Tuition, Fees, and Other Charges Effective Summer Term 2011
Tuition and fees listed are for the 2011-2012 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 .Other services to the student are also provided on a subsidized basis.
Payment of Fees
Tuition, fees, room, and meal plan charges must be paid to the Business Office by the deadline set at the beginning of each term and are subject to change annually.
Master of Divinity, Master of Arts in Practical Theology, Master of Arts (Theological Studies)
Tuition
$388 per credit hour
$194 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
$312 I241 Alternative Context, Atlanta (plus 3 credit hour course fee)
$641 I241 Alternative Context, Other U.S. (plus 3 credit hour course fee)
$1,254 I241 Alternative Context, International (plus 3 credit hour course fee)
Advanced Degree Candidates and Occasional Students
Tuition
$458 per credit hour
$229 Audit fee per credit hour
Supervised Ministry Fees
$931 SM610, SM680, SM681, SM682, SM683, SM684, SM685, SM687
Other Fees
$50 Advanced Degree Student Fee (annual)
$35 Occasional Student Fee (annual)
$1,244 ATA401 Seminar on Ministry
$1,244 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
$830 Summer Greek School: July 5 – August 26
$1,452 Fall term: September 6 – December 16
$326 Winter term: January 5 – January 20
$1,452 Spring term: January 30 – May 11
Lunch plan
$284 Summer Greek School: July 5 – August 26
$484 Fall term: September 6 – December 16
$110 Winter term: January 5 – January 20
$484 Spring term: January 30 – May 11
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)
$650 Summer Greek School
$1,300 Fall or spring term
$325 Winter term
Suite (full meal plan required)
$830 / 890 Summer Greek School
$1,660 / 1,780 Fall or spring term
$415 / 445 Winter term
Efficiency Units (lunch plan required 1st year, optional year 2 and 3)
$514 (per month, standard)
$556 (per month, exterior entrance)
New Residential Hall
Studio (full meal plan required 1st year, lunch plan year 2 and 3)
$756 Summer Greek School
$1,512 Fall or spring term
$378 Winter term
1 Bedroom w/ Kitchenette (full meal plan required 1st year, lunch plan year 2 and 3)
$920 / 980 Summer Greek School
$1,840 / 1,960 Fall or spring term
$460 / 490 Winter term
1 Bedroom Apartment (lunch plan required 1st year, optional year 2 and 3)
$573 / 603 per month
2 Bedroom Apartment (meal plan optional)
$666 / 694 per month
2 or 4 Bedroom Shared Apartment (lunch plan required 1st year, optional year 2 and 3)
$333 / 347 per month per occupant
Village Apartments (all unfurnished)
$536 1 Bedroom, per month
$562 / 606 2 Bedrooms, per month
$666 / 728 3 Bedrooms, per month
$742 / 774 4 Bedrooms, per month
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:
| First week | 100% |
| Second week | 80% |
| Third week | 50% |
| Fourth week | 25% |
| After sixth week | 0% |
Classes less than nine weeks and greater than five weeks in duration:
By the end of the:
| Third day of class | 100% |
| Second week | 50% |
| Third week | 25% |
| After third week | 0% |
Winter term classes and other classes three to five weeks in duration:
By the end of the:
| Second day of class | 100% |
| Fifth day of class | 50% |
| After fifth day of class | 0% |
Two-week classes:
By the end of the:
| First day of class | 100% |
| Third day of class | 50% |
| After third day of class | 0% |
No refund of course supervision fees or of clinical pastoral education fees will be made.
Room and Meal Plans
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'smeal plan, but who has a sufficient medical reason for withdrawing from meal plan 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 meal 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 meal plan charges beyond his or her last date of attendance.