Financial Assistance

Over $800,000 in tuition assistance is awarded to students each year based on need.  Rice uses a third party, FACTS, to evaluate eligibility in order to administer financial aid objectively and with consistency.  Many factors are considered when evaluating financial need including income, size of family, assets/liabilities, and living expenses.  Applicants are notified by mid-April of the award decision.
Students enrolling for the 2020-21 academic year and requesting tuition assistance must submit a completed FACTS financial aid application with a $30 application.  Commonly asked questions about the financial aid application process can be answered here.  Otherwise, contact Samantha Sellers in the Rice Finance office at (802) 862-6521 or sellers@rmhsvt.org

Rice is committed to providing this support to families like yours, but depend on several funding sources to make it happen.

• Chittenden County parishes provide a portion of their collections to support financial aid.
• Donations made to the Rice-Cathedral Annual Fund, specifically the Inspire a Life program.
• Funds raised at our annual Rice-Cathedral Alumni Association Golf Tournament.
• Scholarships, many established by generous families to memorialize a deceased loved one. Those scholarships are listed below.

We are indebted to the families and foundations who have generously created the following tuition assistance scholarships that fund our financial aid awards. 

• Angell Tuition Assistance Fund

• Anne Marie and Ellen '80 Pomerleau Scholarship Fund

• Barbara Lawrence Scholarship Fund

• Bergeron Family Scholarship

• Class of 1957 Scholarship Fund

• Fitzgerald Fuller Family Scholarship

• Gregory R. Couture '80 Scholarship Fund

• Jack '65 and Judy '65 Mable Scholarship Fund

• John Varricchionne '65 Scholarship Fund

• Michael Tooles Quinn Scholarship Fund

• Msgr. Wendell Searles Scholarship Fund

• Patricia Ready Scholarship Fund

• Susan Wyand Scholarship