Georgetown’s Admissions Committee accepted 3,232 students for the incoming class of 2018, out of 19,501 total applicants. The overall admission rate was 16.6 percent, which represents a slight decrease from last year’s 17 percent.
“We offered 150 fewer [places] than we did last year grand total,” Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Charles Deacon said. “We have offered fewer this year because last year we bumped right up against the enrollment cap.”
The accepted students from the class of 2018 come from all 50 states, Puerto Rico, D.C., the U.S. Virgin Islands, and 64 other countries across the world. International students make up 8.5 percent of the incoming class, which shows a slight drop from 9.2 percent of the class of 2017.
According to Deacon, non-U.S. applications dropped approximately 5 percent, from 2,542 in 2013 to 2,148 in 2014. “International students make up 12 percent of our applicant pool, so that’s a significant drop,” he said. “The decline is almost entirely from Asia and significantly from China, where the economy isn’t growing as fast as it was.”
The ethnic diversity of the accepted students remains fairly consistent with the previous year. 10.4 percent identify as African American, a 0.1 percent increase from 2013, 17.3 percent identify as Asian American, an increase of 0.2 percent, and 11.9 percent identify as Hispanic, an increase of 0.2 percent.
The average accepted student was in the top 2.8 percent of his or her class. The middle-50 percent range for the critical reading section of the SAT was 680-770 and the math middle-50 percent range was 680-770. According to Deacon, 12 percent of the accepted applicants are first-generation college students.
“It’s no question that we’re attracting better students,” Deacon said. “It’s not about the numbers. I think focusing on the quality of the people who come here is the most important thing going forward.”
