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Georgetown College

Georgetown College is based in the town of Georgetown, KY — a private campus in a small-town setting. The school reports a Baptist affiliation in its federal filings.

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What could it cost?

Start with net price after grants, then read the published costs. Each chart names its academic year and the students it covers.

Net price by family income

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Average annual cost after grants for each family-income band. These group averages are not personal price quotes.

IPEDS Income brackets, 2022–23

family-income band

$8,926

family income
under $30k

$8,329

$30–48k

$9,698

$48–75k

$16,607

$75–110k

$19,770

over $110k

These figures don't always rise with income — aid formulas can make a higher bracket cheaper.

Average net price

$14,0952023–24Skip to data table

Average annual attendance cost after grants for the reported student group. Your own aid offer and costs may differ.

Average net price at Georgetown College has wandered from 2008 to 2023 — up to $20,769 at the peak — but ends near where it began, at $14,095.

Average net price — data
Year	Net price
2008	$15,555
2009	$15,362
2010	$15,961
2011	$17,052
2012	$18,638
2013	$18,442
2014	$19,210
2015	$19,953
2016	$20,769
2017	$19,186
2018	$17,300
2019	$18,384
2020	$14,853
2021	$14,522
2022	$13,485
2023	$14,095

IPEDS 16 federal reports, 2008–2023

Total cost of attendance

$56,8862024–25Skip to data table

Estimated annual attendance budget before grants, including tuition, fees, housing, food and books. Not every expense is billed by the school.

Total cost at Georgetown College rose from $34,380 (2009) to $56,886 (2024).

Total cost of attendance — data
Year	Cost
2009	$34,380
2010	$36,710
2011	$38,560
2012	$40,510
2013	$42,036
2014	$43,776
2015	$44,780
2016	$46,397
2017	$48,194
2018	$49,761
2019	$51,602
2020	$53,196
2021	$54,855
2022	$55,456
2023	$56,297
2024	$56,886

IPEDS Academic-year cost 2009–2024

Tuition & fees

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Published tuition and fees before grants. Housing, food, books and other attendance costs are separate.

Tuition & fees — data
Year	Tuition & fees
2000	$12,380
2001	$13,200
2002	$14,260
2003	$15,690
2004	$17,750
2005	$19,170
2006	$20,700
2007	$22,360
2008	$24,150
2013	$32,310
2014	$32,960
2015	$34,280
2016	$35,650
2017	$37,160
2018	$38,650
2019	$39,810
2020	$40,800
2021	$41,200
2022	$41,600
2023	$42,010

IPEDS Published price 2000–01 to 2023–24 (not adjusted for inflation)

Cost, size & completion summary

Cost, size & completion

Reported tuition is $42,840 before grants and other attendance costs. At Georgetown College, aid and other costs change the bill. Scorecard snapshot: 2026-06-10; historical charts show their own years.

Enrollment sits at 1,097 — Georgetown College is one of the smaller campuses on this site.

48.9% of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants completed at Georgetown College within six years (2026-06-10 release). This measure excludes other student groups.

Do students finish — and what comes after?

Graduation, debt and earnings cover different groups. Read each chart's entering class or fiscal period; they are not one group's journey.

Six-year graduation rate

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48.9%entered Fall 2018Skip to data table

The share of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants who completed at this institution within six years. Other students are not included.

The six-year graduation rate at Georgetown College has wandered from Fall 1991 to Fall 2018 entering cohorts — up to 68.1% at the peak — but ends near where it began, at 48.9%.

A six-year rate can only describe a class that entered six or more years ago — by definition the last point on the line is that old.

Six-year graduation rate — data
Year	Graduated within 6 yrs
1991 cohort	46.6%
1992 cohort	53.2%
1993 cohort	44.6%
1994 cohort	55.4%
1995 cohort	60.5%
1996 cohort	57.7%
1997 cohort	60.2%
1998 cohort	61.3%
1999 cohort	58.2%
2000 cohort	60.4%
2001 cohort	61.5%
2002 cohort	57%
2003 cohort	61.4%
2004 cohort	68.1%
2005 cohort	59.1%
2006 cohort	59.5%
2007 cohort	56.6%
2008 cohort	54.9%
2009 cohort	56.6%
2010 cohort	57.1%
2011 cohort	53.4%
2012 cohort	58.5%
2013 cohort	45%
2014 cohort	55.7%
2015 cohort	56.4%
2016 cohort	46.1%
2017 cohort	47.5%
2018 cohort	48.9%

IPEDS Entering cohorts 1991–2018

Median debt at exit (completers vs non-completers)

Historical student groups

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Median federal student loan debt when students left school, shown separately for those who completed and those who did not.

