Cost and Financial Assistance

Program & Housing Fees

The Washington Center charges a fee for each program it offers during the year as well as for the housing it provides to interns. Depending on the financial arrangements in place at your home institution, you may receive an invoice from The Washington Center, or we may charge your college or university directly. Our fees vary by length and type of program, and you can find them at the links above, but keep in mind that your cost of attendance may be vastly different based upon the arrangements at your institution and financial assistance for which you qualify. Sometimes it even depends on the site at which you choose to intern.

The most important thing to determine is how a semester or term in DC compares in cost to spending that time back on campus. While you may pay more for your time in the nation’s capital, the cost is most often within reach—and a sound investment for academic and personal experience that will benefit you for years to come.

The program fee includes: development and cultivation of internship opportunities, individualized attention to each student to identify suitable internship opportunities, mentoring, an academic course, Leadership Forum activities, programming and/or professional development activities suited to each Washington Center program, evaluation of students’ work, and indirect costs related to the administration of the program.

The housing fee includes: identification and lease of space in Washington Center apartment facilities, furniture, utilities (excluding long-distance phone), kitchen equipment, high-speed internet access, resident assistant staff available at all times in the event of an emergency, organized activities (excluding admission fees, travel, expenses, etc), and housing and student life staff. For more information please visit the Housing and Student Life section on our website for more information.

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