OpenFieldGeorgetown College is a distinguished private Christian liberal arts college in Georgetown, Kentucky, celebrated for its premier pre-medical and health science admissions rates, competitive championship athletics, and Oxford Honors Program.
Chartered in 1829 as the first Baptist college west of the Allegheny Mountains, Georgetown College excels in undergraduate research mentorship in chemistry, biology, mathematics, and pre-law. Its distinctive Oxford Honors Program offers fully funded junior-year tutorial study at Regent’s Park College, University of Oxford.
Undergraduate applicants submit high school transcripts and personal essays. Georgetown College is test-optional for admissions and scholarships. Graduate education programs require a Bachelor degree with 2.75+ GPA and state educator prerequisites.
Rigorous undergraduate curriculum with an 85%+ medical school acceptance rate, featuring synthetic organic chemistry laboratory research, clinical hospital shadowing, and MCAT preparation seminars.
Elite undergraduate honors fellowship providing an intensive humanities and science tutorial curriculum at Georgetown College culminating in a funded term of study at the University of Oxford, UK.
Online postgraduate educator degree emphasizing differentiated instructional techniques, trauma-informed classroom pedagogy, educational assessment data analytics, and school leadership.
Interdisciplinary science degree combining field hydrology along the Elkhorn Creek watershed, GIS spatial ecology, environmental policy law, and conservation biology.
Endowed grant for undergraduate students demonstrating committed leadership in community ministry, faith-based nonprofit work, and global humanitarian service.
Hands-on curriculum in video production, digital podcasting, strategic public relations campaigns, and ethical social media journalism.
Professor of Biology and Chair of Natural Sciences · Department of Biological Sciences
Prof. Dr. Tracy Livingston oversees pre-health professions education at Georgetown College, conducting research on environmental endocrine disruptor impacts on avian embryonic development.
View research profile ↗Director of the Oxford Honors Program and Associate Professor of Classics · Department of Classics and Honors Program
Prof. Dr. John Henkel directs the Oxford Honors Program, publishing scholarship on pastoral motifs in Vergil’s Georgics and directing transatlantic undergraduate research tutorials.
View research profile ↗Professor of Chemistry and Undergraduate Research Coordinator · Department of Chemistry
Prof. Dr. Meghan Knapp mentors undergraduate researchers in synthesizing transition metal coordination complexes and testing novel macrocyclic ligands for heavy metal sequestration in Kentucky waterways.
View research profile ↗University profile compiled from official Georgetown College academic bulletins and institutional directories reviewed on 2026-10-16. OpenField is an independent research guide.