CompletedLeft without degree

Each point combines two years. Neighboring points share one year, so changes should be read with that overlap in mind.

These two-year windows closed before today's students borrowed — they describe past cohorts, not the current price of a degree.

Median debt at exit — data
Year	Completed	Left without degree
Left school in fiscal years 1997 and 1998 (FY1997/98)	$16,610	$2,625
Left school in fiscal years 1998 and 1999 (FY1998/99)	$15,345	$2,720
Left school in fiscal years 1999 and 2000 (FY1999/00)	$13,774	$4,370
Left school in fiscal years 2000 and 2001 (FY2000/01)	$16,250	$4,969
Left school in fiscal years 2001 and 2002 (FY2001/02)	$16,390	$4,375
Left school in fiscal years 2002 and 2003 (FY2002/03)	$16,974	$4,375
Left school in fiscal years 2003 and 2004 (FY2003/04)	$17,125	$4,375
Left school in fiscal years 2004 and 2005 (FY2004/05)	$16,500	$4,375
Left school in fiscal years 2005 and 2006 (FY2005/06)	$15,809	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 2006 and 2007 (FY2006/07)	$17,125	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 2007 and 2008 (FY2007/08)	$17,125	$4,375
Left school in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 (FY2008/09)	$17,125	$5,750
Left school in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 (FY2009/10)	$18,500	$8,000
Left school in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 (FY2010/11)	$20,775	$8,500
Left school in fiscal years 2011 and 2012 (FY2011/12)	$23,000	$8,635
Left school in fiscal years 2012 and 2013 (FY2012/13)	$26,100	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2013 and 2014 (FY2013/14)	$27,000	$9,875
Left school in fiscal years 2014 and 2015 (FY2014/15)	$27,000	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2015 and 2016 (FY2015/16)	$27,000	$8,920
Left school in fiscal years 2016 and 2017 (FY2016/17)	$27,000	$8,750
Left school in fiscal years 2017 and 2018 (FY2017/18)	$27,000	$6,500
Left school in fiscal years 2018 and 2019 (FY2018/19)	$27,000	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 (FY2019/20)	$26,270	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2020 and 2021 (FY2020/21)	$25,200	$5,500

NSLDS GRAD_DEBT_MDN / WDRAW_DEBT_MDN, merged FY periods · via College Scorecard

Earnings after entry

Historical student groups

Median annual earnings after entering college, for federally aided students who were working and not enrolled when measured.

Entered: academic years 2013–14 or 2014–15

$40,393

6 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2011–12 or 2012–13

$44,678

8 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2009–10 or 2010–11

$52,074

10 years after entry

Each figure covers a different group of students who entered college in the stated years. Earnings were measured in the same two years; these are not one group followed over time.

Measured in 2020–21, adjusted for inflation to 2022 dollars. Each figure pools two entering academic years.

Treasury Pooled entering cohorts · Scorecard 2020–21 historical file

What does the admissions record show?

Rates and score ranges describe a past admissions cycle. Submitted scores are not cutoffs or a prediction of admission.

Admissions snapshot & test policies

Georgetown College admitted 1,232 of 1,353 applicants in Fall 2024. The 91.1% rate describes that application pool.

91.1%

acceptance rate · Fall 2024 admissions cycle

rate trend $42,010 tuition · 2023–24 1,097 undergraduates · Fall 2024

Test-optional (considered) · Fall 2024

400SAT range (section 25th/75th sums): 960–11601600

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Admissions

In the Fall 2024 cycle, Georgetown College received 1,353 applications and admitted 1,232 (91.1%), with 320 enrolling.

Georgetown College reported scores as considered but not required for the Fall 2024 admissions cycle. For Georgetown College’s enrolled SAT submitters, Reading and Writing was 500–590 and Math was 460–570 (25th–75th percentiles). The section-percentile sums 960–1160 are not composite-score percentiles. These are not admission cutoffs.

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Score	25th	50th	75th
SAT Reading & Writing	500	530	590
SAT Math	460	530	570
ACT Composite	20	23	25

25th / 75th: a quarter of enrolled submitters scored below the first number, a quarter above the second. These are not cutoffs.

