Peddie Cost Calculator The Peddie School

What does a year at Peddie cost beyond tuition?

See the books, gear and fees before they surprise you.

Pick your courses and afternoon activities. We list each item with its price and add it up, so you can plan ahead, print it or share it.

Considering Peddie? Pick the courses and activities you’re curious about to see what they can cost beyond tuition.

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What’s in the estimate?

What’s in the estimate

  • Textbooks for each course section

    From teachers’ reading lists, priced from the school’s sheet or retailer listings.

  • Gear and fees for each activity

    Typical costs from the school’s activity cost list.

  • School trips, plus anything you add

    Weekend activities, club trips, traditions: add what you know.

  • Not included

    Tuition, room and board, travel home.

Add your courses

Search for a class or browse by department, then check the books for your section. Your picks stay on your estimate as you move between courses.

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Your year at a glance

Where your estimate goes, item by item. This is a planning estimate, not a bill.

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Plan for these costs

Every family plans for costs beyond tuition differently. If you have a budget, or support toward these costs, enter it to see what’s left to plan for.

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Questions about costs?

Costs beyond tuition shouldn’t keep anyone from taking part. Anyone can ask the financial aid office about options.

  • Buy used or rent: each book lists its ISBN, so you can find the same edition anywhere.
  • Ask your coach or program leader which gear the school provides or lends.
  • Bring this estimate when you talk with the financial aid office.
  • Ask the admission and financial aid offices how costs beyond tuition are handled.
  • Course sections and activity lists can change from year to year, so treat this as a starting point.
  • Bring a printed estimate to your conversation.

Seeing costs early helps families plan

Financial aid usually focuses on tuition, but books, gear, trips and traditions add up. When those costs are hard to see, they can decide who gets to take part.

Across U.S. communities, friendships between lower- and higher-income people are among the strongest predictors of upward economic mobility.

Summarizing Chetty et al., Nature (2022)

Three ideas behind this

Three ideas behind this

  • Exposure isn’t enough

    Sharing a school is a start. Whether students from different backgrounds take part together also matters (Chetty et al., 2022).

  • Hidden costs and opportunity hoarding

    When high-value experiences such as trips and clubs carry unclear costs, access can concentrate among the families who can easily pay (Tilly, 1998; Lewis & Diamond, 2015).

  • Technology that connects

    Schools can build students’ networks on purpose, and ed tech should help connect people instead of only digitizing paperwork (Freeland Fisher, Who You Know, 2018).

How this tool is designed to last

We follow design-based implementation research (Fishman et al.): a tool lasts when people can use it, when it supports open conversation, and when it fits how the school works.

Capability, culture and policy

  • Capability

    Plain-language estimates anyone can build in a few minutes, on a phone or with a screen reader.

  • Culture

    One planning tool for every family. Nobody is asked about aid, and nothing marks who receives it.

  • Policy & management

    The data lives in sheets the school maintains, and the page can link straight to the financial aid office.

How the numbers work
  • Book prices are the price entered in the school’s reading-list sheet, or a retailer listing, at the last update. Used or rental copies may cost less.
  • Activity costs are typical prices from the school’s activity cost list, first gathered through student surveys and emails.
  • The “Optional” and “May be provided” labels on listed items come only from the school’s lists. Unlabeled items are what the list includes for that course or activity. “Expected” in your estimate is everything not marked Optional, including items that may be provided.
  • A book assigned in two of your courses is counted once. Items without a listed price aren’t counted in the total.
  • Your choices stay in this browser. Share links include the items you picked and costs you added, never a budget or support amount.

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