Bring Clarity to Your Financial Aid
For schools
Lighten administrative load and focus on strategic tasks with Clarity's intuitive financial aid platform.
For families
Experience a hassle-free, quick, and accessible financial aid application process.
For long-term success
Constant innovation and a dedicated client success manager attuned to admissions and financial aid needs.
Modern application
Increase participation, ensure earlier submissions, and reduce support inquiries. Clarity offers a streamlined, mobile-friendly application process that families can complete in under 30 minutes. Parents can apply for financial aid in less time with less stress.
Direct IRS integration
Enhance privacy and security while simplifying the document submission process. With Clarity's direct integration with the IRS, families can securely share their 1040s and W2s. Eliminate the need for scanning, uploading, or mailing sensitive financial documents with a simple electronic signature.
Smart automation with rules
Streamline processes, reduce manual work, and increase efficiency. Clarity's innovative rules feature automates actions and requests for additional documents based on specific information provided in the application. This intelligent automation saves significant time and resources.
Dynamic NTR reporting
Make informed award decisions. Gain valuable insights with real-time data on key metrics like Net Tuition Revenue, enrollment, and discount rates. Clarity provides a comprehensive view of your financial landscape, enabling data-driven decision-making.
Full support in Spanish
Guarantee an exceptional experience for Spanish-speaking families with Clarity’s Spanish-translated application and dedicated Spanish-speaking support services. Provide equitable services, remove language barriers, and offer your Spanish-speaking families the same high-quality support as your English-speaking families.
Flexible methodology
Adapt to changing circumstances and align financial aid practices with school values. Clarity's platform offers adjustable methodology settings that ensure your financial aid awards align with your school's mission and local market conditions.
Security in our DNA
Secure peace of mind for you and your applicants. Clarity maintains the highest security protocols in the industry, including an annual commitment to rigorous SOC 2 testing, meeting the highest standards of protection.
Seamless communications
Simplify communication, ensuring a simple, integrated experience. Manage all aspects of parent communication directly within the Clarity platform, including document requests and award notifications.
Drew Lineberger, Director of Advancement
Seven Hills School
Matt Rosen, CFO
Friends Select School
Rohan M. Arjun, Director Of Enrollment Management and Financial Aid
Friends Select School
Michael Posternack, Associate Director of Admission, Co-Director of Financial Aid
Pingree School
James Eberhart, Director of Financial Aid and Associate Director of Admissions
Chadwick School
Anne Crowley, Business Manager
Maybeck High School
Aishling Peterson, Associate Director of Admission
King School
Stacey Alston, Enrollment Director
The Waldorf School of Atlanta
Benita Griffin, Associate Director of Admission
Trinity Episcopal School
Vivien Valenzuela Mallick, Director of Admissions & Financial Aid
The Bishop’s School
Financial Aid Committee Member
Trinity Durham & Chapel Hill
Frequently asked questions
For schools, the annual fee is $1,000 per application season. Additionally, there is a first-season onboarding fee of $750. For families, Clarity charges $60 to apply. Clarity automatically waives application fees for families whose income falls below a certain threshold. As a demonstration of our commitment to access, our income caps for automatic fee waivers are the highest in the industry. One fee covers all students, and the application can be sent to any school accepting Clarity.
We’ve made switching easy; in fact, our team will do the work for you by importing your historical data so that it’s all there for you the first time that you log in.
We take security incredibly seriously and have built our systems to be fully compliant with GDPR and SOC 2 requirements. We have even voluntarily engaged a third party security firm to go through an annual security audit. This is a rigorous and expensive process that demonstrates our commitment to the importance of security.
The Clarity application scales in complexity depending on the complexity of the household’s financial circumstances. With that said, the vast majority of families can complete the application in 20-30 minutes or less.
Clarity makes it easy for you to do your awarding in our software and export that data so that it can be easily imported into your enrollment and billing software. Clarity believes that all companies should support cross-vendor interoperability. If there’s a product or company you would like us to integrate with, please contact them.