Institutional aid and scholarships are considered gift aid—meaning you do not have to pay them back—and come directly from Fontbonne. Institutional scholarships may only be applied toward tuition. If you receive grants or scholarships that are required to pay towards tuition (i.e. tuition exchanges, tuition remissions, some Federal scholarship programs, and some private scholarship programs), your institutional scholarships will be reduced. Should you receive any type of grant or scholarship which is not required to pay toward tuition, your institutional aid will not be changed. Most outside scholarships will not impact your gift aid.
Fontbonne Family Award is a tuition reduction award and applies when two or more members of an immediate family enroll simultaneously as full-time undergraduate Fontbonne students. The reduction is $250 per semester per student. These awards are made through the Financial Aid Office upon request of the students and demonstration of eligibility.
Fontbonne Grants are institutional grants made to full-time undergraduate students with demonstrated need. No separate application is required; a student is automatically considered for this funding when he or she has filed the FAFSA.
Students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Fontbonne are eligible for a 15% discount on their graduate tuition. This discount may exclude some laboratory and studio courses and must be requested each semester.
In appreciation of the services offered to our community by educators at all levels, Fontbonne University offers a 15% discount to qualified individuals enrolled in graduate coursework. Qualified educators include those who work at least half-time in a nursery school, a pre-K through 12 school system or post-secondary institution. A discount application form is available from the Fontbonne admission representative or program director with whom you are working. The form can be found in the Office of Student Services. The form must be completed each semester or enrollment term to receive the discount.
The Fontbonne Emergency Fund exists as a resource available for both full and part-time Fontbonne University students. Students who have exhausted every source of Institutional Financial Aid, yet have unforeseen expenses that threaten to impact their attendance and academic success are encouraged to apply.
