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Gallaudet University

Washington,  District of Columbia
College Board code: 5240

Main Address

800 Florida Avenue, NE
Washington, DC 20002
(202) 651-5000
www.gallaudet.edu

Admission Office

800 Florida Avenue, NE
Washington, DC 20002
(202) 651-5750
(800) 995-0550
Fax: (202) 651-5774
admissions@gallaudet.edu
Contact: Charity Reedy-Hines
Director of Admissions

Type of School

  • Private
  • Liberal Arts College
  • University
  • Four-year
  • Coed
  • Percent applicants admitted: 64%
  • Regionally Accredited
  • Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
Calendar: Semester

Degrees offered:

  • Bachelor's
  • Master's
  • Doctoral
    Other characteristics: Only liberal arts university in the world designed exclusively for deaf and hard of hearing students. Bilingual (English/American Sign Language), multicultural environment, assistive devices (TTY's or campus phones, closed captioned television and campus films), specially-designed classrooms and dormitories available.

Setting

  • Urban setting
  • Very large city (over 500,000)
  • Residential campus

Size

  • Total undergrads: 986
  • First-time degree-seeking freshmen: 181
  • Degree-seeking undergrads: 964
  • Graduate enrollment: 403

Student Body

How Do I Stack Up?

How does my academic performance stack up?

1st-year students:
  • 1% In-state students
  • 99% Out-of-state students
  • 1% Part-time students
  • 54% Women
  • 46% Men
  • 1% American Indian/Alaskan Native
  • 4% Asian/Pacific Islander
  • 14% Black/Non-Hispanic
  • 8% Hispanic
  • 66% White/Non-Hispanic
  • 5% Non-Resident Alien
  • 2% Race/ethnicity unreported
  • 23% had h.s. GPA between 3.5 and 3.74
  • 41% had h.s. GPA between 3.25 and 3.49
  • 23% had h.s. GPA between 3.0 and 3.24
  • 13% had h.s. GPA between 2.5 and 2.99