Grace Theological Seminary Announces Distance Ed / Online Tuition Rate for 2008 / 2009

Grace Theological Seminary recently announced a tuition rate increase for distance education (DE) students beginning the 2008/2009 school year. This increase will significantly impact our students since over the course of a five year plan the seminary has decided to bring the DE tuition in line with that of the residential seminary program. The new DE tuition will be $386 per credit hour and online students will be charged an additional technology fee of $125 per course. The seminary will continue to offer courses in both the distance ed (CD, DVD, and ITS) format during a transition period during which courses will be converted to online format.

Last week the seminary announced that two scholarship programs currently available for residential students have been extended to distance ed and online students. The Sparks Endowment, also known as the GTS Scholarship, will provide up to $65 per credit hour for Grace Brethren Church members or $50 for members of non-Grace churches. This is a recurring benefit which requires students to submit an online scholarship application each year as well as write a thank you note to one of the donors. More information is available at:

http://www.gts.grace.edu/GTS-scholarship-application.htm

In addition, Grace announced that the Partners in Education program has been extended to distance ed and online students. This is a matching grant program in which Grace Seminary matches a sponsoring churches gift of up to $500 per year. This creates a total benefit of $1,000 per year and is distributed in the amount of 50% in the fall semester and the balance in the spring. Churches are encouraged to sponsor their seminary students with any amount but the maximum that Grace will match is $500 per year. No application is necessary for this benefit. The church should send the donation payable to Grace Schools attention the name of the seminary student that they are sponsoring.

For more information please contact Jim Hill in Grace Seminary Admissions.  The full version of the announcement from Dr. Mark Soto is posted here:

2008-2009 Seminary Tuition Announcement.pdf