Financial Aid
Expenses
The total cost of attendance for the 2024-2025 school year was roughly $86,778: $61,200 for tuition and mandatory fees and $25,578* for living expenses and other indirect costs. Cost of tuition is calculated per credit at a rate of $2,550 per credit, $7,650 per class. See a detailed breakdown of expenses here. MSFS follows the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences tuition and fees schedule. More information on the overall Tuition and Fees for Academic Year 2024-2025, including payment plans, can be found here.
NOTE: JD/MSFS tuition for the year the student takes courses exclusively at the School of Foreign Service will be the current annual tuition for the MSFS Program. Tuition for the remaining years will be charged at the Law Center rate. MSFS/MBA students pay MBA tuition rates.
* tuition and indirect expenses and other indirect costs are subject to change each year
Financial Aid
Financial aid information for the 2024-2025 school year will be available shortly. While students are ultimately responsible for financing their graduate education, there are several sources of financial assistance on which MSFS students rely:
- MSFS Merit-Based Scholarships
- U.S. Federal Need-Based Financial Aid
- U.S. Federal Need-Based Financial Aid: Example Loan Packages
- Assistance for Veterans
- Assistance for International Students
- Public Service Loan Forgiveness
- Part-time Employment
- External Resources (Outside of Georgetown)
For questions regarding all Federal Financial Aid and non-merit based scholarship financial questions, please contact The Graduate School Office of Financial Aid at osfsgradfinaid@georgetown.edu.
NOTE: The Office of Student Accounts (OSA) handles billing and method of payment information.