George Washington University (GW) is the largest provider of higher education in America’s capital city, Washington, D.C. With a history dating back to 1821, the university is internationally recognized and ranked among the world’s top 200 universities (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2022).
George Washington University is ranked in the top 100 universities in the U.S. at 63rd, by the U.S. News & World Report National University Rankings 2022. Other areas in which the university has ranked well include best value schools (113th) and best co-ops/internships (18th).
GW has a focus on experiential learning, and the Princeton Review has previously ranked it as number one in the USA for ‘Top Internship Opportunities’. It offers an impressive 12,000 internships each year at various famous organizations including the White House, the World Bank, and the National Institutes of Health.
As a result, students can feel safe in the knowledge that GW will prepare them effectively for the world of work. In fact, nine out of ten graduates from the Class of 2017 were employed or in further study within six months of finishing their degrees.
Home to more than 27,000 students from more than 130 different countries, GW is proud to offer a diverse campus community. With more than 450 student organizations, there is plenty for students to do outside of lectures. GW offers 27 different varsity sports teams, and the student athletes that represent these teams compete at the highest level of university sport in America.
GW graduates have access to a huge network of 290,000 alumni who reside in over 130 countries across the world. Students can be inspired by the knowledge that they attend the same institution that influential people such as Kerry Washington, Elizabeth Warren, and Yvonne Orji attended, as well as Dr Ralph Alpher, the physicist, who published details of the Big Bang Theory in his dissertation in 1948.
