Engaged Students

Whether it's studying abroad or learning leadership skills at home, Georgetown College offers many opportunities for students looking to enhance their education with first hand experience...

Fostering Intellectual and Spiritual Development

• Georgetown College has forged a unique agreement with Regent’s Park College of Oxford University to allow Georgetown students, faculty, and associates to participate in an academic partnership with Regent’s Park, the Baptist college at Oxford. The Regent’s Park College link enhances Georgetown College’s reputation as a center for innovative Christian thought and produces widespread benefits to both institutions. Students study under the rigorous tutorial method practiced throughout the Oxford system, and work side by side with students from all over the world.

• Georgetown College offers academic programs in Asia, Australia and Europe, as well as North, South and Central America. Regardless of one's major or academic concentration, these programs add an important cross-cultural dimension to a liberal arts education. They are not limited to language study but provide over-seas opportunities for students in many different disciplines, from the natural sciences and pre-professional fields, to all areas of the humanities.

• ACS-Approved. The Department of Chemistry at Georgetown College has received American Chemical Society-Approval and is one of only two private colleges in Kentucky to be so recognized. ACS-Approved programs offer a broad-based and rigorous chemistry education that gives students intellectual, experimental, and communication skills to become effective scientific professionals. In the past decade, 14 Georgetown College Chemistry graduates have gone on to graduate school in Chemistry, 9 to other non-medical graduate programs, 28 to medical, dental, or pharmacy school, and 22 directly entered the work force.

• Spanish Immersion - New Offering. For students interested in improving their proficiency in the language, Georgetown College's Spanish Immersion Program will expand their knowledge of the culture and build a foundation for a globally-focused life. Non-native, heritage and native speakers of Spanish come together as one supportive community of learners. To experience immersion is to take language beyond the rote exercises of traditional foreign-language classrooms. Taking classes like mathematics or philosophy, all entirely in Spanish, moves the language off the textbook pages and transforms it into a living, natural form of communication, as well as a valuable learning tool.

Great Teaching

With 40 majors and 32 minors to choose from and with faculty that care, Georgetown College offers students an excellent and enriching education...

Innovative Christian Thought

• The Georgetown College Academic Honors Program strives to encourage the intellectual growth of the college community by giving highly motivated students at all levels the opportunity to pursue challenging and stimulating academic experiences. In fulfilling its mission, the Georgetown College Academic Honors Program strives to help motivated students reach their fullest academic potential by challenging them throughout their college careers, promoting a high level of intellectual discourse, helping them broaden their cultural experiences, and fostering academic research. Every honors student must complete an Honors Thesis or Project.

• The Georgetown College Freshman Seminar is a course designed by students for students. Designed to make the transition from high school to college easier for incoming freshmen, the course meets two days per week for 12 weeks during the fall semester. Students who participate in the Freshman Seminar receive one hour’s credit. During their time in the Freshman Seminar, students will learn such tools as college navigation, life management, class management and the art of listening. Participants will also study such topics as diversity, understanding self, relationships and working together.

• Offered in conjunction with the nearby Kentucky Horse Park, the Equine Scholars Program is structured so students can enjoy their love for the horse while completing their college education.  A student involved in equestrian competition and activities on a regular basis will enjoy and appreciate the flexibility in academic scheduling afforded through the Equine Scholars Program. The Equine Scholars Program is available through Georgetown College's unique partnership with the Kentucky Horse Park, a working horse farm just four miles from campus with 1,200 acres surrounded by 30 miles of white plank fencing. The park is like none other in the world, and is dedicated to man's relationship with the horse.

• The Marshall Center for Christian ministry began operation in January 1997 to help students prepare for Christian leadership and service in the global mission of the 21st century. It is committed to the continuing of educational programs and events for selected groups of Christian professionals. The center includes RECESS, a Retreat for Christian Public School Teachers; an annual preaching workshop, a minister study-leave program at Regent's Park College of Oxford University.

Academic Programs: Accounting (Major); Anthropology (Minor); Art; Biology; Business Administration; Chemistry; Church Music; Communication & Media Studies; Computational Sciences; Computer Science; Economics; Education (Major or Certification); English; Foreign Language (French, German, and Spanish); History; Information Systems (Major); Kinesiology; Math; Music; Music Education (Major); Philosophy; Physics; Political Science; Psychology; Religion; Sociology; Theatre and Performance Studies. 

Interdisciplinary Majors and Minors: American Studies (Major); Asian Studies (Minor); Business Administration/ Communication Arts (Major); Business Administration/Ethics (Major); Business Administration/Management Information Systems (Major); Child Development (Minor); Classics (Minor); Commerce, Language, and Culture (Major); Environmental Science (Major); European Studies (Major); Family Studies (Minor); Human Services (Minor); Liberal Studies (Major); Musical Theatre (Minor); Security Studies (Major & Minor); Social Studies (Minor); Women’s Studies (Minor); Youth Ministries (Minor)

Dual Degree Majors/Programs: Engineering Arts, Nursing Arts

Pre-professional Programs: Dentistry, Law, Medicine, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, Veterinary Medicine.

Vibrant Community

The college offers over 100 opportunities for involvement on campus from student government to intercollegiate athletic teams...

Carving Out Your Own Niche

• The focal point of Georgetown is its historic Main Street, which is lined with charming older homes and commercial buildings. There are more than 100 buildings in the downtown area listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Georgetown is known as the "Antique Capital of Kentucky" due to its abundance of antique stores. Also, Scott County and five other counties in the Bluegrass as are often called the "Horse Capital of the World" and contain the world’s highest concentration of thoroughbred horse farms.

• The only NFL training camp in Kentucky can be found in the heart of the Bluegrass on the campus of Georgetown College. Since 1997, the Cincinnati Bengals have brought their annual training camp to Central Kentucky from late-July to mid-August. The Georgetown College/Cincinnati Bengals partnership brings camp to life each year with football, fun and sun.

• The Alpine Challenge Course was built in July 1998. It was built with the intention of not only benefiting Georgetown College students but also the surrounding community. Since its inception, Georgetown has had over 4,000 participants. The Alpine Challenge Course, located on the East Campus Complex of Georgetown College, is a series of ropes, logs, and cables constructed to create a challenging and unique series of obstacles. The course helps to build cooperation, trust, and individual leadership skills.

Successful Outcomes

Long known for its academic excellence, the college continues to attract award-winning faculty and students...

Cultivating the Leaders of Tomorrow

• Chartered in 1829 but with origins dating to 1787, Georgetown has produced 41 college and university presidents, five Rhodes scholars, and numerous state and national leaders in business, education, religion, science, and the fine arts. Some notable examples: the vice chairman of Johnson & Johnson, the CEO of Rawlings Sporting Goods, the associate dean of Yale Law School, the president of GTE Directories.

• The Graves Center for Calling & Career assists students discern their calling in life and discover a career that enables them to live out that calling in a happy, productive life.

• To promote student success at Georgetown College the center creates a "vocational team" encouraging students, parents, teachers, and staff to work together over a four year period. Each member of this team is important; each has a role to play.

• Georgetown College is recognized by U.S. News and World Report as one of America's Top 10 colleges and universities to send the highest percentages of their graduating seniors to graduate school within a year.