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Georgetown Raises Undergraduate Tuition 4.5 Percent

Georgetown Raises Undergraduate Tuition 4.5 Percent

By Maren Fagan January 19, 2024

Georgetown University announced a 4.5% increase in undergraduate tuition for the 2024-25 academic year, the third increase in the past three years.  With the 4.5% increase, tuition for the upcoming...

Georgetown University | Students, parents and other members of the university community have had various reactions to the 4.9% increase in tuition for next school year, which university Provost Robert Groves announced in a Feb. 21 email.

Georgetown Raises Tuition Yet Again Amid Community Frustration

By Catherine Alaimo March 3, 2023

Georgetown University announced its decision to increase the annual undergraduate tuition rate by 4.9% for the 2023-2024 academic year, the second increase in the last two years.  In 2022, the...

HEALY: Annual GU Tuition Hikes Unsustainable

HEALY: Annual GU Tuition Hikes Unsustainable

By Jack Healy February 25, 2022

In 1982, Jon Reynolds (CAS ’65), the university archivist at the time, wrote an article on the history of Georgetown tuition. He traced that year’s 18% increase in undergraduate tuition all the way...

EDITORIAL: Reform Tuition Increase Process

EDITORIAL: Reform Tuition Increase Process

By The Editorial Board February 25, 2022

For a university that has recently been accused of strategically reducing its financial aid to low-income and middle-income students, Georgetown should be taking particular care in prioritizing and alleviating...

Georgetown Raises Undergraduate Tuition 3.5 Percent

Georgetown Raises Undergraduate Tuition 3.5 Percent

By Samuel Yoo February 18, 2022

Georgetown University announced plans to raise its undergraduate tuition by 3.5%, increasing the cost from $59,784 to $61,872 for the 2022-23 academic year. The university notified students about the...

Students Demand Tuition Reductions, Housing and Meal Plan Reimbursements

Students Demand Tuition Reductions, Housing and Meal Plan Reimbursements

By Adora Zheng January 21, 2022

Students are petitioning for a tuition reduction following Georgetown University’s announcement that classes will be held virtually through Jan. 30.  The petition, which has garnered 230 signatures...

Graduate Student Coalition Mobilizes for Tuition Reduction Equivalent to That Received by Undergraduates

Graduate Student Coalition Mobilizes for Tuition Reduction Equivalent to That Received by Undergraduates

By Laetitia Haddad February 4, 2021

Georgetown University graduate students are calling for a tuition reduction to match the 10% tuition reduction granted to undergraduate students in an open letter sent to Georgetown University’s Board...

VIEWPOINT: Decrease Tuition Amid COVID-19

VIEWPOINT: Decrease Tuition Amid COVID-19

By Saba Nia July 5, 2020

Before I set up my bed or hung up my clothes, I placed a container of fresh dates on the gently whirring AC system of my freshman dorm room. After my parents left, flying 3,000 miles from one coast...

Students Demand Reduced Tuition, Extended Deferral Deadline in Petition

Students Demand Reduced Tuition, Extended Deferral Deadline in Petition

By Jaime Moore-Carrillo July 3, 2020

More than 800 Georgetown University affiliates have signed a petition demanding the university reduce tuition and extend the deferral deadline for the fall semester.  The petition comes amid ongoing...

University Increases Tuition For 9th Consecutive Year

University Increases Tuition For 9th Consecutive Year

By Alec Dewar January 31, 2020

Undergraduate tuition to attend Georgetown University for the 2020-21 academic year is set to increase by 3.5% from $55,440 to $57,384, marking the ninth consecutive year of tuition hikes. Provost...

GU Not Likely To Implement Tuition Freeze, Administrators Say

GU Not Likely To Implement Tuition Freeze, Administrators Say

By Madiha Sohani November 15, 2019

The university will likely not implement a tuition freeze in the near future, university administrators said at the Hoya Roundtable on tuition rate-setting on Nov. 9. Hoya Roundtables, organized by...

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Georgetown law students advocated for more transparency in regards to increases in tuition.

Law Students Petition Dean to Freeze 2020 Tuition Increase

By Sophie Haber October 18, 2019

The Georgetown University Law Center Student Bar Association called for a universitywide tuition freeze as well as greater transparency in tuition changes in a resolution submitted to Law Center Dean...

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