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McDonough School of Business

Quick Stats

  • Avg. SAT Score
    1372
  • Annual Tuition
    $42,360
    $ $ $ $ $
  • Program Enrollment
    1,252
  • University Selectivity
    17%
  • University Yield
    46%
  • Average Salary
    $59,987
  • Top Industry
    Financial Services
  • School Status
    Private
  • Accreditation
    AACSB Accredited
  • B-School Founded
    1957
  • Program Length
    Four Year
Contact Information
37th and O Streets, NW
Washington, 20057, United States
Website
405x225

McDonough School of Business

Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business provides a transformational education through classroom and experiential learning, preparing students to graduate as principled leaders in service to business and society. Through numerous centers, initiatives, and partnerships, Georgetown McDonough seeks to create a meaningful impact on business practice through research and teaching. All academic programs provide a global perspective in a way that is unique to Washington, DC – the nexus of world business and policy – and to Georgetown’s connections to global partner organizations and a world-wide alumni network.

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Georgetown's business school has a wonderfully broad, robust, and cohesive alumni network that helps students achieve excellent job placement. This in addition to the program's focus on group work makes for students with extremely successful careers.

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Admissions

Admissions Selectivity
17% Georgetown University 58% Average Across All Schools
Most Important Admissions Factors
  1. Secondary school record
  2. Talent/ability
  3. Character/personal abilities
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Total Applications
  • Applied
  • Accepted
  • Accepted Apps Enrolled
20115% 20,115
17% 17
46% 46
17% School Selectivity
46% School Yield
Demographics of Applicants
  • Male Applicants
  • Female Applicants
  • International Applicants
  • U.S. Applicants
Application Deadlines
Nov 1
Fall 2013
Jan 10
Fall 2013
Required Tests
  • SAT or ACT
  • 3 SAT II Subject Tests (strongly recommended)
  • Are Interviews Required? Required
Additional Requirements:

TOEFL is strongly recommended of candidates studying in non-U.S. educational systems and whose native language is not English.

Total Applications to Program
  • Applied
  • Accepted
  • Accepted Apps Enrolled
3157% 3,157
18% 18
54% 54
18% Program Selectivity
54% Program Yield
Program Requirements
  • Admissions managed by Business Program
  • Are interviews required? Required
Required Tests

Transfer Requirements
  • How internal transfers are handled
  • Min college GPA for transfers 3.0
  • Other transfer requirements Calculus and micro/macro economics recommended. Also recommend taking introductory business courses with a 3.0 or above required for these courses.
Freshman Requirements
  • Freshman admissions Yes
  • Percent of admitted applicants who are freshmen 91
  • Min GPA required in pre-business courses No
  • How freshmen are admitted Indicate interest on university application
Other Requirements for freshman

Careers

Financial Services 51%
Top Industry
  • Consulting 14%
  • Other 5%
  • Non-profit 1%
PwC 22
Top Employer
  • Credit Suisse 15
  • Citigroup 8
  • J.P. Morgan 6
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Job Offers Received and Accepted
  • This School
  • All Schools
By Graduation
0%
59% 59.267238095238085
86% 86
56% 55.65923664122137
86% Accept Offers
After graduation, but within 3 months
0%
16% 16.189999999999998
4% 4
17% 17.25698275862069
4% Accept Offers
More than 3 Months after graduation
0%
10% 10.193835616438358
3% 3
13% 12.771399999999998
3% Accept Offers
95% Graduates seeking full-time employment
5% Graduates not seeking employment
60% Percentage of graduates for whom employment information is available
Salaries and Percentages of Job Accepting Graduates
Area Grads Accepting Jobs Avg. Salary 10k 50k 100k 150k 190k
Consulting
15% 15
$63,608.00
52K 70K
Finance/Accounting
66% 66
$63,600.00
33K 80K
General Management
0% 0
Data not provided
Human Resources
1% 1
Data not provided
Management Information Systems
0% 0
Data not provided
Marketing/Sales
13% 13
$42,833.00
18K 70K
Operations/Production
1% 1
Data not provided
Logistics/Transportation
0% 0
Data not provided
Other
5% 5
$35,625.00
33K 40K
Area Grads Accepting Jobs Avg. Salary 10k 50k 100k 150k 190k
Accounting
13% 13
$55,567.00
46K 63K
Consumer Products/Retail
3% 3
Data not provided
Consulting
14% 14
$64,227.00
55K 70K
Financial Services
51% 51
$67,300.00
50K 80K
Government/Education
2% 2
Data not provided
Pharma/Biotech/Health
0% 0
Data not provided
Manufacturing
0% 0
Data not provided
Media/Entertainment
1% 1
Data not provided
Non-Profit
1% 1
Data not provided
Petroleum/Energy
0% 0
Data not provided
Real Estate
1% 1
Data not provided
Sports/Leisure
2% 2
Data not provided
Technology/Science
6% 6
$46,250.00
33K 60K
Transportation
0% 0
Data not provided
Utilities
0% 0
Data not provided
Other
5% 5
Data not provided
Area Grads Accepting Jobs Avg. Salary 10k 50k 100k 150k 190k
U.S. Northeast
55% 55
$63,364.00
33K 80K
U.S. Mid-Atlantic
32% 32
$58,080.00
18K 80K
U.S. South
1% 1
Data not provided
U.S. Southwest
1% 1
Data not provided
U.S. Midwest
2% 2
$48,000.00
36K 60K
U.S. West
9% 9
$48,600.00
34K 59K
U.S. Possessions/Territories
0% 0
Data not provided
Canada
1% 1
Data not provided
Salaries for Most Recent Graduates
Salaries for Most Recent Graduates
Average Signing Bonus for Most Recent Graduates
Internship Employers / Interns Hired
  • Goldman Sachs 30
  • Credit Suisse 28
  • Barclays 19
  • PwC 17
  • Citi 11
Internship Services
  • Companies that recruit interns on campus
  • Companies that posted internships on school message board
  • Average intern length in weeks
  • Percentage of internships that are paid 52
Career Services
  • Number of companies that recruited students on campus 109
  • Number of companies that posted full-time jobs on school message boards 1,775
Other activities and career services provided to undergraduate business students:
Career counseling; employment advising; walk-in appointments; mock interviews; Fall Career Fair; Government and Nonprofit Career Expo; general job search workshops (resume writing, interviewing, on-campus recruiting, etc.); specialized workshops (case interviewing, international job searches, etc.); industry-specific alumni panels and e-mail lists; regent/Senior Networking Event; weekly e-mail newsletter; online career management system; employer information sessions

