Tuition & Tuition Assistance

Tuition and Fees
The annual tuition at Ursuline High School is determined each January by our Board of Trustees, subject to approval by the Ursuline Sisters. Tuition for the 2008-09 school year, starting on August 19, 2008, is $11,600.

Tuition Deposit & Registration Fee
Ursuline High School requires a non-refundable tuition deposit of $500 due March 1st, 2008 and a non-refundable registration fee of $350 for new students only.

Non-refundable tuition deposit	$500
Tuition balance after deposit	$11,100
Total annual tuition	$11,600
New student registration fee	$350

FEES
Class Fees
In 2008-09 no elective Class Fees will be charged.

Technology Fee
In order to sustain a level of classroom technology to adequately prepare our students for college and beyond an annual Technology Fee is being introduced in 2008-09.
Please see Tuition Financial Policies 2008-09 for details.

Payment Plans
Please see Tuition Financial Policies 2008-09 for details.

Education Loans
Families who wish to spread the cost of their tuition over a longer period of time, and reduce the amount of their monthly payments, can apply online to organizations which provide education loans for private high school tuition, including:
www.prepgate.com (Ursuline High School is a pre-approved school with this organization)
www.educationone.com
www.wellsfargo.com/student

Please contact our Finance Office pkingston@ursulinehs.org if you need specific information from the school to support your application for an education loan.

Tuition Assistance
The school offers Tuition Assistance in two forms:
   Financial Aid: is awarded each year with no academic requirements.
   Scholarships: a number of specific scholarships are awarded each year, some on
   academic or service merit only and some with financial need criteria.

Please review the downloadable forms providing all Financial Aid and Scholarship details for the 2008-09 school year at: Scholarship and Financial Aid Applications

Late Applicants for the 2008-09 school year starting August 19, 2008
Financial Aid and Scholarship applications for the 2008-09 school year were due by
January 5, 2008. However, the Financial Aid and Scholarship Committee will review late applications for Financial Aid throughout the year. The primary allocation of awards occurred in January. Additional funds may become available for late applicants depending on the rate of acceptances by the students originally awarded financial aid.

Applicants for the 2009-10 school year starting August 2009
Financial Aid and Scholarship applications for the 2009-10 school year are available online and from the Finance Office starting in November 2008 and are due by January 5, 2009.

Incoming Freshman families will be notified of their financial aid status for the 2009-10 school year by February 28, 2009. Applying for financial aid has no bearing on your acceptance to Ursuline High School. Please do not wait for acceptance from our school to apply for aid as it may be too late.

Annual financial aid application and the school’s endowment
All families receiving financial aid must submit a new financial aid application each school year. The financial aid and need based scholarship awards for the 2008-09 school year range from $500 to $6,000 per student evaluated by FAIR as needing financial aid.

The school’s endowment is only able to cover a portion of the total needs reported to us by FAIR each year.  We therefore have to award our financial aid to the families with the greatest need.  Our current Capital Campaign is increasing the size of our endowment so that the annual interest and dividends earned each year on the endowment’s investments will provide more financial aid to more families in the future.