Tuition & Financial Aid
2011-12 Tuition Rates
Lower School
Pre-Kindergarten: $9,800
2-Day Extended Day: $12,500
3-Day Extended Day: $13,800
Full-Day PreK: $16,000
Kindergarten-Grade 4: $17,800
Middle School
Grades 5-8: $18,500
Upper School
Grades 9-12: $20,200
Tuition includes lunch, publications and activities. Many books are provided by the school through state funding, but students are required to purchase workbooks, paperbacks and some texts. Transportation to and from Columbus Academy is provided at no charge by many local school districts.
FINANCIAL AID
Families of current students and of students who have applied for admission to Columbus Academy may apply for financial aid. The school's financial aid program is based solely upon need as determined by the School and Student Service for Financial Aid (SSS) in Princeton, N.J. Although total financial aid requests often exceed our resources, we are able to help many lower and middle income families provide an Academy education for their children. The Admissions Office will be happy to provide applications for financial aid. There are required deadlines associated with these applications. Admissions decisions are made prior to and separate from financial aid decisions.
Columbus Academy encourages and welcomes applications from families without regard to race, creed, religion, national origin or sexual preference and does not discriminate in the administration of its educational policies, financial aid programs and school-administered extracurricular programs.
MERIT SCHOLARSHIPS
While financial aid awards are based on demonstrated need, Columbus Academy also offers merit scholarships to new incoming Upper School students who embody the abilities and values that represent the very best of the Academy community and its mission. Please click here for more information on Columbus Academy's new Merit Scholarship Program.
In May of 2010, Columbus Academy was one of only three school in the United States selected as a 2010 recipient of a $2,000,000 endowment from the Malone Family Foundation to provide scholarships for top-level students with financial need. Families, especially those with students rising to Grades 9-10, interested in receiving information about the Malone Scholars Program at Columbus Academy should contact John Wuorinen, Director of Admission and Financial Aid, at (614) 509-2220 or admissions@columbusacademy.org. Please click here for more information about Columbus Academy becoming the only Malone Scholarship School in Ohio and one of only 31 schools nationwide to have been selected through the Foundation's exhaustive research process.