Cost

Resident
$ $ $ $ $
$57,882
Total Yearly Cost
  • Tuition $42,360
  • Fees $690
  • Expenses $14,832
Non-Resident
$ $ $ $ $
$57,882
Total Yearly Cost
  • Tuition $42,360
  • Fees $690
  • Expenses $14,832
44% Percent of Institutional Grants or Scholarships 12% Percent of Full-tuition Institutional Grants or Scholarships
Basis for Grants or Scholarships
  • Need 86%
  • Merit
More Information
Financial Aid
  • Financial Aid Management No
  • Website http://finaid.georgetown.edu
Scholarships
$15,254,000
Total aid distributed to undergrad business students last year
$15,280,000
Total aid distributed to undergrad business students this year
Loans
  • Loan Guarantee Policy No
  • Max Loan Guarantee Per Year

Academics

Average Class Size
  • McDonough School of Business
  • All Schools
Core Business Classes
39% 36
50% 46
Elective Business Classes
55% 32
50% 29
Required Classes with a Waiting List
McDonough School of Business 12 Average Across All Schools
* On the First Day of Enrollment
Top Areas of Study
  • Accounting
  • Finance
  • General Management
  • International Business
  • Marketing
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Business Program Classes
18% Less than 20 Students 1% More than 50 Students
81% 21 to 50 students
32 Average number of students in non-business required electives
49 Different Elective Courses
New Electives
  • Marketing for Global Social Change MARK 234
  • Entrepreneurial Practicum MGMT 208
  • Financial Modeling FIN 257
  • The Ethics of Entrepreneurship BADM101
  • Competing in a Flat World BADM101
  • Program length Four Year
  • Last change to curriculum 2010
Degrees Offered / Credits Required
  • BS, Business Administration 120
  • BS, Accounting
  • BS, Finance
  • BS, International Business
  • BS, Management
  • BS, Marketing
  • BS, Operations and Information Management
Faculty
  • All Faculty
  • Tenured
78% 78
51% 51
Prominent Faculty
  • Reena Aggarwal

    Finance

  • Ricardo Ernst

    Operations

  • James Angel

    Finance
  • Are work study or co-ops available? Yes
  • Description of work study / co-ops:

    Student employment office hires students part time during the academic year and full time in the summer. Hundreds of work study jobs are available on and off campus in community service organizations. The office also offers an employment referral service for students looking for employment on or off campus but who are not eligible for Federal work study funding.

  • Is study abroad available? Yes
  • Description of study abroad programs:

    The University has partnerships with more than 70 foreign universities and colleges in 35 countries for student undergraduate exchanges. More than 50 percent of the Class of 2014 will have studied abroad by the end of their junior year. Each year nearly 80 McDonough sophomores participate in our summer programs in Barcelona, Oxford and Shanghai.
  • Is community service or volunteering available? Yes
  • Description of community service/volunteering:

    Students often volunteer through the Center for Social Justice, taking part in tutoring, mentoring and community projects. There are also seasonal fundraising efforts like the Relay for Life, which are organized and led by McDonough students. In addition, students have the opportunity to volunteer with Year Up, an area non-profit which provides training for disadvantaged inner-city youth.

Students

90% Students in Top 10% of High School Class
1470 75th Percentile Score on SAT 33 75th Percentile Score on ACT
Student Body Breakdown
  • International Students
  • U.S. Students
  • Male Students
  • Female Students
Ethnicity of Students
White
65% 65
Asian American
13% 13
Hispanic
7% 7
* Percentages are for U.S. citizens in most recent entering class; only top three responses shown.
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U.S. Regional Breakdown
14%
10%
41%
6%
11%
18%
Student Citizenship
U.S.
93% 93
Other Non-U.S. Citizenship
7% 7
Canada
1% 1
18 Average age of full-time students
96% Freshman retention rate
Graduation Rate
  • 4 Years
  • 6 Years
90% 90
93% 93

Alumni

Alumni Donors
Total Living Alumni 12,328
Alumni Donations
$3,454 Average Gift $1,500,000 Largest Gift
Most Prominent Alumni
  • Robert Steers

    Co-Chairman and Co-CEO, Cohen & Steers

  • Michael Todman

    President, Whirlpool North America

  • Ann Sarnoff

    COO, BBC Worldwide America