Tuition & Affordability

Tuition

Tuition for the 2024-2025 school year is $14,950.

Our Lady of Mercy Academy takes great pride in offering an exceptional educational and extra-curricular experience that prepares young women to lead a world of change. We know that the decision to enroll at Our Lady of Mercy Academy is a financial commitment for our families and represents an investment in their daughter's future. Therefore, we work to ease the tuition payment through scholarships and financial aid.

Financial Aid

To apply for financial aid for the 2025-2026 school year, begin by completing the FACTS Financial Aid Application, which opens on October 1, 2024. CLICK HERE to start your application.

Please note that financial aid applications are not reviewed until all required tax documents have been uploaded to FACTS and fully processed. Additionally, students must first be accepted through the admissions process before their financial aid application can be evaluated by our committee.

Tuition assistance is awarded on a case-by-case basis. The process starts with FACTS management, which determines eligibility and provides a recommendation. Final financial award decisions are made in-house.

For answers to common questions, please refer to the Parent FAQ's HERE. If you need additional assistance, please contact Carina Zippel in the Business Office at 856-697-2008 x150 or email mrs.zippel@olmanj.org

Scholarships

In addition to our financial aid program, Our Lady of Mercy Academy offers a number of scholarships.

Merit Scholarship

Family Sponsored Scholarship

Dana Dandrea Memorial Scholarship

Created in honor of Dana Dandrea, this scholarship, in the amount of $2,000 per year, is given by the Anthony Dandrea family, to incoming freshmen. There is one scholarship available to a freshman entering OLMA as part of the Class of 2028. The deadline to apply is Friday, June 6, 2025. The recipient of this award is announced in August. Complete and mail the Dana Dandrea Memorial Scholarship application.

Corporate Mutt Living Your Faith Scholarship for Incoming Freshmen

Bryan and Karen Grant of CorporateMutt LLC are pleased to offer the CorporateMutt Living Your Faith scholarship. This scholarship will present two (2) incoming freshmen at Our Lady of Mercy Academy with a one-time award of $500.

CorporateMutt LLC is an Information Technology company that is focused on operational and security intelligence for organizations to protect and remediate against active and ongoing threats to their infrastructure and applications. CorporateMutt LLC is contracted throughout the US.

Scholarship Guidelines:

• Applicants must be incoming OLMA freshmen
• Application deadline is July 1, 2025

Applications will be reviewed and recipients will be determined by the CorporateMutt LLC staff. The CorporateMutt Living Your Faith scholarship awards will be announced during the summer.
Complete and mail the 2025 CorporateMutt Living Your Faith Scholarship application.

Transfer Student Scholarship

The Right Move Scholarship

In September 2016, Jessica Riordan decided to transfer to OLMA for her junior and senior years of high school. This was a big decision as Jessica was a student-athlete and knew that her transition would involve a required waiting period before she could begin playing for OLMA. When asked if she would do it all over again, her answer was a resounding Yes! She has no doubt that transferring to OLMA was the right move. Both Jess and her parents, Kelly and Tom, credit OLMA for Jessica’s academic success, as well as for her gaining acceptance and a spot on the soccer team at the school of her choice.

As a way of showing their appreciation, the Riordan family will award a one-time scholarship in the amount of $500 to a student who will be transferring to OLMA in September 2024. Interested applicants are asked to explain why they’ve made the decision to transfer, what attracts them the most to OLMA and how they plan to contribute to the life of the school. Applicants may submit this information in an essay, audio, or video format. They may also use graphic arts. Be as creative as possible, speak from your heart, and have fun. Application materials are due by Friday August 16, 2024, and should be sent to mrs.cusick@olmanj.org or mailed to Our Lady of Mercy Academy, 1001 Main Rd., Newfield, NJ 08344.