GW Tuition/Living Costs

[Oregon48]

I was invited for an interview at George Washington and am strongly considering the program. Does anyone have any insight on the tuition? I looked at the website and it's quite spendy, however are there additional fees not listed (i.e. insurance, incidentals, lab fees, etc.)? Is this included at all in the 97K listed for tuition? Also how is the cost of living there? rent? Any current students with insight into the extravagent costs? Thank you!

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[bythebay]

My sister lives in DC and the cost of living is outrageous. This is from someone who thinks the price of living in San Francisco is normal. I am going to the GW interview to but only because if I get in I can live with her for free or cheap. That being said its a great school and DC is really cool. I'd be excited to go there even though it's expensive. While I agree with most of the posters about going into a little debt as possible, I think you have to way a lot of factors. Where you live and what you're exposed to matters a lot and there is a lot of cool stuff happening in DC in the PT world

 

[NewTestament]

Actually GW only charges for the first 100 credits, so tuition is only a measly $80k or so. That's a lot better than $100k. GW is in a great location, but it is prohibitively expensive. If you can live for free, that's great. If you can take the Metro then even better, because driving in DC is for experts only.

I liked everything about GW, but the cost of living was one of my concerns.

Kevin

 

[mccomasg09]

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[djb051]

Actually the estimated total cost for 2012-2013 for the GW program is on the GW website listed below: $97,776
http://www.gwumc.edu/healthsci/academics/physicaltherapytuition.cfm

 

[dptillini]

however they only charge you the first 84 credits. so it is actually around 80,000. i learned this at the interview session.

 

[NewTestament]

however they only charge you the first 84 credits. so it is actually around 80,000. i learned this at the interview session.

Exactly. Maybe they reveal it at the interview to see who would still be interested if it actually cost $97k.

Kevin

 

[djb051]

I really hope that is the case about it being cheaper then stated on the website because that would be great. I applied to GW this cycle so I am just trying to figure out the numbers because it would make a big difference compared to 98K. I just don't understand how the numbers work out when this link http://www.gwumc.edu/healthsci/academics/physicaltherapyprospectivefaq.cfm says that it is $1,141 per credit for the doctor of physical therapy program, and say if they only charge you for the first 84 credits of the program as mentioned at the interview...that is still approx. 96K when multiplied. I guess I will call the school and ask.