{"id":30870,"date":"2013-07-26T10:05:01","date_gmt":"2013-07-26T14:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/?page_id=30870"},"modified":"2025-06-24T20:50:38","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T00:50:38","slug":"tuition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/genetic-counseling\/admissions\/tuition\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuition and Financial Aid"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"background-color: white; padding: 2%; margin-bottom: 10%;\">\n<h2>Reduced Tuition<\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<p>We understand that many applicants to our Genetic Counseling Program may have questions regarding financial aid. At this time, we are able to <strong>offer reduced tuition to each student<\/strong> during two semesters.\u00a0<span>This means that students are not paying the full time tuition rate for the duration of enrollment and results in a savings of over $30,000.\u00a0 Provost s<\/span><span>cholarships are made available to all incoming students.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>After the reduced tuition,<strong> the estimated total tuition cost<\/strong> for the two-year BU Genetic Counseling Program for the 2025-2026 academic year is approximately $102,000. This is an approximation and reflects anticipated tuition rates taking into account the provost scholarships provided to all matriculated students.<\/p>\n<p><span>We also assist to further offset expenses by providing: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>A travel stipend for attending professional conferences<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Payment of NSGC membership fees\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Funding to support capstone related expenses<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Financial support for non-local fieldwork related expenses<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Access to all required course books via The Alumni Library and BUGCP Student Library<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Fees at Boston University are approximately $370 per semester.\u00a0 Health insurance is required. Additional details can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/osfs\/cost-of-attendance-bot\/graduate-medical-sciences\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Students are able to maintain a part time job over the academic year should they chose either on or off campus.<\/p>\n<p><span>Visit the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/osfs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span>BUMC Student Financial Services Website<\/span><\/a><span>\u00a0for direct costs (tuition &amp; fees) and an estimate of indirect costs (room &amp; board) using the\u00a0<\/span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/osfs\/cost-of-attendance-bot\/graduate-medical-sciences\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cost of Attendance Calculator<\/a><\/span><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Financial Aid<\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/osfs\/cost-of-attendance-bot\/graduate-medical-sciences\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Financial Aid Office<\/a> at Boston University School of Medicine is available to assist students in identifying sources of financial support and tuition remission, including graduate and research assistantships, fellowships, and federal loans.\u00a0 Additional details are located <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/files\/2019\/07\/2019-2020-Tuition-and-Budget-Information.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reduced Tuition We understand that many applicants to our Genetic Counseling Program may have questions regarding financial aid. At this time, we are able to offer reduced tuition to each student during two semesters.\u00a0This means that students are not paying the full time tuition rate for the duration of enrollment and results in a savings [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1640,"featured_media":0,"parent":19235,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30870"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1640"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30870"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104313,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30870\/revisions\/104313"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}