George Washington University (GW) is the largest provider of higher education in America’s capital, Washington, D.C. The university is internationally renowned and ranked among the top 200 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings.) 2021 г.).
George Washington University is ranked among the top 100 universities in the United States at No. 66 in the U.S. News & World Report 2021 National University Rankings. Other areas in which the university scores well include top schools (90th) and top co-ops/internships (15th).
GW has a strong focus on experiential learning, and Princeton Review previously ranked it number one in the U.S. in the Best Internship Opportunities category. Each year it offers an impressive 12,000 internship opportunities at a number of prominent organizations, including the White House, the World Bank and the National Institutes of Health.
As a result, students can feel secure in the knowledge that GW will effectively prepare them for the world of work. In fact, nine out of ten graduates of the Class of 2017 were employed or continued their studies within six months of earning their degree.
GW is home to more than 27,000 students from more than 130 different countries and offers a diverse community on campus. With more than 450 student organizations, students have plenty to do beyond lectures. GW offers 27 different university sports teams, and the student-athletes who represent these teams compete at the highest level of college sports in America.
GW alumni have access to a huge network of 290,000 alumni who live in more than 130 countries around the world. Students can be inspired by the knowledge that they are attending the same institution that such influential people as Kerry Washington, Elizabeth Warren and Yvonne Orji and Dr. Ralph Alpher, the physicist who published details of the big bang theory in his 1948 thesis, have attended.
