Tuition & Financial AidOur goal is to ensure the excellent education Kent Denver provides is an affordable option for highly-motivated students from families of all income levels.

Kent Denver School's financial aid program is funded by income from grants, donations, auxiliary programs and investment income. Committed to enrolling the best students  regardless of socioeconomic status, Kent Denver School admits students of any race, color, religion, gender, national and ethnic origin.

Families apply for financial aid through the Online Clarity application, which opens on October 1. 

• Applications for new families are due no later than January 31, 2025.
• Applications for returning families are due no later than December 31, 2024. 

Need help or have questions?  Please join us for one of our Financial Aid Workshops.

• Virtual: Thursday, November 21, 7 p.m. Click here to join. The workshop will be recorded and posted here.
• In-person: Saturday, January 18, 9 a.m. - go 3/4 around the roundabout and come in the big glass entrance of the Welcome Center.

All families in the admission process will be invited to attend these events. La traducción al español estará disponible en ambos eventos.

1. Recommendations from Clarity, a third-party grant and aid assessment company that takes into consideration several financial attributes, including income, debt, assets, the number of family members who attend a tuition-based school, etc.
2. Kent Denver's own financial aid policies.

At Kent Denver, Clarity recommendations are only guidelines. Our financial aid committee reviews every application individually and makes final award decisions.

Tuition assistance awards range from $2,500 to nearly 100% support for tuition, books, computers, trips and incidentals. Every family contributes some amount toward the cost of a Kent Denver education, based on their financial ability.

During the 2024-25 school year, the average family income of grant recipients was $158,000.

No. Unlike loans, our awards never have to be paid back.

In addition to providing tuition assistance, Kent Denver's financial aid program can also help with other school-related expenses, allowing students to get the most out of their Kent Denver experience. 

Additional support may be provided for:

• Transportation
• Class fees
• Textbooks
• AP Exam fees
• ACT / SAT Test prep
• Laptop purchase program
• School-sponsored domestic and international trips. Students may receive up to $9,500 ($1,500 per year) to participate in school-related travel.

Despite our strong commitment to our financial aid program and enrolling an economically diverse student body, the school's resources are limited. Often, the number of qualified applicants eligible for financial assistance is greater than Kent Denver is able to support.

Tuition assistance awards are not guaranteed to remain the same year to year; they will change as families’ financial circumstances change. Because families may need one level of assistance one year—and more or less the next—all families are required to submit a new financial aid application every year.

Kent Denver guarantees the previous year's level of aid (as a percentage of tuition) to returning students as long as the demonstrated need stays the same.

The Financial Aid Office will consider applications from returning families who have not received financial aid in the past.  However, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to meet the financial need of these families.

Kent Denver is the proud recipient of a $2 million grant from the Malone Family Foundation. This grant enables us to award tuition and school-related costs to five to seven exceptional Malone Scholars each year. Kent Denver was one of four schools nationwide to be honored with an endowment from the Malone Family Foundation in 2006.

The Malone Scholar Endowment Fund significantly increases Kent Denver’s ability to offer scholarships and school-related expenses to exceptionally motivated and capable students with financial need in grades 7-12. Kent Denver was chosen to receive this generous gift based on high academic caliber, quality of school staff, attention to individual student needs, interests and talents, financial strength and stability, a commitment to financial aid and an economically, culturally, ethnically and socially diverse population.

Malone Scholars are selected during the normal course of the admission and financial aid application process. There is no special application for this program.

Only the Financial Aid Office has access to financial aid applications. All information received by the Financial Aid Office is held in the strictest confidence.