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George Washington University

Private university in Washington, D.C., USA

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academic calendar type	semester
admission rate	0.43 point in time: 2020
admission yield rate	0.17 point in time: 2020
API endpoint URL	https://singlesignon.gwu.edu/idp/shibboleth protocol: Shibboleth
athletics program	George Washington Revolutionaries
Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education	doctoral universities: very high research activity majority undergraduate research doctoral: comprehensive programs, with medical/veterinary school four-year, large, highly residential arts & sciences plus professions, high graduate coexistence four-year, full-time, more selective, lower transfer-in
category for alumni of educational institution	Category:George Washington University alumni
category for employees of the organization	Category:George Washington University faculty
child organization or unit	Corcoran School of the Arts & Design Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies George Washington University School of Engineering and Applied Science
Commons category	George Washington University
content partnership category	Category:Media contributed by the George Washington University
coordinate location	38.9008, -77.0508
count of students	24,500 point in time: unknown 22,211 applies to part: full-time equivalent; point in time: 1 September 2021
country	United States
described by source	Open GLAM Survey point in time: 3 April 2021; point in time: 3 August 2021; point in time: 1 March 2022; point in time: 2 July 2023; point in time: 27 June 2023; point in time: 16 May 2024 Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921 statement is subject of: Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/George Washington University New International Encyclopedia statement is subject of: The New International Encyclopædia/Columbian University
different from	Q219563
donations	99,592,140 United States dollar point in time: 2023 90,986,374 United States dollar point in time: 2022 64,628,819 United States dollar point in time: 2011 80,014,552 United States dollar point in time: 2012 70,589,630 United States dollar point in time: 2013 155,008,188 United States dollar point in time: 2014 202,937,761 United States dollar point in time: 2015 70,466,662 United States dollar point in time: 2016 68,820,599 United States dollar point in time: 2017 51,513,435 United States dollar point in time: 2018 61,861,902 United States dollar point in time: 2019 92,090,051 United States dollar point in time: 2020 83,101,842 United States dollar point in time: 2021 74,002,652 United States dollar point in time: 2024
employees	6,261 point in time: September 2020
endowment	1,802,656,000 United States dollar point in time: 30 June 2020 2,340,361,288 United States dollar point in time: 30 June 2022 2,411,272,033 United States dollar point in time: 30 June 2021
founder	Luther Rice
funder	Open Society Foundations point in time: 2023; prize money: 100,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to support to the Multiracial Democracy Project of the George Washington University Equity Institute Open Society Foundations point in time: 2023; prize money: 155,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to support the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies' fellowship to three Eurasia journalists that will receive professional development and training in order to build up their public policy expertise, research ability, and communications skills Open Society Foundations point in time: 2023; prize money: 500,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to support and advance the work of the Illiberalism Studies Program at the George Washington University Open Society Foundations point in time: 2022; prize money: 500,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to support Eurasian academic communities in exile Open Society Foundations point in time: 2022; prize money: 34,462 United States dollar; award rationale: to support the research and mapping of the needs of the newly arrived Afghan refugees in the US Open Society Foundations point in time: 2022; prize money: 87,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to support the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies' fellowship to one Eurasia journalist that will receive professional development and training in order to build up their public policy expertise, research ability, and communications skills Open Society Foundations point in time: 2021; prize money: 500,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to support scholarly, policy, and activist communities advancing progressive causes in Eurasia Open Society Foundations point in time: 2021; prize money: 40,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to support the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies' fellowship to one Eurasia journalist to receive professional development and training in order to build up their public policy expertise, research ability, and communications skills Open Society Foundations point in time: 2020; prize money: 24,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to provide general support Open Society Foundations point in time: 2020; prize money: 170,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to provide general support Open Society Foundations point in time: 2018; prize money: 36,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to support the Grantee's work at the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies Open Society Foundations point in time: 2018; prize money: 613,264 United States dollar; award rationale: to provide programmatic support to the Central Asia Fellowship Program at the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies Open Society Foundations point in time: 2018; prize money: 90,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to support a fellowship program that will foster the next generation of thought leaders and policy experts in Uzbekistan at the Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies Open Society Foundations point in time: 2017; prize money: 36,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to support a five month fellowship for two Kazakh individuals to study at the Grantee's Central Asia Program in order to build up their public policy expertise, research ability, and communications skills Open Society Foundations point in time: 2016; prize