:: Christendom College Admissions :: Fees and Financial Aid

Please note that Christendom does not use
the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid).
Christendom has its own Financial Aid form which can be downloaded below.

Need-based and merit-based financial assistance would lower these costs for students.

Full tuition rate is for the standard course load of 12 to 19 credit hours per semester.

A monthly payment plan for tuition, room, and board is available to students. Arrangements must be made with the Business Office in advance of registration.

Refund Policy: Application fees, registration fees, and student activity fees are not refundable. Tuition payments are normally not refundable after registration day. Room and board payments may be partially refunded, subject to certain conditions.

Over 70% of the Students at Christendom College receive some form of financial assistance every year. The College has a strong commitment to providing a comprehensive financial assistance program to its students. Students may be eligible for one or more of the following forms of financial assistance:

All students have the opportunity to earn extra money from student jobs at the College. Students can apply for student jobs on a competitive bases through the College’s Student Employment Website (SEW).

Students are awarded financial assistance after acceptance as full time students by the College and upon the submission of a completed Financial Aid Application given below with required documents.

The Financial Aid Office stands ready to work with students and parents on paying and financing a college education.

Notice about US Federal Student Financial Assistance
You should know that Christendom College does not participate in Title IV Federal Student Financial Assistance Programs; this includes federal student loans. This was a prudential decision made by Christendom College to protect its freedom to teach the Catholic Faith without hindrance. However, the College has developed its own robust institutional financial assistance program that is competitive with colleges who do accept Title IV Federal Student Financial Assistance.

The College does accept Federal Social Security and Veteran’s Benefits which are not Title IV funds. These are considered direct awards to the student. The College is also an active participant in the Yellow Ribbon Program for Veterans.

Yellow Ribbon Program
Christendom College is a participant in the Yellow Ribbon GI Education Enhancement Program a provision of the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008. This program allows private Colleges to voluntarily enter into an agreement with the Department of Veterans Affairs to fund tuition expenses that exceed the highest public in-state undergraduate tuition rate. The institution can contribute up to 50% of the expense above that rate and VA will match the same amount as the institution. This does make Christendom very affordable for veterans under the 9/11 2008 Veteran’s Act. If you are Veteran under the Post 9/11 Veterans Act please check at the Department of Veterans Affairs at www.va.gov for more information. These funds are not part of the Title IV Federal Student Aid Program.

Need-Based
Merit-Based
Family Plan Discount
Student Jobs

Students who establish calculated financial need with the College will qualify for assistance through the College’s loan and grant program to meet their tuition costs.

Loan Program: The amount of a loan offered to a student is based on the student’s calculated need established with the College. Loan payments of interest and principal are deferred until one year (the grace year) after the student leaves the College. Students who pay their loan off during the grace year (which for most students is the year after the student graduates) effectively can get an interest free loan. Deferments are also available for graduate school, medical and law school, as well as for those students who begin formation for the priesthood or religious life. Students entering religious orders and who take final vows of poverty, chastity and obedience are eligible for loan forgiveness from the College. Students who pursue missionary or other lay apostolic work also qualify for some deferments.
Grant Program: Student’s with calculated need are offered, in addition to loans above, monies from the College’s grant fund to meet tuition costs. This assists students in keeping the burden of loans accumulating over four years to a manageable size. Students who remain enrolled in the College over four years will see their loan to grant ratio decrease in favor of a greater portion of grant monies as they progress toward graduation.

Academic Scholarships
Christendom College offers four-year level Presidential Academic Scholarships based on academic merit to first-time freshmen and first-time transfers. Dollar amounts awarded can range from partial to full tuition scholarships. Once awarded a Presidential Scholarship, students can keep this scholarship for four years if they maintain a 3.25 cumulative GPA at the College. Students are automatically awarded these scholarships upon acceptance as a full-time enrolled student at the College. Scholarship awards are based on:

achievement of a score of 1920 or better on the SAT (all three sections) or a score of 29 or better on the ACT.
submission of grade transcripts or home school records which shows substantial achievement and willingness to work and succeed in an academic curriculum.

Brothers and sisters simultaneously enrolled at Christendom College benefit from a special Family Plan. For the second student in the same family, simultaneously enrolled full-time (12 credit hours or more), the student receives a 25% discount off the tuition charged; for three or more students from the same family simultaneously enrolled full-time, student receives a 50% discount off the tuition charged for each family member after the second student. These reductions are granted in order of admission. The Family Plan does not apply in the case of a student who has claimed independence from his family for reasons of financial aid.

Work Study Program
The College maintains a Student Employment Website (SEW) which lists jobs available each semester at the College. All students may apply for these jobs. Students are hired on a competitive basis. These jobs help students earn money to meet College expenses. The College cannot guarantee any student a job, but most students wanting a job do eventually get hired within their first two semesters at the College. Job applicants typically outnumber student jobs available in any given semester, but persistence and good performance do pay off. Students can gain valuable work experience through the College’s student employment program.

Can outside scholarships and/or merit scholarships from Christendom, off-campus and/or off-meal plan status affect the financial assistance I receive from Christendom?

Yes. Outside scholarships, other external sources of funding, Christendom scholarships, family plan discounts and other tuition discounts, off-meal plan status, and off-campus status will affect your student budget and/or need analysis, which may result in the reduction of the need and merit-based aid funded by the College. Christendom College is, in effect, the last source of financial assistance, whether need or merit-based, not the first source. Student aid awards will be revised if any of the above events occur after the College has made a merit or need-based award and such event changes your need or merit calculation. Based on the revised calculations, Christendom will roll back its financial assistance awarded to you.

The average cost of textbooks for a full-time college student in the United States is well in excess of $800 per year. Christendom College, without compromising the quality of required texts, actively seeks to minimize textbook costs whenever possible. The cost of required books at Christendom, however, normally runs between $250 and $400 per semester, or approximately $50-$70 per course. Textbooks for certain mathematics and science courses, however, may exceed $70 per course, though they, like some relatively expensive foreign language texts, may be good for two or more semester courses.

Students should budget a minimum of $350 per semester for required books and an additional $50 per semester for writing supplies. Freshmen may have a somewhat larger initial outlay for texts and therefore should budget at least $400 for books the first semester. Students must be prepared to purchase all required texts. All items must be paid for by cash, check or credit card at the time of purchase. Failure to have at hand a text required for a course may result in a failing grade for that course.

There is limited parking on campus. Students are required to park only in designated areas. Students, resident or non-resident, are required to pay a parking fee and register their vehicles with the Business Office on registration day. A Christendom College parking sticker will be issued to students to display on their vehicles. Students will be fined for parking in any but their designated area or for not registering their vehicles. Repeated traffic or parking violations may result in forfeiture of the on-campus parking privilege.