Detailed Fees & Expenses for 2009-2010

Dallas Seminary's student financial aid program, including scholarships, loans, and an interest-free payment plan (TMS), offers students realistic opportunities to finance their education. The amount of scholarship available to students has increased in recent years. Total aid available to students now exceeds $1.6 million.

Every effort is made to keep student expenses as low as possible. Because of gifts from alumni and friends of the seminary, students pay only a portion of the real cost of their education.

Detailed Tuition Costs


  Master's degree programs, fall and spring
1-4 hours $465 per credit hour
5-8 hours $435 per credit hour
9-11 hours $405 per credit hour
12+ hours* $375 per credit hour
Master's, Wintersession and summer** $385 per credit hour
Doctor of Ministry   $585 per credit hour
Doctor of Philosophy, stage one $520 per credit hour
Doctor of Philosophy, stage two $585 per credit hour
Spiritual Formation Fee $75 ($100/couple)
Auditing, Master's degree programs $30 per credit hour
Auditing, doctoral degree programs $55 per credit hour
Master's-level, nondegree credit courses for alumni $170 per credit hour
Alumni auditing, all terms $30 per credit hour
Alumni auditing, online courses $30 per course
Spouse of a current student auditing (up to three courses
   per term)
$30 per course
Th.M. tuition-free, audit or credit courses above the hours
   required for your degree (limit five courses)
$30 per course

* Students needing fewer than 12 hours in their last semester of study may qualify for the reduced rate. Contact the Registrar's Office for details.

** Payment must be received by the Business Office on the Wednesday preceding the start of a summer session (first week of May, June, or July; see Summer School calendar for specific dates).

General Fees


(Students taking only nonresident courses, such as Field Education or independent study courses, are not required to pay the general fees.)
Fall and spring   $60 per semester
Fall and spring, activity fee, students taking 6+ hours $55 per semester
Fall and spring, activity fee for spouses (optional) $55 per semester
Technology fee $65 per semester
Summer School and Wintersession $10 per credit hour
Wintersession $10 per credit hour
Doctor of Ministry $15 per credit hour
Campus use fee (charged to students who are not
   currently enrolled but on official leave and who desire
   to use campus services)
$60
 

Advance Deposits


New (and reentering) master's and doctoral-level students (except nondegree) $175
(For students completing a master's- or doctoral-level
   program, the advance deposit applies toward the
   graduation fee.)
 

On-campus Housing


Both married student and single student housing is available to current Dallas Seminary students. Please see the Housing Department page for detailed information.

Books and Supplies


First year   $400 approximately
Second year   $325 approximately

Thesis, Dissertation, and Graduation Fees


Master’s thesis filing fee   $60
Ph.D. dissertation supervision fee (due within 30 days
of admission to candidacy)
$600
Ph.D. or D.Min. continuation fee, per year $500
Ph.D. or D.Min. dissertation or applied research project filing fee (includes microfilming) $100
Binding fee (for each personal copy of dissertation or applied research project desired) $20
Graduation fee, all programs $175
Graduation postponement fee $175
Exchange of a certificate for a degree diploma $30

Miscellaneous Expenses


Application fee (nonrefundable)
General application fee   $50
Additional program application fee $50
Reclassification fee (transferring from one degree program to another) $50
New Student Assessment Fee $70
Servant-Leadership Internship Assessment fee $100
Parking violations $25
Advanced standing exam application fee, per exam $30
Late registration fee $50
Late payment fee
One day after payment due date $50
Through first week of term $100
Second week of term $150
After second week until the student registers, per week $20
Change in schedule after payment deadline, each course
$10
Personality Inventory, per individual/couple, for Ph.D. program $40 ($50/couple)