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Georgetown University

Private university in Washington, D.C., United States

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academic calendar type	semester
admission rate	0.17 point in time: 2020
admission yield rate	0.45 point in time: 2020
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area	104 acre
athletics program	Georgetown Hoyas
Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education	doctoral universities: very high research activity majority graduate 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:Georgetown University alumni
category for employees of the organization	Category:Georgetown University faculty
category for maps or plans	Category:Maps of Georgetown University
category of associated people	Category:Georgetown University people
chairperson	William Doyle
child organization or unit	Biblioteca della Georgetown University
color	blue grey
Commons category	Georgetown University
coordinate location	38.9072, -77.0728
count of students	17,500 17,233 applies to part: full-time equivalent; point in time: 1 September 2021
country	United States
described by source	Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921 statement is subject of: Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Georgetown University New International Encyclopedia statement is subject of: The New International Encyclopædia/Georgetown University
donations	352,331,498 United States dollar point in time: 2011 380,234,871 United States dollar point in time: 2012 352,097,370 United States dollar point in time: 2013 420,702,357 United States dollar point in time: 2014 412,699,426 United States dollar point in time: 2015 340,968,886 United States dollar point in time: 2016 352,553,768 United States dollar point in time: 2017 377,254,732 United States dollar point in time: 2018 382,239,731 United States dollar point in time: 2019 395,681,460 United States dollar point in time: 2020 526,189,380 United States dollar point in time: 2021 534,877,226 United States dollar point in time: 2022 505,766,382 United States dollar point in time: 2023 548,359,624 United States dollar point in time: 2024
employees	3,457
endowment	1,863,711,000 United States dollar point in time: 30 June 2020 3,210,032,000 United States dollar point in time: 30 June 2022 2,592,048,000 United States dollar point in time: 30 June 2021
founder	John Carroll
funder	Open Society Foundations point in time: 2023; prize money: 50,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to support the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law in its work to mobilize the Diagnostic Equity Coalition, which advocates for equitable and affordable access to diagnostics in low to middle-income countries Open Society Foundations point in time: 2023; prize money: 400,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to improve the use of intersectional frameworks, by UN mandate holders and sexual and reproductive health rights advocates, to push back against the anti-rights agenda and propel forward justice and equity Open Society Foundations point in time: 2023; prize money: 74,997 United States dollar; award rationale: to support the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health on the research and dissemination of her annual thematic report on drug policy Open Society Foundations point in time: 2022; prize money: 99,995 United States dollar; award rationale: to support the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law in assessing opportunities for investment in diagnostics manufacturing in Low and Lower-Middle Income Countries by International Financial Institutions Open Society Foundations point in time: 2021; prize money: 389,058 United States dollar; award rationale: to support Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security’s work on Afghanistan Open Society Foundations point in time: 2021; prize money: 200,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to support research and analysis that explores new thinking on progressive foreign policy and trains a new generation of research practitioners Open Society Foundations point in time: 2021; prize money: 150,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to support the Center on National Security and the Law’s pilot innovation project to support the development of new ideas to understand and respond to technological changes that impact people’s basic rights Open Society Foundations point in time: 2020; prize money: 400,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to support the Center on Privacy and Technology at Georgetown Law Open Society Foundations point in time: 2020; prize money: 100,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to support the Institute for Tech Law & Policy's work educating the public on the vital role of open, democratic, accessible and affordable communications networks Open Society Foundations point in time: 2019; prize money: 300,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to support educational initiatives that will promote a re-balanced globalization agenda Open Society Foundations point in time: 2019; prize money: 100,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to support the Grantee's Institute for Technology Law and Policy to educate the public on the vital role of open, democratic, accessible, and affordable communications networks Open Society Foundations point in time: 2018; prize money: 21,620 United States dollar; award rationale: to support the Georgetown Center for Asian Law to expand its programming on human rights in East Asia Open Society Foundations point in time: 2018; prize money: 300,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to support the Center on Privacy and Technology at Georgetown Law Open Society Foundations point in time: 2018; prize money: 75,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to support the Institute for Technology Law and Policy in educating the American public and policymakers about the importance of protecting open and democratic communications networks, technology, and media Open Society Foundations point in time: 2017; prize money: 180,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to support research, training, education, and advocacy on surveillance of communities of color Open Society Foundations point in time: 2016; prize money: 25,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to allow the completion of former Guatemalan Attorney General Claudia Paz y Paz Bailey fellowship as a visiting scholar at the Institute for Women, Peace & Security and Law Center Open Society Foundations point in time: 2016; prize money: 300,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to support the Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law Open Society Foundations point in time: 2016; prize money: 150,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to provide support for the Center on Privacy and Technology
