The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars
 Cost and Financial AssistanceProgram & Housing FeesThe Washington Center charges a fee for each program it offers during the year as well as for the housing it provides to our interns. Costs, which are listed below, vary based on the length of the program. Housing and program fees are listed separately as students are not required to live in our housing. The important consideration for a student is his or her net cost of attending The Washington Center after receiving any assistance that is available. For some students, financial assistance may make the cost of participation comparable to that of a semester on campus. For others, it is higher but still within reach and a sound investment for academic and professional experience of this type. This cost will differ by student and in many cases can only be determined after a student has accepted an internship. 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 “Where Would I Live?” section on our website for more information. A key element making it possible for many students to attend our program is the arrangement The Washington Center has with numerous colleges and universities enabling students to receive help from their home institutions in the form of waived tuition. Other students pay tuition to their schools, which then forward all or part toward payment of The Washington Center's program and/or housing fees. To the extent schools assist in these ways – and hundreds do - students need to pay The Washington Center only the fees remaining on their Washington Center balances. For more than 75 percent of our students, costs are reduced by financial assistance as well. To find out what assistance you qualify for, carefully review the links above, contact your institution’s Washington Center campus liaison, or contact us at info@twc.edu or (800) 486-8921. Semester, Quarter and Summer Programs
Postgraduate Professional Development Program
** Postgraduate Program Deposit - a $250 nonrefundable deposit, which will be put towards the program fee, is due at the time of application. Applications will not be reviewed until the deposit is received. The deposit will be refunded if a student is not accepted into the program.
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