Host: Do private high schools offer financial aid? Andrew Battaile: Often private school tuition can be expensive and usually there are some ways that you can have help in paying tuition. Financial aid at Gonzaga, for instance is definitely available, we have both need-based and some merit-based financial aid. The need-based aid here is definitely a large amount of money that we make available to families, so that no matter of your financial situation you can be a part of Gonzaga, but there are also other types of financial aid as well.