Affording Pingry

We support bright, promising students regardless of their financial circumstances.

A Pingry education makes an immediate impact and has lifelong value. We want that education to be accessible to families from a broad range of backgrounds. That’s why we offer a generous tuition assistance program to support students and families with financial need.

We recognize that a Pingry education is a significant investment and do not want tuition to be a barrier for entry. We believe that socio-economic diversity enriches our community and is critical to our mission to innovate, launch world-changers, and foster values like compassion, curiosity, and awareness of self and others.

We encourage our prospective families to apply for tuition assistance if they are concerned about affordability. We are excited to partner with you!

2025-26 tuition assistance applications are now open

Independent School should be affordable, and applying for aid should be easy: contact us with tuition assistance questions at any time.

Tuition Information

Important Dates and Deadlines

Tuition & Fees

2024-25 Academic Year Tuition:

Grades K-5:	$44,635
Grades 6-8:	$50,586
Grades 9-12:	$52,561

2024-25 Additional Fees (Estimated):

Lower School (Grades K-5):

Books and supplies: $100-$500
Physical Education uniform (Grades 3-5): $85-$120
Headphones: $10-30

Middle School (Grades 6-8):

Books and supplies: $375-$675
Laptop (if buying a new machine): $1,000-$2,000

Upper School (Grades 9-12):

Books and supplies: $325-$875
Athletics Uniforms + Required Spirit Wear (Forms III & IV): $250
Laptop (if buying a new machine): $1,000-$2,000

Lunch Program (Grades K-12):

All students in grades Kindergarten through twelve participate in the mandatory school lunch program. Lunch cost per year: $1,765

Payment Plan Options

For 2024-2025, three payment options are available to you:

Pay tuition and fees in full by August 1, 2024.
Pay in two installments: 70% paid by August 1, 2024 and the remainder by February 1, 2025.
Ten-month payment plan, paying 15% of tuition and fees for each of the first five months with the first payment due by May 1, 2024, and 5% of tuition and fees for each of the remaining five months.

Along with these plans, families have additional options for managing their accounts, including:

A wider choice of payment methods including direct debit, credit card, and paper check, either as one-time or automatically recurring payments, and the option to save your methods of pay for future remittance
The ability to access their account 24 hours a day electronically via computer or mobile device.

Enrollment Deposit

Tuition Refund Insurance

Three-Tier Additional Expenses Support

First-Tier Expenses

Expenses covered by Pingry at the same percentage as a student’s financial aid percentage (Eg. Lunch, busing, global program trips, extracurricular trips, and textbooks).

Academic Trips & Global Programs:

If selected for the program/trip, a student’s financial aid percentage applied to the total cost of the trip.

Extracurricular Trips:

If selected for the program/trip, a student’s financial aid percentage applied to the total cost of the trip. Extracurricular trips include:

Sports team trips (international and domestic).

Music group trips.

Student club trips (Model UN, for example).

Busing:

Student’s financial aid percentage applied to the total cost of daily transportation.

Textbooks:

Student’s financial aid percentage applied to the total cost of required textbooks during the academic year.

Second-Tier Expenses

Expenses covered by Pingry at the same percentage as a student’s financial aid percentage, but capped at a certain amount (mandatory athletic apparel/spirit wear and technology grant).

Athletic Apparel & Spirit Wear:

Student’s financial aid percentage will be applied to the total cost of mandatory athletic apparel/spirit wear.

Student’s financial aid percentage applied to the total cost of mandatory athletic apparel/spirit wear. Students will have a maximum amount that will be covered for each sport/season based on their financial aid percentage.

Technology Grant:

Rising Middle and Upper School students receiving tuition assistance who do not have a laptop that meets the minimum requirements for school use may apply for a one-time (per Division) technology grant.

If eligible, a student’s financial aid percentage will be applied to the total cost of the student's laptop. Students will be eligible for one laptop in Middle School and one in Upper School. Any portion of the laptop cost not covered by the technology grant will be billed to the student’s account and subject to Pingry's regular payment policies.

The laptop will be purchased through the school; however, ownership of the laptop will be transferred to the family upon summer pick-up in the Tuition Assistance Office. After pick-up, the laptop will be owned and maintained by the family and not be the property of the school.

If your child does not have a laptop that meets these requirements for the 2024-25 academic year, the technology grant application will open on April 26th , 2024.

Third-Tier Expenses

Expenses that are mandated by the institution and covered at the same percentage as a student’s financial aid percentage (tutoring and medical evaluations).

Tutoring:

Student's financial aid percentage applied to the total cost of tutoring that is deemed mandatory by department chairs and/or division directors.

