2009-2010

COST OF ATTENDANCE

A GW graduate student’s cost of attendance will depend on three specific factors: 

1)  The student’s program of study

2)  The GW cost per credit hour for the student’s program of study

3)  The number of credit hours for which the student is registered 

The standard cost per credit hour for the 2009-2010 academic year is $1,118. However, there are a number of graduate programs with different tuition rates.

The complete tuition schedule is available on the web-site of the Office of Student Accounts. http://www.gwu.edu/~sao/tuition.html 

Student aid is processed based on a cost of attendance budget. The cost of attendance is a budget constructed to approximate the costs of a student’s attendance. Cost of attendance items include:

Tuition and Fees

Room and Board

Books and supplies

Transportation

Miscellaneous expenses 

An allowance for off-campus housing is included in the standard budget. If a student resides at home with parents, a separate allowance is given. Tuition and fees are based on the University’s academic year rates. Transportation, personal expenses, and books and supplies are estimated figures based on area trends, and in some cases, derived from data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Depending on the student’s enrollment status, different cost of attendance budgets are utilized since tuition rates may differ depending on the student’s academic program. The following charts delineate examples of cost of attendance budgets for full-time enrollment (9 or more academic credits per semester) and half-time enrollment (6 academic credits per semester). 

In order for you to budget accordingly, and to make sure that in the consideration of student loans that you borrow only what you need, please note that your actual costs for tuition and fees will be: 

# credit hours X School/College’s Tuition per credit hour fee = ACTUAL TUITION & FEES

Note: the budget for students in distance education programs does not include living expenses. 

To assist you in your planning to finance your GW education, you may wish to review a worksheet created by a graduate student to assist other graduate students in creating a realistic budget. You can access the worksheet here: https://www.theloanprogram.org/tlc/Calculators/StudentBudget.aspx

(Note: This worksheet was not developed, and is not maintained, by the GW Office of Student Financial Assistance. Reference to this resource does not constitute endorsement of any lender by GW.)

See also these other financial literacy/debt management resources:

http://www.mymoney.gov/

http://www.360financialliteracy.org/

http://federalreserveeducation.org/PFED/
 

2008-2009

COST OF ATTENDANCE

A GW graduate student’s cost of attendance will depend on three specific factors: 

1)  The student’s program of study

2)  The GW cost per credit hour for the student’s program of study

3)  The number of credit hours for which the student is registered 

The standard cost per credit hour for the 2008-2009 academic year is $1,065. However, there are a number of graduate programs with different tuition rates.

The complete tuition schedule is available on the web-site of the Office of Student Accounts. http://www.gwu.edu/~sao/tuition.html 

Student aid is processed based on a cost of attendance budget. The cost of attendance is a budget constructed to approximate the costs of a student’s attendance. Cost of attendance items include:

Tuition and Fees

Room and Board

Books and supplies

Transportation

Miscellaneous expenses 

An allowance for off-campus housing is included in the standard budget. If a student resides at home with parents, a separate allowance is given. Tuition and fees are based on the University’s academic year rates. Transportation, personal expenses, and books and supplies are estimated figures based on area trends, and in some cases, derived from data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Depending on the student’s enrollment status, different cost of attendance budgets are utilized since tuition rates may differ depending on the student’s academic program. The following charts delineate examples of cost of attendance budgets for full-time enrollment (9 or more academic credits per semester) and half-time enrollment (6 academic credits per semester). 

In order for you to budget accordingly, and to make sure that in the consideration of student loans that you borrow only what you need, please note that your actual costs for tuition and fees will be: 

# credit hours X School/College’s Tuition per credit hour fee = ACTUAL TUITION & FEES

Note: the budget for students in distance education programs does not include living expenses. 

To assist you in your planning to finance your GW education, you may wish to review a worksheet created by a graduate student to assist other graduate students in creating a realistic budget. You can access the worksheet here: https://www.theloanprogram.org/tlc/Calculators/StudentBudget.aspx

(Note: This worksheet was not developed, and is not maintained, by the GW Office of Student Financial Assistance. Reference to this resource does not constitute endorsement of any lender by GW.)

See also these other financial literacy/debt management resources:

http://www.mymoney.gov/

http://www.360financialliteracy.org/