Student Tuition

Student tuition for Summer 2027 is $3,850 per participant. Accepted students confirm their enrollment by submitting a $500 enrollment deposit within 14 calendar days of acceptance. The deposit is applied toward the total tuition balance.

What Tuition Includes

Student tuition includes:

• Round-trip international airfare between Washington, DC and Guatemala
• Program lodging in Washington, DC and Guatemala
• Designated program meals
• Program ground transportation
• Washington, DC orientation activities and college visit
• Leadership, cultural, language, and community-engagement activities
• Guatemala programming coordinated with Somos Impact Travel
• Program materials
• Adult mentor, program staff, and in-country support
• Pre-departure orientation and preparation
  

What Tuition Does Not Include

Student tuition does not include:

• Round-trip domestic travel between the student’s home community and Washington, DC
• Passport fees
• Family-purchased travel insurance required for the full program period
• Personal spending money
• Optional purchases and other personal expenses
• Families may arrange domestic travel independently or work directly with Partners of the Americas’ designated travel agency. When families use the designated agency, domestic airfare is charged directly to the family.

Payment Schedule

Families may pay the remaining tuition balance in full at any time. Families needing a payment plan may divide the remaining $3,350 balance into two payments of $1,675.

Students accepted after a listed installment date will receive an adjusted payment schedule in their enrollment offer. All tuition must be paid by the applicable final-payment deadline.

Refunds & Cancellations

The $500 enrollment deposit is nonrefundable except when Partners of the Americas cancels the student’s cohort. If Partners cancels a cohort, families may transfer all payments to another available cohort or receive a full refund of all amounts paid.

Additional tuition payments become nonrefundable according to the cancellation schedule included in the enrollment agreement. Families will have an opportunity to review the complete cancellation and refund terms before submitting the enrollment deposit.

Families are required to obtain travel insurance for the full program period. Families should carefully review the policy’s trip cancellation and interruption benefits, covered reasons, exclusions, and reimbursement limits before purchasing coverage.