Tuition and Financial Aid

The School’s tuition payment schedule allows three payment options.

• The tuition payment may be paid in full by July 1.
• Divided into two payments of 60 percent by July 1 and 40 percent by December 1.
• The School also offers an interest-free, 10-month payment plan, which requires payment on the 1st of the month from April to January.

For the 2023-2024 school year, our financial aid program provided $2.8 million in need-based aid to qualifying families. At Porter-Gaud, we actively seek to admit and retain talented and motivated students, regardless of their family's ability to pay full tuition. We believe our comprehensive aid program is fundamental in making this goal a reality. We also believe that socio-economic diversity enriches the educational opportunities for all our families.

The key tenets of the Porter-Gaud financial aid program are:

• Porter-Gaud school does not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, color, or national origin in administration of its educational policies, admission policies, tuition assistance programs, athletic and other administered programs.
• Porter-Gaud subscribes to the principles and services of School and Student Service for Financial Aid (SSS), a service of the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS), which provides financial analysis based on families' confidential Parents’ Financial Statement (PFS). SSS reports provide a point of reference for the Porter-Gaud Financial Aid Committee, which makes all final financial aid decisions.
• Financial information submitted for all financial aid applicants will remain confidential and it is not made available to anyone other than SSS and members of the Financial Aid Committee.

Please see the Financial Aid Application Process section below to access our financial aid resources and the SSS online application to begin the process.

For more information about Financial Aid, please contact our Director of Financial Aid:

Margie Stanbrook
P: 843-402-4681
Director of Financial Aid
Albemarle Point Center, Suite 300
Email

• Current Porter-Gaud / O'Quinn Families:
  Please submit your application by November 15, 2024. Financial aid applications submitted after November 15 will be placed in a financial aid wait pool.
• Prospective Families:
  Please submit your application by February 1, 2025.

The 2025-2026 online financial aid application can be accessed beginning September 1, 2024

Once available, parents must submit their fianncial statement to our financial aid service provider.

Once your financial statement has been submitted, you can complete your application.

PLEASE REDACT ALL SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS BEFORE UPLOADING.

The Financial aid Committee will begin its review of completed applications and make award decisions for the 2025-2026 academic year for returning students beginning in late January 2025 and for new students beginning in early March 2025.