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Tuition & Financial Aid
Tuition & Financial Aid
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2026-01-15T13:50:47-08:00
Making a Stevenson education affordable to all students and families.
Stevenson is committed to accessibility and affordability, and offers families robust need-based financial aid and flexible payment schedules.
Learn how Stevenson is removing financial barriers and simplifying the aid process to ensure all students can access—and fully participate in—the Stevenson experience.
$8.4 million
committed to support our students in financial aid for the current academic year
100%
of grants are based on financial need
35%
of the student body (PK–12) received need-based financial aid for the current academic year
Tuition Costs
2026/2027
Division
Cost
Grades 9–12 (Boarding)
$85,900
Grades 9–12 (Day)
$55,300
Kindergarten–Grade 8
$36,100
Pre-Kindergarten
$23,000
Estimated Expenses
Upper Division
Comprehensive Fee
The Comprehensive Fee includes:
All students:
Tuition
Science Laboratory Fees
Art and Ceramics Fees
Gym Services
Field Trip Transportation
Graduation
Pirate Parent Club
Student Activities
– Weekend shuttle service to local areas and shopping
– Admission to all home athletic contests
– Student council activities
– Weekend activities organized by resident faculty
– Student publications including the newspaper (
Tusitala
), the literary magazine (
Vailima
), and copy of the annual full-color yearbook,
Spyglass
Student Accident Insurance ($100 deductible, subject to certain policy limitations)
Day students only
Lunch
Resident students only
Room and Board
Additional Expenses—Estimated
Required and optional expenses not covered by the Comprehensive Fee are listed below.
All Students:
Books and School Supplies
$400-$800 (required)
Laptop Computer
Student Health Insurance
Tuition Refund Insurance
Wilderness Expedition (Grade 10)
College Tours (Grade 11)
Certain X-Term course offerings
Supplies and Snacks (amount varies—optional)
– Athletic Uniforms (select sports)
– Campus Store Purchases
– Snack Bar
– Class Clothing
Professional Instruction (amount varies—optional by arrangement)
– Driver’s education
– Golf at Spyglass Hill
– Tennis at Pebble Beach Tennis Club
– Rock Climbing
– Music Lessons
Stevenson Summer Sports Camps
(rising grades 9-12, summer optional)
Stevenson Academic Enrichment Summer Programs
(rising grades 9-12, summer optional)
Resident Students only:
Transportation to airport for vacations and school breaks
(optional)
*Tuition Refund Insurance is required if a payment plan is requested and approved by the Business Office.
Lower & Middle Division
Comprehensive Fee
The Comprehensive Fee includes:
Tuition
Lunch
Technology
Morning Drop-Off
(as early as 7:30 a.m.)
After-School Co-curricular Program
(until 5:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. on Fridays)
: this faculty-led
After-School Program
for both Lower Division and Middle Division students offers dozens of workshops and activities, as well as faculty-supervised study time and office hours.
After-School Sports (middle division)
Textbooks and classroom supplies
Art room fees
Field trip transportation fees
Outdoor Education (formerly known as Science Camp (grades 5–8))
Student publications, including a full-color yearbook
Student Accident Insurance ($100 deductible)
Additional Expenses—Estimated
Required and optional expenses not covered by the Comprehensive Fee are listed below.
All Students
Uniforms
$150–$300 (required)
Tuition Refund Insurance
The Camp at Carmel
(rising grades K-4, summer optional)
The Camp at Pebble Beach
(rising grades 5-8, summer optional)
Stevenson Summer Sports Camps
(rising grades 4-8, summer optional)
*Tuition Refund Insurance is required if a payment plan is requested and approved by the Business Office.
Financial Aid Process
New and Returning Families
Complete the financial aid applications using
Clarity Tuition
Application deadlines:
Returning families is December 1, 2025
New families is February 1, 2026
The application typically takes less than 30 minutes to complete.
How to Apply: Quick Reference
Guide to the Clarity Application
Important Points About Financial Aid
Financial aid is for families who have a demonstrated need for financial assistance, rather than scholarships based on particular talents or attributes.
Financial Aid for international students is limited
Families must apply for financial aid during the admission application process.
Families who are awarded financial aid must reapply annually for financial assistance  in order to maintain funding.
If a family’s financial circumstances change significantly over the course of a student’s enrollment, the School will make every effort to provide assistance.
If you have questions about financial aid or the application process, contact Director of Financial Aid
Matt Sclafani
or Associate Director of Financial Aid,
Franco Pacheco
Named Grants & Endowed Funds
When families apply for financial aid they are also being considered for the following annual grants and endowed funding.
Annual Grants for Financial Aid
William McCaskey Chapman and Adaline Dinsmore Chapman Foundation
Established 2001 to support students from the Monterey Peninsula.
Pebble Beach Company Foundation
Established 1983 to support students from the Monterey Peninsula.
Endowed Funds for Financial Aid
The Balestreri Family Scholarship Fund
Established 1998 by the Ted Balestreri family for deserving students who otherwise would not have the opportunity to attend Stevenson School.