has characteristic	built using slave labor
has part(s)	Walsh School of Foreign Service Georgetown University Law Center Georgetown University School of Medicine McDonough School of Business Berkley School of Nursing Georgetown University School of Dentistry Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies Georgetown University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Georgetown University College of Arts & Sciences
headquarters location	Washington, D.C.
image	Healy Hall Georgetown University.jpg
inception	23 January 1789
industry	higher education
instance of	private university research university private not-for-profit educational institution Catholic university
language used	English
located in the administrative territorial entity	Washington, D.C.
location	Georgetown
logo image	Georgetown University Logotype.svg
mascot	Jack the Bulldog
member of	Big East Conference Oak Ridge Associated Universities Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities 568 Group Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities ORCID, Inc. point in time: October 2023 Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities Digital Library Federation Consortium of Social Science Associations arXiv point in time: 2021 Association of American Colleges and Universities American Council on Education National Humanities Alliance Coalition for Networked Information Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition Council on Governmental Relations
motto text	Utraque Unum (la)
official map URL	https://maps.georgetown.edu/ https://commencement.georgetown.edu/sites/commencement/files/documents/georgetown_campus_map1.pdf file format: PDF
official website	https://www.georgetown.edu language of work or name: English
owner of	Villa Le Balze Lauinger Library Bishop John Carroll Georgetown University Astronomical Observatory Georgetown University Press Cooper Field Holy Rood Cemetery Dahlgren Chapel of the Sacred Heart Old North
position held by head of the organization	President of Georgetown University
postal code	20057-0001
ranking	248 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2022 297 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2024 281 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2023 183 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2012 189 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2014 200 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2015 213 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2016 214 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2017 227 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2018 226 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2019 226 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2020 230 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2021 301 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2025 285 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2026
religion or worldview	Catholic Church religious order: Society of Jesus
seal image	Georgetown University seal.svg
social media followers	71,912 point in time: 2 January 2021; X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 7856542 68,372 point in time: 20 April 2020; X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 7856542 78,143 point in time: 1 March 2022; X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 7856542 82,128 point in time: 11 February 2023; X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 7856542
street address	37th and O streets NW, Washington, DC 20057-0001
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topic's main category	Category:Georgetown University
total assets	3,912,902,000 United States dollar point in time: 30 June 2020 2,464,639,037 United States dollar point in time: 2011 2,452,665,073 United States dollar point in time: 2012 2,571,835,392 United States dollar point in time: 2013 2,918,323,900 United States dollar point in time: 2014 3,053,376,801 United States dollar point in time: 2015 2,991,235,580 United States dollar point in time: 2016 3,147,613,004 United States dollar point in time: 2017 3,270,783,683 United States dollar point in time: 2018 3,581,321,072 United States dollar point in time: 2019 4,640,666,042 United States dollar point in time: 2021 5,349,711,745 United States dollar point in time: 2022 5,656,709,556 United States dollar point in time: 2023 6,046,074,142 United States dollar point in time: 2024
total revenue	1,203,732,820 United States dollar point in time: 2011 1,307,999,316 United States dollar point in time: 2012 1,366,913,145 United States dollar point in time: 2013 1,468,361,082 United States dollar point in time: 2014 1,493,887,396 United States dollar point in time: 2015 1,472,397,544 United States dollar point in time: 2016 1,558,158,664 United States dollar point in time: 2017 1,600,365,529 United States dollar point in time: 2018 1,700,586,166 United States dollar point in time: 2019 1,684,831,601 United States dollar point in time: 2020 1,714,331,586 United States dollar point in time: 2021 1,988,566,479 United States dollar point in time: 2022 1,922,844,840 United States dollar point in time: 2023 2,087,659,878 United States dollar point in time: 2024

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