Only students who submitted scores are counted — at test-optional schools, many enrolled students aren't in this table.

Percentiles are among enrolled students who submitted scores (Fall 2024 admissions cycle).

Acceptance rate

91.1%Fall 2024Skip to data table

The share of applicants offered a spot — lower means more selective; read it alongside the score ranges below.

Acceptance rate — data
Year	Acceptance rate
Fall 2001	94.6%
Fall 2002	93.3%
Fall 2003	79.9%
Fall 2004	75.6%
Fall 2005	94.9%
Fall 2006	76.5%
Fall 2007	84.4%
Fall 2008	83.9%
Fall 2009	79.2%
Fall 2010	78.7%
Fall 2011	88.3%
Fall 2012	82.2%
Fall 2013	82.2%
Fall 2014	88.8%
Fall 2015	67.7%
Fall 2016	66.1%
Fall 2017	67.3%
Fall 2018	47.9%
Fall 2019	63.3%
Fall 2020	72.2%
Fall 2021	74.5%
Fall 2022	71.5%
Fall 2023	73.9%
Fall 2024	91.1%

IPEDS Fall cycles 2001–2024

SAT range (section sums, 25th–75th)

960–1160Fall 2024 · submittersSkip to data table

Sums of the reading/writing and math percentiles among enrolled submitters — not percentiles of total SAT scores or admission cutoffs.

SAT range (section sums) — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2003	920	1140
Fall 2004	920	1180
Fall 2005	950	1180
Fall 2006	920	1120
Fall 2007	990	1200
Fall 2008	890	1160
Fall 2009	910	1120
Fall 2010	930	1160
Fall 2011	900	1130
Fall 2012	870	1170
Fall 2013	870	1170
Fall 2014	925	1150
Fall 2015	903	1093
Fall 2016	870	1060
Fall 2018	1015	1145
Fall 2019	1042	1280
Fall 2022	1030	1230
Fall 2023	1030	1230
Fall 2024	960	1160

IPEDS Fall 2003–2024, submitters only

ACT middle 50%

20–25Fall 2024 · submittersSkip to data table

The middle half of enrolled ACT submitters, using published composite-score percentiles — not admission cutoffs.

ACT middle 50% — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2001	21	27
Fall 2002	21	26
Fall 2003	21	26
Fall 2004	20	26
Fall 2005	21	26
Fall 2006	21	26
Fall 2007	21	26
Fall 2008	21	27
Fall 2009	21	26
Fall 2010	21	27
Fall 2011	21	27
Fall 2012	21	26
Fall 2013	21	26
Fall 2014	21	27
Fall 2015	20	25
Fall 2016	20	26
Fall 2017	20	26
Fall 2018	20	26
Fall 2019	21	27
Fall 2022	18	24
Fall 2023	21	26
Fall 2024	20	25

IPEDS Fall 2001–2024, submitters only

What is the campus like?

Enrollment counts a campus population; retention follows first-years returning. Their dates and populations are shown separately.

Undergraduate enrollment

1,097Fall 2024Skip to data table

Reported undergraduate enrollment. This count does not measure class size or teaching access.

Undergraduate enrollment at Georgetown College fell from 1,258 (Fall 2002) to 1,097 (Fall 2024).

Undergraduate enrollment — data
Year	Undergraduates
Fall 2002	1,258
Fall 2003	1,257
Fall 2004	1,295
Fall 2005	1,332
Fall 2006	1,349
Fall 2007	1,335
Fall 2008	1,321
Fall 2009	1,297
Fall 2010	1,253
Fall 2011	1,233
Fall 2012	1,103
Fall 2013	1,034
Fall 2014	972
Fall 2015	975
Fall 2016	986
Fall 2017	1,029
Fall 2018	961
Fall 2019	945
Fall 2020	1,076
Fall 2021	1,228
Fall 2022	1,204
Fall 2023	1,180
Fall 2024	1,097

IPEDS Fall headcounts 2002–2024

First-year retention (full-time)

69%Fall 2023 cohortSkip to data table

The share of the reported first-time student group who returned the following year. This rate does not explain why others left.

First-year retention at Georgetown College fell from 80% (Fall 2003) to 69% (Fall 2023).

