Affordability

We have a range of scholarship opportunities for incoming Country Day families:

• Founders Scholarships are merit-based awards granted to the top applicants entering grades 3 through 12. The awards are designed to recognize those students whose academic standards and strength of character embody Country Day’s mission.
• Triumphant Scholarships are full-tuition, merit-based award granted to top applicants entering grades 5-10 with significant family need as demonstrated through the submission of the Clarity form for financial assistance. The awards were created through the generosity of a Cincinnati Country Day School graduate to provide one to two full-tuition scholarships each year to academically talented student(s) whose financial need exceeds the limitations of our Tuition Assistance program.

Need-based tuition assistance is available to families of currently enrolled or newly accepted students in kindergarten - grade 12 who demonstrate need. A family’s need depends on many variables, such as family income, number of dependents, age of parents, other tuition expenses, unusual medical expenses, taxes, assets, and liabilities. For more information on need-based assistance, click here. To apply for need-based assistance for the 2025-2026 school year as a new or returning student, visit the Clarity Financial Aid processing platform.

As for EdChoice vouchers, we do not accept state funds because we go above and beyond what the EdChoice program offers your family. Simply put: Because we are an independent school, we can offer more aid than the voucher but with less state control. Click here to read more on why and how our program works better for Country Day families.

The school offers several 10-pay plans for tuition and fees. A two-payment plan requires 50% of the total year tuition to be paid by August 1 and the remaining 50% to be paid by December 1. Tuition charges will be posted electronically on your My CCDS Portal and according to the payment plan selected during enrollment/reenrollment. For more information on tuition payment options, click here.

A parent’s financial obligation to Country Day is for the annual tuition charge for the student’s contracted grade/program. The school cannot refund tuition or cancel unpaid obligations if the student withdraws after the contract cancellation deadline or is dismissed during the academic year. As an opportunity for parents, Country Day makes available a tuition protection plan. There are two options for purchasing the plan which will minimize the financial loss due to a student’s withdrawal or dismissal from the school prior to the end of the contracted academic year. Please visit our Tuition Plans page for more information.

To assist families with planning for all costs associated with a Country Day education, we have developed the out-of-pocket costs per division below:

• Lower School out-of-pocket
• Middle School out-of-pocket
• Upper School out-of-pocket