Prospective Students - Tuition, Fees & Refund Policies

TUITION, FEES, AND OTHER CHARGES EFFECTIVE SUMMER TERM 2010

Tuition and fees listed are for the 2010-2011 academic year and are subject to change annually.

Tuition and fees represent only a small part of the cost of providing theological education.

Most of the cost is met through gifts from individuals and churches and by endowment income. Also, other services to the student are provided on a subsidized basis.

Master of Divinity and Master of Arts Degree Candidates

Tuition

$370   per credit hour
$185  Audit fee per credit hour

Other Fees

$100     Student Fee (for each long term), full-time students 
$100     Student Fee (per year), part-time students enrolled in
              five-year MDiv program 
$297     I241 Alternative Context, Atlanta (plus 3 credit hour course fee)
$610     I241 Alternative Context, Other U.S. (plus 3 credit hour course fee)
$1,194  I241 Alternative Context, International (plus 3 credit hour course fee)

Advanced Degree Candidates and Occasional Students

Tuition

$446   per credit hour
$223  Audit fee per credit hour

Supervised Ministry Fees

$887  SM610, SM680, SM681, SM682, SM683, SM684, SM685, SM687

Other Fees

$50         Advanced Degree Student Fee (annual)
$35         Occasional Student Fee (annual)
$1,185    ATA401 Seminar on Ministry
$1,185    ATA496 Doctoral Project

$100       ATA497 Th.M. Research fee (Th.M. candidates only;

                does not apply to Th.M. students enrolled in courses)
$100       ATA498 D.Min. and D.Ed.Min. Research fee (candidates only;

                does not apply to students enrolled in courses)
$100       ATA499 Th.D. Research fee (Th.D. candidates only;

                does not apply to Th.D. students enrolled in courses)
$300       Th.M., D.Min., and D.Ed.Min. extension fee
$25         Thesis binding (per copy) for all students

For All Students

Other Fees

$65    Application fee
$50    Late registration fee (does not apply to doctoral practicum

           and doctoral projects or to Th.M. thesis registration)
$150  Commencement fee

Meal Plans

Full meal plan includes 16 meals per week.  Lunch plan includes Monday-Friday lunch only.

Full meal plan

$805     Summer Greek School
$1,410  Fall or spring term
$310     Winter term

Lunch plan

$270    Summer Greek School
$470    Fall or spring term
$104    Winter term

Housing

When a housing option has two rates, the first is for unfurnished; the second, for furnished.  Prices are per term unless otherwise indicated.

Florida Hall

Single (full meal plan required)
$630      Summer Greek School
$1,260   Fall or spring term
$315      Winter term

Suite (full meal plan required)
$806/864        Summer Greek School
$1,612/1,728  Fall or spring term
$403/432        Winter term

Efficiency Units (lunch plan required 1st year, optional year 2 and 3)
$499 (per month, standard)

$540 (per month, exterior entrance)

New Residential Hall

Studio (full meal plan required 1st year, lunch plan year 2 and 3)
$734      Summer Greek School
$1,468   Fall or spring term
$367      Winter term

1 Bedroom w/ Kitchenette (full meal plan required 1st year, lunch plan year 2 and 3)
$894/952        Summer Greek School
$1,788/1,904  Fall or spring term
$447/476        Winter term

1 Bedroom Apartment (lunch plan required 1st year, optional year 2 and 3)
$556/585  per month

2 Bedroom Apartment (meal plan optional)
$646/674  per month

2 or 4 Bedroom Apartment (lunch plan required 1st year, optional year 2 and 3)
$323  per month per occupant

Village Apartments (all unfurnished)
$520          1 Bedroom, per month

$546-588   2 Bedrooms, per month

$647-707   3 Bedrooms, per month

$720-751   4 Bedrooms, per month

Payment of Fees

Tuition, fees, room, and board must be paid to the Business Office by the deadline set at the beginning of each term and are subject to change annually.

REFUND POLICIES

Tuition

Subject to the following schedule, students are entitled to refunds when they drop a course or withdraw from school with approval from the seminary. A course is considered dropped or a student is considered to have withdrawn from the seminary at the time the Registrar receives written notice to that effect.

Fall and spring term classes (full-term):
By the end of the:

Classes less than nine weeks and greater than five weeks in duration:
By the end of the:

Winter term classes and other classes three to five weeks in duration:
By the end of the:

Two-week classes:
By the end of the:

No refund of course supervision fees or of clinical pastoral education fees will be made.

Room and Board

A student who has entered into a lease agreement for a seminary housing unit for a term or semester is responsible for payment in full unless written notice that the unit will not be used is given to the Vice President for Business and Finance at least two weeks before the first day of classes. In that case, a 100 percent refund will be made. In other cases, a refund amount may be given upon the initiative of the seminary. A minimum charge of one month's rent will be assessed as a penalty for breaking a lease.

A student who otherwise is required to be on the seminary's board plan, but who has a sufficient medical reason for withdrawing from board status, may be granted a full refund if a written request is made to the Vice President for Business and Finance at least one week before the first day of classes. The seminary's Vice President for Business and Finance determines the validity of an exemption from the board plan, in consultation with the seminary's Food Service Director.

A student who withdraws or drops out of school must vacate seminary housing and cease using its dining facilities or be held liable for room and board charges beyond his or her last date of attendance.