Tuition Assistance
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Woodberry is committed to enrolling boys of character who will be made better by their time here, and who in turn will make our community better. We welcome students regardless of their family’s financial situation and offer tuition assistance because we believe that bringing together boys with a wide range of backgrounds and points of view is essential to providing them with what they need for their future. We meet 100 percent of a family’s demonstrated need and do so solely through grants. Unlike some tuition assistance programs at the college level, these grants are not to be paid back, but are a gift from our community to make Woodberry more accessible to everyone.
Our commitment to tuition assistance stretches back more than ninety years, when the school first established need-based scholarships to help families impacted by the Great Depression. Our pledge to ensure every deserving boy can attend Woodberry is deeply personal to me, because my father, a minister in west Texas, could not afford the full cost of tuition when I attended Woodberry. Just as the school invested in me, so too will we invest in your son.
I understand that along with applying to Woodberry, navigating the tuition assistance process can be intimidating. We are here to help, and I hope you will call or email the admission team with any questions you may have about the application process.
Sincerely,
Headmaster Byron Hulsey ’86
Frequently Asked Questions
Will my family qualify for assistance?
Tuition assistance at Woodberry Forest is need-based, and every family is encouraged to apply. Eligibility depends on numerous factors, including income, assets, parents’ age, other financial obligations, and the number of dependents a family has. Finances should never deter a family from applying to Woodberry.
What types of assistance are available?
Woodberry offers tuition assistance in the form of grants, not loans. These grants are gifts from our endowed funds to ensure that Woodberry is accessible to all qualified applicants. Woodberry does not offer merit-based scholarships.
Do I need to apply for tuition assistance each year?
Tuition assistance is awarded on an annual basis, and families must submit an application with Clarity each year. The application is designed to be intuitive and user-friendly and takes roughly fifteen minutes to complete.
WOODBERRY SUPPORTS EVERY STUDENT
Decades of support for Woodberry’s endowment and annual giving program offset the true cost of a Woodberry education by more than $30,000 for each boy.
COMPREHENSIVE TUITION: WHAT IS COVERED?
At Woodberry Forest, our tuition is comprehensive. This means that tuition covers the full cost of attendance; Woodberry does not charge fees for playing sports or other activities. So when you sign up for a weekend trip to the movies, or your team stops for dinner on the way back to campus after an away game, it’s paid for by the school. Perhaps a better way to look at it is to ask what isn’t included. Travel and book expenses are essentially the only necessary additional costs beyond tuition.
Important Dates
APPLICATION TIMELINES
Woodberry Forest has two application timelines: December Decision and March Decision. December Decision is designed to assist families who need or want to make their enrollment decisions in December or for those who feel that Woodberry is their first-choice school. March Decision is our standard timeline.
The structure of the application and required materials are the same for each round, and candidates are eligible to receive tuition assistance no matter the timeline they choose. Please note that tuition assistance awards for the 2025–2026 school year are based on your 2023 tax returns and 2024 W-2s and/or 1099s. This timeline holds for each year at Woodberry, with award amounts being determined by the prior year’s tax returns.
If you have questions about which application is best for you, please reach out to tuition.assistance@woodberry.org.
Deadline to submit Woodberry admission application
Deadline to submit tuition assistance application to Clarity
Notification of admission and tuition assistance decisions
Deadline to submit enrollment contract and tuition deposit
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