Is Georgetown test optional?

No. Georgetown requires an SAT or ACT score from every applicant.

What is Georgetown's acceptance rate?

13% of applicants were admitted in 2025–26, according to the college's Common Data Set or, where that's missing, IPEDS, the federal college survey. In fall 2024, 3,374 of 26,131 applicants were admitted. Applications rose 34%, from 19,478 in 2015 to 26,131 in 2024, and Georgetown's admit rate went from 17% to 13%.

What ACT score do you need for Georgetown?

32% of first-year students sent an ACT, and they scored 32–35, with a median of 34. On the official ACT–SAT concordance, their SAT range of 1405–1530 works out to about 31–35.

How many students get off the waitlist at Georgetown?

356 of the 2,043 students who stayed on the waitlist were admitted, or 17%, per the Common Data Set 2025–26.

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What SAT score do you need for Georgetown? (Middle 50%: 1405–1530)

First-year students at Georgetown who sent an SAT scored 1405–1530, with a median of 1480 (Common Data Set 2025–26). Georgetown admits 13% of applicants and requires the SAT or ACT.

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Where your score lands at Georgetown

First-year students who sent an SAT: 1405–1530, median 1480

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Georgetown by the numbers

Admit rate: 13%
Middle 50% SAT: 1405–1530
Median SAT: 1480
About on the ACT: 31–35
Sent an SAT: 78%

Test required · checked Nov 9, 2026 · Georgetown admissions · SAT range from the Common Data Set, 2025–26; admit rate from it or IPEDS

Georgetown admit rate over 10 years

Applications rose 34%, from 19,478 in 2015 to 26,131 in 2024, and Georgetown's admit rate went from 17% to 13%.

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Fall	Applied	Admitted	Admit rate
2024	26,131	3,374	13%
2023	25,485	3,334	13%
2022	26,638	3,257	12%
2021	27,629	3,311	12%
2020	21,190	3,561	17%
2019	22,764	3,269	14%
2018	22,872	3,320	15%
2017	21,462	3,365	16%
2016	19,997	3,369	17%
2015	19,478	3,358	17%

In fall 2024, 1,575 of the 3,374 admitted students enrolled. Applicants and admits from IPEDS, the federal college survey, by fall of entry.

What each SAT score means at Georgetown

Which tier your score puts them in, and whether it's worth sending.

Your SATTierSend it?

Under 1360Far reachRequired
1360 and upReachRequired

1250135014501550

Tiers here use only your SAT and their admit rate. Essays, activities and recommendations still decide most admissions at selective colleges.

Georgetown SAT sections, ACT and class rank

Scores of enrolled first-year students who sent one, by percentile.

Test	25th	Median	75th
SAT Math	700	750	780
SAT Reading and Writing	710	750	760
SAT total	1405	1480	1530
ACT composite	32	34	35

Of enrolled first-year students, 78% sent an SAT and 32% sent an ACT. Common Data Set 2025–26.

Top 10% of their class: 87%; of new students who reported a rank

Georgetown waitlist

Waitlist

2,672 applicants were offered a spot, 2,043 took it, and 356 were admitted from it.

17%of students who stayed on the waitlist got in

Common Data Set 2025–26.

Georgetown cost and outcomes

What students pay after grants, how many finish, and what they earn.

Average net price: $40,815; per year, after grants
Graduate in 6 years: 95%
Median earnings: $103,494; 10 years after starting
Undergraduates: 8,221

College Scorecard, 2022–23, from the US Department of Education. Net price averages federal-aid students across family incomes.

Colleges like Georgetown

Similar SAT ranges and admit rates.

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Sources

Georgetown Common Data Set 2025–26
SAT and ACT ranges, early decision, waitlist, GPA and class rank, as the college reported them.
College Navigator (IPEDS)
Applications, admissions and enrollment by year, from the federal college survey.
College Scorecard
Net price, graduation rate and earnings, from the US Department of Education.
Georgetown admissions
Test policy for 2026–27, checked Nov 9, 2026.
Georgetown website
Georgetown University

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There's no cutoff. The middle 50% of first-year students who sent an SAT scored 1405–1530, and the median was 1480. At 1480 or higher you're above half of them. Georgetown admits 13% of applicants, so a top score keeps you in the running but doesn't decide it.

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