Tuition, Fees & Tuition Support
A St. Joe's education is available to all socioeconomic backgrounds due to our expansive tuition assistance. Over 80% of the class of 2025, our current freshman class, will receive tuition support through merit-based Academic Scholarships, a need-based Tuition Assistance Program, and a Supplementary Work Program. Thanks to the generosity of our alumni and benefactors, St. Joe's enjoys a growing endowment, and our mission is to extend the St. Joe's experience to all who qualify academically. During the 2023-24 school year, St. Joe's will allocate $3.4 million in Tuition Support.
Listen to our school leaders as they describe the unique components of St. Joe's Academic Program:
ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIPS
St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute offers academic scholarship awards to qualified incoming freshmen who demonstrate outstanding academic achievement and potential. Financial need is not a factor in determining scholarship eligibility. Of primary consideration in selecting a student to receive an academic scholarship is his score on the Scholarship and Entrance Examination given prior to his acceptance into St. Joe's. Additional criteria in determining such awards include a review of the student's transcript from grades 6, 7, and 8.
A student's scholarship award is renewed automatically each school year provided his school work consistently demonstrates a superior level of achievement. Please contact the Admissions Office at 716.874.4953 for more information.
TUITION ASSISTANCE
Families may apply for tuition assistance in the fall of the year prior to attendance. If a family qualifies for aid, notice will be sent at the same time an acceptance packet is mailed to the student, providing a full financial picture at the time of acceptance.
Application must be made each year to maintain eligibility as awards do not automatically renew. Tuition Assistance awards result in a direct reduction of tuition expenses that vary in size and are awarded to families based on financial need.
St. Joe's has partnered with FACTS Grant & Aid Assessment to conduct the financial need analysis for families applying for admission for the 2024-25 academic year. Families applying for financial aid will need to complete an application and submit the necessary supporting documentation to FACTS Grant & Aid Assessment.
St. Joe's has partnered with FACTS Grant & Aid Assessment to conduct the financial need analysis for families applying for admission for the 2024-25 academic year. Families applying for financial aid will need to complete an application and submit the necessary supporting documentation to FACTS Grant & Aid Assessment.
Once an online application has been completed, the following information will need to be sent to FACTS to complete the application process:
• Copies of your 2022 Federal tax forms including all supporting tax schedules.
• Copies of supporting documentation for Social Security Income, Welfare, Child Support, Food Stamps, Workers’ Compensation, and TANF.
• Copies of supporting documentation for Social Security Income, Welfare, Child Support, Food Stamps, Workers’ Compensation, and TANF.
All supporting documentation can be uploaded in pdf or jpeg format online.
All Tuition Assistance decisions are made by the St. Joe's Financial Aid Committee.
Parents should contact the Tuition Office at 716.874.0730 or the Business Office at 716.874.4954 with questions regarding Tuition Assistance.
SUPPLEMENTARY WORK PROGRAM
St. Joe's also sponsors a work program designed to assist students who reduce the cost of tuition by working at St. Joe's. While the program is not need-based and open to all students, it is normal for a financial aid award to include both a direct grant and an amount to be earned through the work program. Students earn tuition credits by working before and after school and during holidays, weekends, and vacations. The starting hourly rate is $10.00 per hour. It is reasonable for boys to work as many as 200 hours over 12 months (July-June) without sacrificing their school work, extra-curriculars, or family responsibility.
If parents have any questions, contact the Tuition Office at 716.874.0730 or the Business Office at 716.874.4954.
FAMILY ALLOWANCE
If two or more boys from the same family are students at St. Joe's at the same time, the second and third son is each allowed a $1,000 discount.
TUITION & FEES FOR THE 2024-25 ACADEMIC YEAR
Tuition: $16,600
Freshmen Activity Fee: $285
Freshmen Technology Fee: $375
Registration Fee (one-time): $100
Parents' Guild Dues: $20 per family
ENROLLMENT
Parents of new students are responsible for a non-refundable deposit of $525, due upon receipt of an acceptance packet to ensure a spot in the incoming class. $100 of the deposit is a one-time registration fee. $425 is applied towards tuition.
PAYMENT PLANS
St. Joseph’s Collegiate Institute has partnered with FACTS for the collection of tuition. Tuition payments can be made in one, two, four or 10 installments directly from a bank account or by credit card. Payments begin in June.
Please be sure to review our full Tuition Policy.
“Like many students at St. Joe’s, the experiences that I have had would
not be possible without the tuition assistance offered by the work-study program. My mornings start with a bit of work, leaving my afternoons open for all of my extracurricular activities. However, looking at work-study like a necessary chore misses its best part, the work ethic.
not be possible without the tuition assistance offered by the work-study program. My mornings start with a bit of work, leaving my afternoons open for all of my extracurricular activities. However, looking at work-study like a necessary chore misses its best part, the work ethic.
Gaining a solid work ethic has allowed me to be the best student, athlete, and man of integrity that I can be."
- Patrick Killian '22
Our work study program is open to all students, regardless of financial need.