Undergraduate Scholarships

More than 45 years ago, Georgetown made a defining commitment to meet U.S. undergraduate students’ full demonstrated financial need. The decision transformed our trajectory, making Georgetown a destination for the world’s most talented students and ensuring they get the opportunity to study here.

$84,696 total undergraduate cost of attendance for 2022-23 first year/transfer full-time students

55% of Georgetown undergraduates receiving some form of financial aid (scholarships, grant, loan, work study) in 2021-22 academic year

39% of undergraduates receiving need-based scholarships or athletic scholarships from Georgetown

$46,875 average need-based undergraduate scholarship grant award in 2021-22 academic year

$125.3 million spent on undergraduate need-based and athletic scholarships in 2021-22 academic year

Georgetown scholarships are awarded to meet 100 percent of a student’s need, after taking into account the expected family contribution, federal student grants and loans, student earnings from part-time employment, and other outside aid.

Donor-funded undergraduate scholarships awarded to U.S. residents both fund the outright grant component of a student’s financial aid package and reduce the federal loan component by as much as $3,000 per year. They are awarded to undergraduate students with the greatest demonstrated need.

An average of 63% of admitted students offered a donor-funded scholarship with loan relief ultimately enroll at Georgetown. (The university’s overall yield is 48 percent.)

Moreover, students who receive these loan-relieving scholarships graduate with approximately $7,000 in student loan debt, compared to a typical amount of $19,000 for students who accept loans in their Georgetown aid package.

We invite you to contribute to undergraduate scholarships.

Current-use gifts

• A $100,000 current-use gift paid across four years will create a named domestic undergraduate scholarship (awarded to one student across four years).
• A $300,000 current-use gift paid across four years will create a named international undergraduate scholarship (awarded to one student across four years).

Endowed gifts

• $150,000 will create a named and endowed scholarship fund that supports U.S. undergraduate students year after year.
• $1.5 million will create a named and endowed scholarship fund that supports international undergraduate students.
• $5 million will create a named and endowed undergraduate student cohort, with one student in each of the four undergraduate classes. That means every future Georgetown graduating class would have a Hoya Family Scholar.

Georgetown deeply values the contributions of its international students and is need-blind in admissions for international applicants. Georgetown currently provides approximately $2.3 million to fund scholarships for international students—more than half made possible through philanthropy—but is unable to meet the full need of all international students.

We seek to significantly increase philanthropic support for international student scholarships. Achieving this will require the partnership of alumni and friends from around the world who are committed to making our campus community even more globally representative.