Georgetown College Overview
Located in Georgetown, Kentucky, Georgetown College is a private not-for-profit institution. The charming, small-town atmosphere of Georgetown draws many to the area.
What Is Georgetown College Known For?
- The highest award offered at Georgetown College is the master's degree.
- For the 2017-2018 academic year, 61% of the faculty were full-time.
- A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Georgetown College makes roughly $43,000 a year. This is 5% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.
- On average, it takes about 4.2 years for students from Georgetown College to earn a bachelor's degree. This is excellent when compared to the average of 4.4 years.
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Georgetown College Rankings
These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.
Program Level Awards
These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Georgetown College.
Awards From Around the Web
The following table lists some notable awards Georgetown College has earned from around the web.
Rank | Ranking Name | Source |
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#23 | Highest Paid Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General Graduates | College Factual |
#79 | Best Value Colleges for General Special Education | College Factual |
#92 | Highest Paid Health & Physical Education Graduates | College Factual |
#96 | Best Value Colleges for Special Education | College Factual |
#96 | Highest Paid Bachelor’s Degree Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Graduates | College Factual |
Where Is Georgetown College?

Contact details for Georgetown College are given below.
Contact Details | |
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Address: | 400 East College Street, Georgetown, KY 40324-1696 |
Phone: | 502-863-8000 |
Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/GeorgetownCollege |
Twitter: | https://twitter.com/GCCampusNews |
How Do I Get Into Georgetown College?
You can apply to Georgetown College online at: www.georgetowncollege.edu/admissions/apply/
Admission Requirements for Georgetown College
Submission | Required? |
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High School GPA | required |
High School Rank | neither required nor recommended |
High School Transcript | required |
College Prep Program | recommended |
Recommendations | neither required nor recommended |
SAT or ACT Scores | recommended |
TOEFL | required |
How Hard Is It To Get Into Georgetown College?
Approximately 34% of accepted students are men and 66% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 71%, and the acceptance rate for women is 73%.
Can I Afford Georgetown College?
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.
Student Loan Debt
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Georgetown College, approximately 66% of students took out student loans averaging $7,053 a year. That adds up to $28,212 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Georgetown College is 9.3%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.
Georgetown College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are also 456 graduate students at the school.
Gender Diversity
Of the 1,067 full-time undergraduates at Georgetown College, 45% are male and 55% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity
The racial-ethnic breakdown of Georgetown College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity | Number of Grads |
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Asian | 5 |
Black or African American | 83 |
Hispanic or Latino | 56 |
White | 824 |
International Students | 25 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 74 |
Geographic Diversity
Kentucky students aren't the only ones who study at Georgetown College. At this time, 19 states are represented by the student population at the school.
Over 14 countries are represented at Georgetown College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Japan, Venezuela, and Afghanistan.
Online Learning at Georgetown College
The following chart shows how the online learning population at Georgetown College has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 28th most popular in Kentucky for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.
Online Growth Rankings of Georgetown College
The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Georgetown College was -1.9%. This is the #1,875 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Georgetown College regardless of major.
The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Georgetown College majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.
Major | 1-Year Growth Rate |
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Special Education | 20% |
The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Georgetown College ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Georgetown College.
Major | Growth Rate Rank | |
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Curriculum & Instruction | #293 | |
Special Education | #409 | |
Teacher Education Subject Specific | #419 |
When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.
Georgetown College Undergraduate Concentrations
The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.
References
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
- College Factual
- National Center for Education Statistics
- Image Credit: By FloNight under License
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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