Discounts and Other Student Aid

Multiple family member discount

St. Scholastica offers a discount to students where two or more family members from the same immediate family are attending. This includes siblings or stepsiblings, parent/child or stepparent/stepchild, or spouses. Students must be registered full-time at The College of St. Scholastica during the same enrollment period (currently defined as a semester). This discount is available for fall and spring semesters only; it is not available for summer semester.  The discount rate has historically been 5 percent of St. Scholastica tuition for each student. The College retains the right to change this policy and rate at any time. College of St. Scholastica employees and their dependents are not eligible for this discount. International students are not eligible for this discount. This discount cannot be applied retroactively. The Multiple Family Member Discount will be adjusted to ensure that all scholarships, grants, remissions, or discounts (from any source) do not exceed the student's cost of tuition.

CSS Legacy Scholarship

Amount: 5% of tuition, per year

The CSS Legacy Scholarship is automatically awarded based on information you provide on your application to the College. It is 5% of tuition and is renewable each year. 

Scholarship eligibility criteria:

• Student must have a spouse, sibling, step-sibling, parent, step-parent, grandparent, or step-grandparent who graduated from The College of St. Scholastica;
• Student will be a domestic, full-time student in any of our undergraduate or graduate programs, online or at our extended sites, starting in Fall 2017;
• Student must maintain Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) as defined by the College (minimum GPA of 2.0)

*Please note this scholarship cannot be combined with the Alumni Referral Scholarship.

Clinical agency discount

The College of St. Scholastica partners with area healthcare providers to be able to offer St. Scholastica students a professional clinical setting to apply theoretical knowledge to actual practice. Employees at the clinical site, who are providing professional guidance to students, may be eligible for a CSS tuition discount. The employee must be enrolled in an eligible undergraduate or graduate-level program. The 50 percent discount on tuition can be used for up to four undergraduate or graduate-level credits during fall, spring, or summer semesters. The discount, combined with other aid, cannot exceed the cost of tuition and cannot be used in conjunction with the Benedictine Health Care Facility Employee Discount.

Benedictine Health Care Facility discount

 If you are employed at least .8 with a Benedictine Health Care Facility, you may be eligible for a 15 percent tuition discount at the College of St. Scholastica. The 15 percent discount applies to any number of credits at the undergraduate or graduate levels for fall, spring, or summer semesters. The discount pertains to employees only and does not extend to family members.The discount, combined with other aid, cannot exceed the cost of tuition.

Meaningful work award

St. Scholastica is dedicated to providing our students with the intellectual and moral preparation for responsible living and meaningful work. Many organizations and businesses provide opportunities for such work and are tightly aligned with our own mission. In an effort to support both the organization and its employees, we've developed the Meaningful Work Award.

Employer reimbursement

Some employers help pay the cost of continuing education for their employees. Please check with your Human Resources department to see if they offer this benefit.

If you receive employer reimbursement and have completed your FAFSA to receive financial aid, you must notify the financial aid office of the amount of employer reimbursement you are receiving each semester. Please send an email to onestop@css.edu with your name, student ID number and the dollar amount you will receive from your employer for each semester you are attending.