School of Leadership and Church Ministry

EdD Program Tuition and Fees

The EdD program requires three years of study including seminars and dissertation writing and defense. Students are allowed four years to complete the program without additional charges.  Continuation fees for those students taking longer to complete the program will be $500 per registration period.  Continuation fees are subject to change.  Additional expenses not covered by these fees include but are not limited to: textbooks, software, housing, meals, travel, transcripts, dissertation binding, graduation, etc.

CPhD Program Tuition Fees

The Ph.D. in Leadership program requires four years of study including seminars and dissertation writing and defense. The following total program cost structure, subject to change, applies to students who enroll in the program or accepted into the program during the 2005-2006 academic year only (CPhD01 and CPhD02).   Additional expenses not covered by these fees include but are not limited to: textbooks, software, housing, meals, travel, transcripts, dissertation binding, graduation, etc.

Refund Policy

Down payment is non-refundable. Students who leave the program early will be charged on a prorated basis for course hours they have completed or in which they have enrolled at a rate of  $225/hour for SBC students and $450/hour for non-SBC students. 

Students who fail to finish the dissertation by the end of the fourth year are assessed a $1000 continuation fee (subject to change) each registration period (2 registration periods per year) until the dissertation is completed and accepted.

The above fees are subject to change.  However, once the student is accepted into the program and the the down payment is received, fees will be locked for the duration of the degree.