Counseling & Medical Evaluations:

Student’s financial aid percentage applied to the total cost of evaluation. This applies to evaluations that the school is mandating for a specific student (academic, psychological, counseling, physical, etc.).

Additional Expenses Support Structure

Tuition Assistance Information

Tuition Assistance Guiding Principles

We support bright, promising students regardless of their financial circumstances.

A Pingry education makes an immediate impact and has lifelong value. We want that education to be accessible to families from a broad range of backgrounds.

Pingry’s commitment to excellence includes building a diverse school community across all demographic measures. This helps create a multidimensional educational experience for our students and helps prepare them to be lifelong learners, global citizens, and honorable leaders. That’s why we offer a comprehensive tuition assistance program to support students and families with financial need.

Impact on applicants

Pingry’s Tuition Assistance Program is designed to provide access to a broad group of applicants.

Impact on Pingry students

We are committed to financially supporting Pingry students from all backgrounds in a manner which allows them to take full advantage of the extraordinary resources available at Pingry, to develop a strong sense of belonging, and to thrive academically.

Need-Based Tuition Assistance

The Pingry School offers tuition assistance to families with demonstrated need - the difference between what a family can afford to pay as determined by the proprietary formula applied by Clarity Tuition, a third party tuition assistance application provider for independent schools, and the estimated total cost of attendance.

Pingry strives to meet up to 100% of the demonstrated need for each student we enroll and support. However, the School recognizes that what a family may experience as their financial need is sometimes different than that determined by the tuition assistance formula.

How to apply for tuition assistance

For all students: Please complete your Tuition Assistance application using Clarity Tuition.

To get started, please go to the Clarity Application and create an account. The application typically takes less than 30 minutes to complete. The Clarity Application is also mobile-friendly so you can complete it from anywhere. You are also able to save your progress and return at any time. At the end of the application, there is a $60 fee to submit, and you can share your application with additional schools that accept the Clarity Application for no additional charge. Simply use the dropdown menu in the application to select those schools. Tuition Assistance applications will open in August, 2024.

Step-by-Step Instructions

Tuition Assistance Award Determination

After a family completes their application on the Clarity Tuition platform, our Tuition Assistance committee uses its own policies to determine the most equitable financial aid grant. In determining an award, the Tuition Assistance Committee takes into account not only tuition charges and related fees, but normally anticipated costs such as books, transportation, meals, and travel. The committee also considers extenuating circumstances that may affect the family’s contribution.

Tuition Assistance Appeal Process

Tuition Assistance Resources

Tuition Assistance Step-by-step Instructions

This guide will walk you step-by-step through the Clarity application.

Tuition Assistance 101 Webinar

This webinar session explores the steps involved in the Tuition Assistance application process.

Tuition Assistance Estimator

Select the appropriate values in the Tuition Assistance Estimator to see the average tuition paid by current Pingry families with a similar profile to yours.

Admissions News

Explore the different aspects of the Pingry admissions process from current department leaders and alumni.

Tuition Assistance by the Numbers

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$8.3

Million in tuition assistance awarded for 2023-2024

Community Representation

217

Students receive tuition assistance awards

18%

Percent of Students Who Receive Tuition Assistance

100%

Pingry strives to meet up to 100% of the demonstrated need for each student we enroll and support.

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$36,000

Average tuition assistance award

Named Tuition Assistance Endowed Funds established to make Pingry education available to all students regardless of financial means

13%

Tuition Assistance accounts for 13% of total operating budget

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Affording Pingry

We support bright, promising students regardless of their financial circumstances.

We encourage our prospective families to apply for tuition assistance if they are concerned about affordability. We are excited to partner with you!

Independent School should be affordable, and applying for aid should be easy: contact us with tuition assistance questions at any time.

Tuition Information

Important Dates and Deadlines

Tuition & Fees

Payment Plan Options

Enrollment Deposit

Tuition Refund Insurance

Three-Tier Additional Expenses Support

First-Tier Expenses

Second-Tier Expenses

Third-Tier Expenses

Additional Expenses Support Structure

Tuition Assistance Information

Tuition Assistance Guiding Principles

Need-Based Tuition Assistance

How to apply for tuition assistance

Step-by-Step Instructions

Tuition Assistance Award Determination

Tuition Assistance Appeal Process

Tuition Assistance Resources

Tuition Assistance Step-by-step Instructions

Tuition Assistance 101 Webinar

Tuition Assistance Estimator

Admissions News

Tuition Assistance by the Numbers

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Community Representation

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Upcoming Admissions Events

Visit Pingry

I Am Pingry

Our Application Process

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