Tuition and Fee Information
Tuition and fees at Georgetown are charged based on your status with the Registrar's Office. Your status may be affected by a number of factors, including whether you are full time or part-time, an undergraduate or graduate, your academic program, how many credits you have registered for, and which courses you have registered for. Visit the Registrar's web site.
The most commonly misunderstood charge at Georgetown is the Student Health Insurance charge. For more information, see below.
Information on other common charges can be found in the billing section.
New entering graduate students are charged tuition at a full time rate. Your bill as a new entering graduate student should contain a letter from the Registrar explaining how you should proceed to pay if you plan on registering for fewer than twelve (12) credit hours.
If you have any questions about the charges on your bill please contact the Office of Student Accounts via email or phone and we will be glad to explain your charges to you and, if necessary, direct you to the appropriate office for adjusting incorrect charges.
Please be sure to monitor your bill online regularly. Changes may occur to your account between the posting of your first online statement and the close of registration. You are responsible for settling your account in full by the close of registration, regardless of what charges appeared on your original bill. The Office of Student Accounts charges fees to accounts that are delinquent in some shape or form. For more information, see below.
Student Health Insurance
Georgetown University requires certain groups of students to have health insurance coverage. Students enrolled in nine (9) or more credits in a degree-granting program (Eight or more if a graduate or law student) as well as those enrolled full-time in thesis research will be charged for the university's most comprehensive insurance plan, the Premier Plan. The cost is 1700.00 for the 2009-2010 year. Coverage begins at fall registration (September 1st, 2009) and ends in mid-August 2010
You may waive the Student Health Insurance plan through MyAccess beginning in July provided that outside coverage meeting university requirements is documented.
Students who wish to be covered under the plan must accept the plan through MyAccess. Parents, learn more about the privacy act that governs third party access to student records.
Health Insurance is charged in the fall every year a student is mandated to have coverage, even if the plan was waived the previous year.
If you have waived your health insurance plan, please check your bill online through Student Account Services within a few days of submitting the waiver. If the charge is not removed from your account, please contact the Student Health Insurance office.
Health Insurance is charged through the Student Health Insurance office. Visit the Student Health Insurance web site. for more information on the various types of coverage mandated for particular groups. You may also call the SHI Office at 202.687.4883 or email them at SHI@georgetown.edu.
Student Accounts Fees
The Office of Student Accounts has a number of fees it charges to accounts that are delinquent in some form.
- Non-Payment Penalty - If your account is not settled at registration, the university may drop you from your classes. If the university elects not to drop you, it reserves the right to instead charge an $80 non-payment fee to your account. In addition, a penalty of up to $500 may be assessed to accounts that have not been adequately addressed according to university standards. Your registration is not complete without your account being settled. To settle your account, all charges as of the close of registration must be paid or covered by one of our payment options.
- Service Charges - If your account is not settled at registration, or if at any point you accumulate a debit balance on your account and do not settle it by the due date on the monthly bill, the university will assess a 1.75% service charge on the outstanding balance each month it is outstanding. It is the student's responsibility to monitor his or her bill online. Service charges will not be removed because a statement was not received. The first service charge for the fall billing cycle will be applied at the end of August. The spring billing cycle is first charged at the end of January, and the summer cycle at the end of June. All service charges are applied as of the last business day of the month.
- If you apply for financial aid (including private loans) after registration, already assessed service charges will not be forgiven.
- If you submit a third party voucher, invoice, or contract after registration, already assessed service charges will not be forgiven.
- If you sign up for the monthly payment plan after registration, already assessed service charges will not be forgiven.
- Returned Check Fee - There will be a $60 fee applied to your student account if you attempt to pay with a check that is returned by the bank for any reason. These reasons include not only insufficient funds, but also post-dated checks, and incorrect entries of check information into the online electronic payment system. If the returned payment also causes your payment to miss the due date, you will be responsible for any other fees or charges as detailed above.