Founded in 1926, Portsmouth Abbey School is an independent coeducational boarding school located in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. The school provides merit scholarships for boarding students. These include the Diman and Abbey scholarships. The Diman Scholarship awards one boarding student a year with a full scholarship. This covers tuition, room and board for the duration of the student's time at the school. The Abbey Scholarship awards ten scholarships in the region of $3,500 to $20,000. Students seeking these scholarships are expected to be high academic achievers and must provide a strong reference from their previous headmaster or principal.
Founded in 1781, Phillips Exeter Academy is one of the oldest independent boarding schools in the US. Based in New Hampshire, the school provides financial aid to students from families with combined incomes below $75,000. This grant covers the full tuition and boarding fees. The school also provides financial aid to families with combined incomes ranging from $75,000 to $200,000. The average grant for students in this category is over $27,000. The school offered need based financial aid to 47% of students in the 2010/2011 academic year.
Founded in 1797, Deerfield Academy is an independent co-educational boarding school located in Western Massachusetts. The school provides financial aid to students based on their needs. About $6,600,000 of financial aid was awarded to 35% of its students in the 2010/11 academic year. Average grants amount to around 80% of tuition. The school offers financial aid to two forms: full needs grants and middle income grants. Full needs grants include 99% of tuition fees and other forms of assistance. Middle income grants are offered depending on family income levels.
Founded in 1810, the Lawrenceville School is an independent coeducational boarding school located in New Jersey. The school also provides needs-based financial aid to students. The financial aid budget was $9,100,000 in the 2010/11 academic year. Financial aid is calculated according to family incomes, assets, family size, and number of siblings in tuition-charging schools. The school does not offer merit based scholarships.