Tuition & Aid

TEDS offers a world-class seminary education with a variety of degree options meant to prepare you for carrying out God’s redemptive work in the world. Knowing what your degree will cost and prayerfully building a plan is usually the first step.

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Affording TEDS

Trinity Evangelical Divinity School knows how important your educational goals are to fulfilling God’s call on your life. Being able to afford seminary is an essential step on the road to getting there. That’s why we strive to offer a generous scholarship and financial aid program. We want you to experience all of the excellence in evangelical scholarship that TEDS has to offer and begin applying your knowledge to ministry.

1. Scholarships and Aid

We offer a wide variety of scholarships and other types of aid to help lower the cost of tuition, this is why nearly 95% of our students receive some form of financial aid. SEE SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES >>

2. Our Partnerships

Another way of reducing the cost of tuition is by reviewing our partnerships. We offer the following partnerships:

3. Work Study

By being employed on campus through the Federal Work-Study Program, students can make up to $2,000+ per year. It is important for students to realize that a Federal Work-Study (FWS) award, if included in your financial aid award letter, is significantly different from grants, scholarships, and/or loans in two ways:
  • FWS is not a guaranteed amount, since it is the student’s responsibility to find a FWS job on campus.
  • There is no automatic posting of dollars to the student account. This occurs only if the student takes the initiative to deposit the biweekly paycheck into his or her own account.
When planning how the FWS award may affect your annual costs, you must project the actual amount you expect to earn. In many cases, the actual amount may be less than the total allowed by your Financial Aid award.

Additional Resources

Important Links
  • FAFSA on the web: Start here with the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Students needing Federal financial aid must submit the FAFSA.
  • Federal Student Loans: The Direct Loans site provides information for students about the federal Direct Loan program. If you have questions about federal student loans, this is the best place to start.
  • National Student Loan Data System: The NSLDS is the Department of Education’s central student aid database. The site provides student loan exit counseling, an integrated view of all of your Title IV loans, and a great overview of federal financial aid.
  • Important Consumer Information: In accordance with the Higher Education Opportunity Act, we have provided this information to help you make an informed financial decision.
Scholarship Search Engines
  • FastWEB: Set up a personalized profile that will match your specific skills, abilities, and interests to fastWEB’s database of more than 400,000 scholarships.
  • College Board FundFinder: Locate scholarships, loans, internships, and other financial aid programs from noncollege sources that match your education level, talents, and background. Complete the profile form and Scholarship Search will find potential opportunities from a database of more than 2,000 undergraduate scholarships, internships, and loan programs.
  • U.S. News: Utilize this personalized search tool to find scholarships that match your specific background with your best scholarship options.

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