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For questions regarding tuition and fees please contact the Financial Services at sfs@mbts.edu. Refer to the Financial Services page for Due Dates and Payment Options.

General Tuition

 

Undergraduate Courses Classroom-based Verified Southern Baptist Students (per credit hour)
$350
All Other Students (per credit hour)
$485
Online-based Verified Southern Baptist Students (per credit hour)
$385
All Other Students (per credit hour)
$450
Graduate Courses Classroom-based Verified Southern Baptist Students (per credit hour)
$295
All Other Students (per credit hour)
$485
Online-based Verified Southern Baptist Students (per credit hour)
$370
All Other Students (per credit hour)
$440

One-Time Semester Fees

Library and Midwestern Journal of Theology Fee (per semester, all students) Fall and Spring
$50
Winter and Summer
$25
Registration Fees (per semester, all students) Fall, Spring and Summer
$200
Winter
$100
Student Services Fee (per semester, all students) Fall, Spring and Summer
$150
Winter
$75
Technology Fee (all students) Fall and Spring
$50
Winter and Summer
$25
Activity Fee(undergraduate and graduate residential students) Fall and Spring
$50

Doctoral Tuition & Fees

Ph.D. Program Fees
(paid monthly for 48 months, during which students are required to be continuously enrolled)
Verified Southern Baptist Students Per semester
$3,188
Total
$25,500
All other Students Per semester
$4,875
Total
$39,000
Doctor of Ministry Program Fees
(paid monthly for 36 months, during which students are required to be continuously enrolled)
Verified Southern Baptist Students Per semester
$1,833
Total
$11,000
All other Students Per semester
$2,792
Total
$16,750
Doctor of Educational Ministry Program Fees
(paid monthly for 48 months, during which students are required to be continuously enrolled)
Verified Southern Baptist Students Per semester
$1,719
Total
$13,750
All other Students Per semester
$2,219
Total
$17,750
Doctor of Education Program Fees
(paid monthly for 48 months, during which students are required to be continuously enrolled)
Verified Southern Baptist Students Per semester
$2,344
Total
$18,750
All other Students Per semester
$3,563
Total
$28,500
Doctor of Counseling Program Fees
(paid monthly for 36 months, during which students are required to be continuously enrolled)
Verified Southern Baptist Students Per semester
$1,833
Total
$11,000
All other Students Per semester
$3,300
Total
$18,000

 

Doctoral Fees

 

Audit Fee (attending a seminar non-credit; per credit hour)
$125
Book Binding Fee
$135
Non-degree-seeking For Credit Fee (attending a seminar for credit) Verified Southern Baptist Students (per credit hour)
$250
All Other Students (per credit hour)
$500
Enrollment Maintenance Fee (per semester enrollment fee, assessed if program requirements are not finished by the published deadline)
$2,000
Inactive Status Fee (per year for a maximum of three years)
$500
Interrupted Status Fee (per semester for a maximum of one-year)
$500
Change of Concentration Fee
$250
Change of Degree Fee
$250
Change of Enrollment Fee (withdrawal only) Within six months (or less) of the start date of the seminar
$250
After seminar has begun
$500

General Fees

Advanced Standing Examination Fee (graduate, per credit hour)
$40
Application Fee (non-refundable fee submitted with an application for admission)
$25
Audit/Continuing Education Fee – non-credit (per credit hour fee)
$80
Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE)/ Orientation (CPO) Fee
Varies
Course/Schedule Change After Registration Fee (per Schedule Change form)
$20
Credit by Examination Fee (undergraduate, per credit hour)
$35
External Study (undergraduate, per credit hour)
$50
Independent Study (graduate, per credit hour) First Credit Hour
$100
After First Credit Hour
$50
Graduation Fee Doctoral Degree Recipients
$150
Graduate or Undergraduate Degree Recipients
$125
Certificate or Diploma Recipients
$50
Late Payment Fee (assessed for paying tuition or academic fees after the published deadline)
$50
Replacement Degree/Diploma
$50
Transcript Fee – Official (per transcript)
$10
Transcript Fee – Unofficial (per transcript)
$5

Midwestern Women’s Institute Course Fees

MWI Courses
Diploma for the Ministering Wife
Current MBTS student/wife or employee/wife (per credit hour)
$15
Non-MBTS student/wife or employee/wife (per credit hour)
$30

Music Course Fees

Private Music Lessons Graduate and Undergraduate Music Majors (per course)
$110
Non-Music Major (elective lessons; per course)
$160
Class Music Lessons (per course)
$90
Ensemble Fee (e.g. Midwestern Singers, Praise Team, etc)
No charge

The Department of Education uses an estimated Cost of Attendance to determine each student’s eligibility for federal aid. For more information about those costs, click here.

Tuition Refunds Schedule

Refunds of tuition due to course changes or withdrawal from all courses will be made according to the applicable refund schedule below:

Fifteen Week Courses

100% Withdrawal or drop through end of the first week of the term or semester.
50% Withdrawal or drop after the first week through the end of the fourth week of term or semester.
0% Withdrawal or drop after the end of the fourth week of the term or semester.

Eight Week Courses

100% Withdrawal or drop through the end of the first week of the term.
50% Withdrawal or drop after the first week through the end of the second week of the course term.
0% Withdrawal or drop after the end of the second week of the course term.

Intensive Courses

100% Withdrawal or drop through the end of the first week of pre-course work prior to the month in which the class occurs.
50% Withdrawal or drop ends the first day of on-campus class session.
0% Withdrawal or drop after the end of the first day of class.