The George Washington University Board of Trustees voted Friday to continue to contain the cost of attendance, guaranteeing no tuition increase for returning undergraduate students and limiting increases for incoming undergraduate students to approximately 3 percent.
This is the ninth consecutive year that the university has held increases in the overall cost of attendance (tuition, fees, room and board) to less than 4 percent. The increase will assist in funding university operations and supporting academic priorities.
The board also decided to maintain the university’s fixed tuition policy, which began in 2004.
With fixed tuition, returning undergraduates (sophomores, juniors, seniors and fifth-year undergraduates) will have no increase in their tuition for the 2016-17 academic year.
The tuition for incoming undergraduate students in fall 2016 will be locked in at $51,875 annually for up to five years, as long as they remain in good academic standing.
Underscoring the university’s commitment to containing costs, the percent increase compared to last year is 3 percent for tuition and fees and approximately 3.3 percent for the total cost of attendance, depending on a student’s housing selection.