First-year retention — data
Year	Retention
Fall 2003 cohort	80%
Fall 2004 cohort	85%
Fall 2005 cohort	78%
Fall 2006 cohort	79%
Fall 2007 cohort	79%
Fall 2008 cohort	79%
Fall 2009 cohort	83%
Fall 2010 cohort	71%
Fall 2011 cohort	75%
Fall 2012 cohort	76%
Fall 2013 cohort	67%
Fall 2014 cohort	72%
Fall 2015 cohort	66%
Fall 2016 cohort	67%
Fall 2017 cohort	63%
Fall 2018 cohort	71%
Fall 2019 cohort	71%
Fall 2020 cohort	72%
Fall 2021 cohort	65%
Fall 2022 cohort	68%
Fall 2023 cohort	69%

IPEDS Full-time cohorts 2003–2023

More about Georgetown College

35.3% of Georgetown College's undergraduates carry Pell grants — the standard federal marker of lower-income enrollment. Carnegie classes Georgetown College as a primarily residential campus of 1,097 undergraduates — and 69.1% of the reported first-time, full-time student group returned for a second year.

Georgetown College's SAT section-percentile sums are 960–1160 — their midpoint is below the KY four-year benchmark. These are not total-score percentiles. Put your own practice estimate on Georgetown College's range with the SAT calculator, or bring a saved GPA from the grade tools.

Why some charts are marked “key chart”

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Start with three useful questions: what costs were reported for families in your income band, how many first-time full-time students finished, and what federal debt borrowers held when leaving.

How Georgetown College compares

State and national medians cover active bachelor-primary institutions, mixing public and private schools. Tuition uses in-state rates at public schools. These are broad reference points, not a ranking of similar schools or your likely bill.

Scorecard dates identify the release snapshot, not a shared measurement year. Earnings describe federally aided students who were working and not enrolled ten years after entry; cohorts and populations differ from the admissions and tuition figures.

Acceptance rate

Fall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS

Georgetown College91.1%

Kentucky median79.6%

National median76.8%

Tuition

Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid

Georgetown College$42,840

Kentucky median$26,625

National median$19,591

Median earnings (10 yr)

Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot

Georgetown College's snapshot: calendar years and dollar basis unverified.

Georgetown College$52,074

Kentucky median$45,036

National median$53,781

View comparison data & dates

Georgetown College, Kentucky and national reference values
Metric & basis	Georgetown College	Kentucky median	National median
Acceptance rateFall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS	91.1%	79.6%	76.8%
TuitionScorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid	$42,840	$26,625	$19,591
Median earnings (10 yr)Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot	$52,074	$45,036	$53,781

Published earnings by bachelor's field of study

For Georgetown College, these are federal subject groups (CIP), not departments. Median is the middle annual income.

Georgetown College federal-aid recipients · graduated 2017–18 or 2018–19 · income measured 2022 or 2023 · inflation-adjusted to 2024 dollars. Definitions and limits.

View 4 fields & earnings

Bachelor's field of study (CIP category)	Median earnings, 4 yrs after completion
Biology, General	$68,191
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness	$58,526
Psychology, General	$55,295
Communication and Media Studies	$51,395

These 4 fields listed for Georgetown College measure earnings after completion. The $52,074 institution-level snapshot above measures earnings after entry; it is not the same cohort or a total for these fields. 33 additional Georgetown College fields have earnings withheld under federal privacy rules.

Frequently asked questions

What test-score data does Georgetown College report?

Georgetown College's enrolled submitters had SAT section-percentile sums of 960–1160 in Fall 2024. These are not total-score percentiles or a GPA requirement.

What is Georgetown College's acceptance rate?

91.1% in the Fall 2024 cycle — 1,232 admitted from 1,353 applicants.

How much does Georgetown College cost?

At Georgetown College, tuition is $42,840. Tuition is not the total cost of attendance; aid can reduce your bill.

What earnings data does Georgetown College report?

Median earnings ten years after entry: $52,074. Major figures measure four years after completion. Source and date limits.

Similar colleges in Kentucky

University of the Cumberlands — 98.8% admitted
Kentucky State University — 96.1% admitted
University of Kentucky — 92.9% admitted
Bellarmine University — 86.1% admitted

Run your own numbers

Data: IPEDS ADM2024 (Fall 2024 admissions, provisional) · IPEDS HD2024/IC2024 directory · College Scorecard 2026-06-10 release (institution and field-of-study files; earnings from Treasury records). Retrieved 2026-09-01. Chart dates follow this institution's available observations; the release date is not an academic year or an earnings year. Some records end earlier than others. Field-of-study cohort dates are shown with the table. Read the date and population definitions.