Tuition & Financial Aid

Affording Dublin A Dublin education is worth the investment. We are committed to providing an education where your student will be challenged to stretch and grow. It is our commitment to make Dublin School accessible. We have a robust financial assistance program for families who demonstrate financial need.

Tuition

Boarding student tuition for the 2023/2024 school year is $74,800*.
Day student tuition for the 2023/2024 school year is $43,000*.
Security deposit for all boarding students is a one-time fee of $150, and is refunded upon graduation.
A student account which is established to be used for books, supplies and other school expenses. For day students, the student fund is $250; for U.S. based boarding students, the student fund is $500, and for international students the fund is $4,000.

*Please note that this is an inclusive fee. We do not charge an additional Technology or other mandatory miscellaneous fees. We do not offer or charge for tuition insurance.

OPTIONAL PROGRAMS
OTHER POTENTIAL ESTIMATED COSTS

OPTIONAL PROGRAMS

ESL Programs for the 2022/2023 school year are $8,900.
One-on-One Four Day Learning Skills Program for the 2023/2024 school year is $16,900.
One-on-One Two Day Learning Skills Program for the 2023/2024 school year is $8,900.
Evening Assisted Study Program (2 night) for the 2023/2024 school year is $3,600 per semester.
Evening Assisted Study Program (4 night) for the 2023/2024 school year is $7,100 per semester.

OTHER POTENTIAL ESTIMATED COSTS

Who to Contact

Jill Hutchins

Associate Head of School for Enrollment

SSS Login Financial Aid Forms

FINANCIAL AID PRINCIPLES AND PROCESS

Principles

At Dublin School we follow the NAIS Principles of Good Practice for Financial Aid Administration stated below.

Recognizing that each family bears the primary responsibility for financing a student’s education costs, NAIS’s Principles of Good Practice for Financial Aid Administration are designed to serve as guideposts in developing professional policies and orderly procedures among schools. Through these principles, NAIS affirms its belief that the purpose of a financial aid program is to provide monetary assistance to those students who cannot afford the cost of attending an independent school. Furthermore, these principles reflect the standards of equity and fairness NAIS embraces and reassert NAIS’s ongoing commitment to access and diversity.

NAIS Principles of Good Practice

The school adheres to all applicable local, state, and federal laws and regulations, including antitrust laws and those that require nondiscriminatory practice in administering its financial aid policies.
The school operates within the context of both short- and long-range financial aid budget and policy goals.
The school uses objective research to measure the effectiveness of its progress toward its goals, and communicates the outcomes to its constituents as appropriate.
The school provides clear and transparent information to families through outreach, education, and guidance on all aspects of its financial aid process and the factors that influence admission and aid eligibility.
The school determines eligibility for admission without regard to a student’s application for financial aid.
The school commits to providing financial aid dollars to applicants who demonstrate that their family resources are insufficient to meet all or part of the total educational costs.
The school continues to provide support to students as long as they demonstrate financial need.
The school maintains the same standards of behavior and academic performance for recipients of financial aid as it does for nonrecipients.
The school enacts documented procedures that ensure a fair, consistent, and equitable assessment of each family’s ability to contribute toward educational expenses.
The school makes and communicates financial aid decisions in a manner that allows families to make timely, careful, and fully informed enrollment decisions.
The school establishes administrative and accounting procedures that distinguish the school’s need-based financial aid program from tuition assistance programs that are not based on financial need.
The school safeguards the confidentiality of financial aid applications, records, and decisions while respecting the right of each family to discuss its own financial aid outcomes in an appropriate manner.
The school supports collaboration between the financial aid office and other offices within the school.
The school supports collegial relationships with other schools and organizations for professional development, exchange of best practices, and other information sharing as appropriate and consistent with applicable antitrust laws.

Process

Every family who wants to be considered to receive need based financial aid must fill out the SSS Application every year they are enrolling.
Review of Financial Aid applications happens after the family has completed the process and all required documents are present or have been waived.
Review of Financial Aid Application happens after the Admissions Committee makes initial admissions decisions.
The Financial Aid committee consists of The Associate Head of School for Enrollment and The Head of our Business Office. This year we are adding the Associate Director of Admissions to this committee.
Financial Aid decisions for new families go out with their admissions decision letter.
Financial Aid decisions for returning families go out in early February and they are to accept or deny their package by mid March.