The Patsy and Bill Brandt Endowed Scholarship Fund
Established 2001 by Andrew Dunigan ’83 for the benefit of qualified students in need of financial assistance and to honor the Brandt family.
The Gage Rankin French Memorial Scholar
Established 1990 by family and friends in memory of Gage French ’88 to give a deserving student the chance to experience the Stevenson community that meant so much to Gage.
The Hotchkis Scholarship Fund
Established 2001 by former parent and longtime trustee John Hotchkis through the Elizabeth Bixby Janeway Foundation to make a Stevenson education possible for deserving students with financial need.
The Jackson-Akiyama Fund
Established 1999 by trustee Michael Jackson ’68 and his wife, the Rev. Diana Akiyama, to provide financial aid for deserving Stevenson students.
The Perocchi Family Scholarship
Established 2001 to benefit a qualified student affiliated with the Boys & Girls Club of Monterey County.
The Merritt-Haynes Grant for Student Achievers
Established 1999 by the Merritt and Haynes families to fund students whose hard work allows them to take advantage of the many opportunities at Stevenson.
The Admiral Pullen Scholarship Fund
Established in 1990 in remembrance of longtime dedicated teacher Admiral Harold Pullen to support students needing financial assistance.
The Ricklefs Scholarship Fund
Established 1982 by a group of dedicated alumni in memory of founding headmaster, Robert U. Ricklefs, to support students needing financial aid.
The Coach Wilson Scholarship Fund
Established 1993 by Coach’s family as a tribute to his life and many years of service to Stevenson. The fund, which was made possible by matching grants from the William McCaskey Chapman and Adaline Dinsmore Chapman Foundation, supports students who are residents of the Monterey Peninsula.
The Colburn Family Scholarship Fund
Established 2006 by David Colburn ’76, to support a boarding student whose family proves financial need.
The Hopkins Scholarship Endowment
Established in 2004 by Bryant Riley ’85 in memory of his friend and classmate Charles Stanford “Chuck” Hopkins, to support Stevenson’s commitment to diversity and to perpetuate at the school the life of giving that Chuck clearly established for himself before his untimely death in 1986.
The Glen and Lavina Stinson Scholarship Fund
Established 2000 by Glen and Lavina Stinson to give deserving students the opportunity of a Stevenson education.
The David M. Hulme Scholarship Endowment
Established 2009 by Samuel T. Reeves in honor of his grandson, David Hulme ’09.
The Nathan Krissoff Endowment
Established 2007 by family and friends to perpetuate the name and memory at Stevenson of Nathan Krissoff ’99, who was killed in action in Iraq on December 9, 2006, in service to his country. The named scholar is a rising senior.
The Class Memorial Fund
Established 2009 by Allen Burnham ’66 in honor of Peter Gallo ’64 and by Todd Vaccaro ’93 in memory of Kawika Chetron ’93, Jennifer Guy ’93, Hydeus Kiatta ’93, and Amy Yoshioka ’93 to support student financial aid.
The Señora Maria Vargas Scholarship Fund
Established 2007 in honor of Señora Vargas’s 45 years of teaching Spanish at Stevenson.
The Alumni Council Fund
Established 2006 by Alumni Association leaders Jim Flagg ’74, Steve Zahm ’82, and Cynthia Chapman ’83 to support student financial aid.
The Frank Keith Endowed Scholar
Established 2008 by the Dinkelspiel Family (Scott ’77 and Ross ’83) to honor Frank B. Keith for his 50 years of service to Stevenson School and, in Mr. Keith’s words, “to make sure that every qualified kid who wants to go to Stevenson can.”
The Caddell & Chapman Scholarship Fund
Established 2012 by parent and trustee Cynthia Chapman ’83 and her husband Michael Caddell to provide need-based financial aid for grade 9-12 students at Stevenson, this scholarship fund recognizes the important role that financial aid played in Ms. Chapman’s own experience as a student at Stevenson.
The Roger W. Stephens Scholarship Fund
Established 2012 by trustee Roger W. Stephens ’77 to support recognition and financial assistance to deserving students enrolled at Stevenson’s Pebble Campus who have demonstrated need for funds to meet their necessary financial expenses.
The TJ Day Scholarship
Established 2014 by a bequest from Theodore James (T. J.) Day, Stevenson alumnus ’66, former Stevenson trustee and member of the Keck-Day family, longtime benefactors of the Stevenson School.
The Read Family Scholarship
Established 2015 to provide tuition assistance assistance to an outstanding local student who could not otherwise attend Stevenson.
The Robert Aughtry Scholarship
Established 2015 by members of the Class of 1964 to honor retired teacher Robert Aughtry who had a lasting impact on their lives and to “pay it forward” to deserving students hoping to attend Stevenson.
The Henry Fairbanks Scholarship Fund
Established in 2015 by longtime Stevenson teacher of Mathematics Henry Fairbanks to provide tuition assistance to a day student at the Pebble Beach Campus.
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