Tuition assistance scholarships are granted for one academic year at a time and are awarded in the form of tuition waivers. A financial aid application will be sent to all accepted students each spring and must be returned to the Office of Admissions by June 15. Applications received after this date will be considered in the following fall for any unclaimed awards. All financial aid application information is held in strictest confidence. Many local churches and denominations have money available to assist students with seminary training.
Some local banks provide educational trust and scholarship programs.
These programs are often open to non-customers. The Seminary library, as well as public libraries, are excellent sources of information about grants and scholarships. One volume in particular, Foundation Grants to Individuals, gives a listing of hundreds of foundations which provide grants to graduate students. Loans Even though financing education through loans is a common occurrence, we recommend that you prayerfully consider other alternatives first. Students with high undergraduate loan debts should not compound the debt with another loan.