Tuition & tuition assistance

All-inclusive tuition: There are no additional charges for lunch, transportation, books, Outdoor Ed and field trips, or supplies.* Children in PreKindergarten through Eighth Grade come to the Dining Hall for a wholesome, freshly prepared midday meal with their classmates and teachers. Preschool children bring their own lunch, as familiar food from home is the best fuel for our youngest learners. Read more about lunch here.

*billed separately: one-time Chromebook fee (approx. $300) issued to Sixth Graders (or new Middle School students); Eighth Grade class trip to Washington.

Aspen Country Day School uses a secure online system for families to pay tuition and fees. Families sign in to check balances, make payments, and to re-enroll in February for the coming academic year. A non-refundable enrollment deposit, which is applied to tuition, is due upon enrollment/re-enrollment. The balance (total of tuition and fees) is due in May. Payment plans (1, 3, or 10 installments) are available.

Any current or prospective student may submit the online aid application and required tax forms (1040s, W-2s, business tax returns and other tax documents). If a family qualifies for tuition assistance, a grant is applied to reduce the amount of tuition due.

The guiding principle is that tuition assistance is need based, and that, given a fair determination of need, the family should assume as much financial responsibility as possible. Families should expect to contribute to their child’s educational expenses to the greatest extent they are able, given their economic situation.

To help determine each family’s need, we ask you to complete a form in Blackbaud Financial Aid Management. Completing the form is not difficult; most of the information is already in your tax returns. Factors considered are family income, assets, debts, family size, age of parents, number of children attending tuition-based institutions, home equity, and certain other expenses.

Admission and financial aid are two separate processes. If a student is accepted and also granted tuition assistance, notification of the aid award will arrive along with the offer to enroll.

Yes! This entire process is confidential, start to finish; no classmates or teachers or parents are told who is receiving financial aid. We ask that aid recipients also keep their grants confidential.

There are no full expense grants, and each family participates financially to some extent. The intent of this policy is not to burden families, but to create a partnership with the school with the common goal of enabling students to benefit from independent school education.

Yes. Because families may need one level of assistance one year—and more or less the next—all families are required to submit a new financial aid application every year.