Master's · Washington, District of Columbia

Is Intelligence, Command Control and Information Operations at Georgetown University worth it?

High confidence High confidence: 100+ graduates behind the earnings figures.

The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans

Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 3.7 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $101,053; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $122,372; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $52,920; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published): $56k (likely $56k – $56k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $37k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in DC; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 3.7 years (likely 2.9–4.9); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: $83k (likely −$11k – $194k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $576k (likely $328k – $856k); Today's dollars

Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.