money: 600,197 United States dollar; award rationale: to provide continued support to the Central Asia and Azerbaijan Policy Fellowship Program Open Society Foundations point in time: 2016; prize money: 40,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to strengthen and expand the work of the Central Asia Analytical Network (CAAN), an in-house project of George Washington University's Central Asia Program Open Society Foundations point in time: 2016; prize money: 45,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to support the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies at the Grantee to host fellows from Kazakhstan Open Society Foundations point in time: 2016; prize money: 60,668 United States dollar; award rationale: to support the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, a program of the Grantee, to make a significant contribution to public debates and discussion in Russian-speaking communities throughout Eurasia on major issues of importance both regionally and globally by producing, translating and publishing Russian-language policy memos
has part(s)	Corcoran School of the Arts & Design start time: 2014 George Washington University Law School George Washington University Medical School George Washington University College of Professional Studies George Washington University School of Nursing George Washington University Art Galleries George Washington University School of Engineering and Applied Science George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs Milken Institute School of Public Health George Washington University Virginia Campus The George Washington University School of Business Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration Elliott School of International Affairs George Washington University Graduate School of Education and Human Development
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inception	1821
industry	higher education
instance of	private university research university private not-for-profit educational institution open-access publisher
language used	English
legal form	Q130265040
located in the administrative territorial entity	Loudoun County
location	Foggy Bottom Foxhall
logo image	George Washington University wordmark.svg
member of	Oak Ridge Associated Universities ORCID, Inc. point in time: October 2023 Digital Library Federation Association of Research Libraries arXiv point in time: 2021 Association of American Universities start time: 2023 Association of American Colleges and Universities American Council on Education Higher Education Leadership Initiative for Open Scholarship start time: 2023 Coalition for Networked Information Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities Council on Governmental Relations
named after	George Washington
native label	George Washington University
official website	https://www.gwu.edu language of work or name: English
on focus list of Wikimedia project	Wikidata:WikiProject Academic Publisher
position held by head of the organization	President of the George Washington University
postal code	20052
ranking	355 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2022 340 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2024 362 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2023 339 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2012 327 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2014 300 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2015 327 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2016 363 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2017 352 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2018 345 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2019 336 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2020 353 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2021 371 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2025 358 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2026
significant event	mixed-sex education start time: 1888
social media followers	58,362 point in time: 2 January 2021; X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 28101965 56,515 point in time: 25 April 2020; X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 28101965 5,900 point in time: 11 October 2021; YouTube channel ID: UC8absdHxA0-T9drYdrZUG0Q 60,278 point in time: 8 January 2022; X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 28101965 62,327 point in time: 4 February 2023; X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 28101965 6,970 point in time: 17 February 2023; YouTube channel ID: UC8absdHxA0-T9drYdrZUG0Q 8,080 point in time: 15 January 2024; YouTube channel ID: UC8absdHxA0-T9drYdrZUG0Q 9,110 point in time: 26 January 2025; YouTube channel ID: UC8absdHxA0-T9drYdrZUG0Q
street address	2121 I Street, NW, Washington, DC, 20052
topic's main category	Category:George Washington University
total assets	5,100,258,000 United States dollar point in time: 30 June 2020 4,854,587,342 United States dollar point in time: 2022 4,984,564,537 United States dollar point in time: 2023 3,210,191,235 United States dollar point in time: 2011 3,484,155,828 United States dollar point in time: 2012 3,545,345,140 United States dollar point in time: 2013 3,782,212,197 United States dollar point in time: 2014 4,041,401,259 United States dollar point in time: 2015 4,153,102,406 United States dollar point in time: 2016 4,383,821,034 United States dollar point in time: 2017 4,567,697,789 United States dollar point in time: 2018 4,563,094,483 United States dollar point in time: 2019 5,052,548,646 United States dollar point in time: 2021 5,137,206,610 United States dollar point in time: 2024
total revenue	1,730,337,567 United States dollar point in time: 2022 1,803,011,076 United States dollar point in time: 2023 1,238,684,770 United States dollar point in time: 2011 1,245,762,247 United States dollar point in time: 2012 1,306,513,400 United States dollar point in time: 2013 1,472,435,669 United States dollar point in time: 2014 1,636,218,906 United States dollar point in time: 2015 1,441,110,729 United States dollar point in time: 2016 1,575,321,106 United States dollar point in time: 2017 1,620,270,222 United States dollar point in time: 2018 1,665,636,831 United States dollar point in time: 2019 1,667,611,791 United States dollar point in time: 2020 1,577,044,473 United States dollar point in time: 2021 1,912,174,697 United States dollar point in time: 2024

Identifiers in other databases

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