Investing in a Westover Education

Westover provides an experience for your child to be empowered and grow a passion for learning, fostering a character ready to be a global change-maker within their community. To help prepare you to plan for this investment, below is a summary of tuition and our fees, along with information about our financial aid process.

Tuition and Fees

Financial Aid

Westover is committed to enrolling a talented and diverse student body representing a broad range of backgrounds- racial, ethnic, geographic, and socioeconomic. The Westover School Financial Aid assessment process ensures that available funds are best supporting the school’s objectives and mission. Westover is proud to offer need-based financial aid to those students with a demonstrated financial need. This past year, 45% of our families received need-based aid with over $4.5 million dollars awarded.

Financial Aid Process

• Apply for Financial Aid here!
• The deadline for completing the financial aid application including relevant supplemental documents is:
  • December 15, 2023 for RETURNING families
  • January 15, 2024 for PROSPECTIVE new families.
• Westover School is proud to use the Clarity Application to determine a family’s level of financial need based on the information that families share in the application which includes assets, income, expenses, and debts.
• 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. The application is completed and submitted once the $60 fee has been paid.
• If you need support during the process of completing your application, there is in-app support available through the “Help” button in the bottom left of the screen, as well as email and phone support at [email protected] or 206-210-3752.

Financial Aid Determination

• Once a family submits a financial application through Clarity, Westover partners with Mission Enrollment to provide a third-party assessment and estimate of how much a family can contribute to the cost of a Westover School education. This figure and estimate provide a basis for determining financial needs.
• Westover School Financial Aid Committee receives a Financial Assessment from Clarity that has been reviewed by Mission Enrollment. This report, along with a family’s tax returns and other pertinent documents, are utilized to calculate a financial aid award.
• In determining a financial aid award the Financial Aid Committee will look at each application on an individual and case-by-case basis taking into account extenuating circumstances.

Financial Aid Webinars

To learn more about the Clarity platform directly from our partners, please watch the recording of their East Coast Webinar (Passcode: M3Msw$&J)

To learn more about the overall financial aid application process from our partners at Mission Enrollment, please access their webinar recording here: A Path to Affordability: Understanding and Applying for Independent School Financial Aid

Specifically tailored for the Clarity platform, Alisa Evans guided families through the following key points during her one-hour presentation: 
- How PK-12 financial aid works.
- Understanding household budgeting.
- A walkthrough of the Clarity application process.

*For a quick review of information, a PDF version of the presentation slides can be found here.