Financial Aid + Scholarships

Affording MSDA

The Mount is committed to enrolling students from a variety of socioeconomic backgrounds. Increased access to education reflects the Dominican mission and diversity strengthens the Mount community. We offer a comprehensive program of tuition assistance including financial aid and scholarship opportunities.

Apply for a Scholarship
To apply for any Mount scholarship, students must register for and take an Entrance Exam. More information will be available soon.

To be considered for a scholarship, a student must have already completed a Mount admissions application, and have taken an Entrance Exam by December 4, 2023.

Other Scholarship Sources

Applicants in need of financial aid are encouraged to look into other sources such as a local ethnic organization or their parish.

Potential sources for those who qualify are The Scholarship Fund for Inner-City Children and Tri-County Scholarship Fund. View information in the tabs below:

SFIC
Tri-County Scholarship Fund

SFIC

Parents/Guardians of students in grades Pre K-12 from low income families currently or planning to enroll in a private or parochial school located within Bergen, Essex, Hudson, and Union counties are eligible to apply. View the information sheet: Facts about the Scholarship Fund.

The applications for the 2021-2022 school year are available beginning TBD. The application may be filled out and submitted on-line and will be considered complete once ALL REQUIRED DOCUMENTS are submitted. Any applications and required financial documents must be received by the deadline date of TBD in order to be considered.

The SFIC partial-tuition application is available at sficnj.org/parent-student-portal.

Tri-County Scholarship Fund

MSDA is pleased to partner with Tri-County Scholarship Fund. The mission of Tri-County is to provide partial scholarships to K-12th grade students who demonstrate financial need. The average income of a Tri-County family is $30,000. Families who would like to be considered for an award must complete the application and submit all required documents by February 15. Recipients will be notified in April. Click here for the application. For more information about Tri-County visit: www.tcsfund.org.

Loans

Private loans, including those below, are available to help finance your daughter’s education.

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