityCA · 47.9% admit · SAT 1410 · 6,695 UG Loyola Marymount UniversityCA · 48.2% admit · SAT 1350 · 7,187 UG Binghamton UniversityNY · 37.3% admit · SAT 1410 · 14,559 UG Syracuse UniversityNY · 41.7% admit · SAT 1340 · 15,739 UG

What the data says about George Washington University

Comparative observations derived from this school's reported CDS values and from IPEDS / College Scorecard reference data. Every claim is grounded in a number — no editorial overlay.

01

Cross-admit cohort spans an unusually wide selectivity range.

The schools George Washington University applicants most commonly also apply to range from 5.6% admit to 65.6% admit — a 60.0 pp band. A reasonable read: applicants choose by region or program fit rather than selectivity tier alone.

02

Six-year graduation rate exceeds the national median by 25 percentage points.

George Washington University's 81.0% six-year graduation rate exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 56.3% (per IPEDS, n=1555) by 24.6 pp.

Sources: each school's officially-published Common Data Set; IPEDS / College Scorecard for federal comparisons. Methodology →

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Methodology

The Common Data Set is a standardized reporting form U.S. colleges file annually — sections A through J covering admissions selectivity, enrollment, aid, faculty resources, and outcomes. CollegeNumbers extracts every value directly from each school's officially published CDS PDF, xlsx, docx, or HTML, then normalizes into a unified schema.

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