It has been a year since coronavirus was declared as a global pandemic by the World Health Organization or what is commonly known as WHO. Last year, around this time in March, quarantine was imposed worldwide due to this pandemic. This quarantine and lockdown caused major upheaval among the common people, especially the family and students' earning members.
As the lockdown took hold across the world, offices, schools, colleges, and universities shut down immediately for the spring session. Unfortunately, as the coronavirus outbreak reached its peak, the hopes of resuming classes by the fall semester were lost. This took a huge toll on the education of every student all over the globe. Students were sent to their respective homes for what seemed to an indefinite period.
The world economy started to deteriorate rapidly due to extended periods of reduced employment across the globe. Work from home policy ensued after a while since the world went under lockdown. This included online offices, online schools, colleges, and everything. Even school and college exams were conducted online.
This change in lifestyle and reduced economy prompted students and parents alike to demand a discount on schools and colleges' tuition fees as the students were no longer availing of the school facilities. It was a legitimate demand from students and their families. Everyone was using home facilities for education, income, and everything else, and the school maintenance fees and other extra fees were no longer required. In this benefits of private tutoring were also the best to educate a child.
Some students even demanded a full refund of their college and school tuition fees. To end the rising agitation regarding the tuition fees, some colleges and universities finally decided to offer some percentage of discount on the tuition fees for the students in the upcoming semester.
Listed below are the top educational institutions that changed their tuition fees in response to the coronavirus pandemic:
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American University
The American University, situated in Washington, DC, is a private university in the USA. With an acceptance rate of 36% and a graduation rate of 81%, it can be considered good enough and sought-after college. According to USNWR, this university is ranked at 74 out of 310 in National Universities, which gives it a place among the top 24% of US national universities. After the coronavirus pandemic since the last spring semester, the university offers a 10% discount on its tuition fees for this spring semester after a year of being shut down.
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George Washington University
The George Washington University is another University that is situated in Washington, DC. This is a private university and was sanctioned in 1821 by an act of the United States Congress. With an acceptance rate of 41% and a graduation rate of 84%, it stands as one of the US's most prestigious universities. This college has been offering a discount of 10% on tuition fees for this upcoming spring semester. After a year of being shut down and conducting online classes, it is finally ready to welcome the students back.
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Georgetown University
Ranked at number 1 on the best Law school/school for political science list, Georgetown University is another private university in Washington, DC. With its acceptance rate of 14% and graduation rate of 94%, it is one of the most competitive universities in the states. After a year of lockdown, it is now offering a discount of 10% on the students' tuition fees during the upcoming spring semester.
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Lafayette College
Lafayette College is a private college of liberal arts that is based in Easton, Pennsylvania. It also has a small satellite campus in New York City. It has an acceptance rate of 31% and a graduation rate of 89%. Around 32 out of 100 applications are selected, making it a pretty selective college. This college is now offering a discount of 10% on the tuition fees for every student in this upcoming semester.
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Princeton University
This is a private university based at Princeton, New Jersey. It is an Ivy League research college that was founded in 1746. It is ranked at number 1 in the US News list of ‘2021 Best National Universities’ and is within the top 10 of every college list. With an acceptance rate of 6% and a graduation rate of 97%, it is a very competitive college and very difficult to get into. Even though it is a top college, it is still offering a discount of 10% on tuition fees for the 2021 spring semester to welcome students back into the campus after a year of lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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University of Illinois
The University of Illinois is situated at Urbana-Champaign and is a research university in Illinois founded in 1867. It has an acceptance rate of 59% and a graduation rate of 85%. After the coronavirus pandemic, now that the colleges and universities are reopening, this university offers a discount of 25% on the tuition fees for its students.
