Providing quality education at an affordable investment is extremely important to the Institute for Worship Studies. Our per-credit tuition is based primarily on the budget needed to form servant leaders in Christian worship renewal—not what other schools are charging for their programs.
IWS offers several financial aid programs for those who qualify. Once a prospective student has been admitted to a degree program, an application can be made for financial aid. Please visit the Financial Aid page for more information.
Effective for the June 2023 session, here are the current tuition and fees.
Master of Worship Studies: $412 per credit hour // 36 credit hours total
Doctor of Worship Studies: $464 per credit hour // 36 credit hours total
Technology & Library Resources fee: $205.00 for each semester a student is enrolled, to partially offset costs associated with maintaining a hybrid campus and digital library resources.
Meals fee: $260.00 covers all meals during the on-campus intensive, beginning with breakfast on Thursday and running through lunch on the concluding Wednesday. No meal service is offered Saturday night or any time on Sunday. Students and Faculty eat all other meals together in the Refectory.
New Student Orientation and Resources fee: $155.00 each time a student participates in Orientation. This fee covers the materials and services provided at Orientation and also gives each new student access to the Institute’s growing collection of digital and physical library resources.
Other: The Academic Catalog contains additional information on various fees for Incompletes, Extensions, Continuations, Graduation, etc.
The chart below lists estimates for the cost of the Master of Worship Studies and Doctor of Worship Studies programs, based on current tuition rates and fees.
| Master of Worship Studies | Doctor of Worship Studies | |
|---|---|---|
| First Session: MWS 501, BIB 501A, BIB 501B, WR 501 | First Session: WR 701 & DWS 701 | |
| New Student Orientation Fee | $155.00 | $155.00 |
| Technology & Library Resources Fee | $205.00 | $205.00 |
| Meals Fee | $260.00 | $260.00 |
| Tuition | $3,708.00 | $2,784.00 |
| Subtotal | $4,328.00 | $4,332.00 |
| Second Session: MWS 502 | Second Session: DWS 702 & DWS 702-P | |
| Technology & Library Resources Fee | $205.00 | $205.00 |
| Meals Fee | $260.00 | $260.00 |
| Tuition | $3,708.00 | $3,016.00 |
| Subtotal | $4,173.00 | $3,481.00 |
| Third Session: MWS 503 & MWS 601 Part 1 | Third Session: DWS 703 & DWS 703-P | |
| Technology & Library Resources Fee | $205.00 | $205.00 |
| Meals Fee | $260.00 | $260.00 |
| Tuition | $3,708.00 | $3,016.00 |
| Subtotal | $4,173.00 | $3,481.00 |
| Fourth Session: MWS 504 & MWS 601 Part 2 | Fourth Session: DWS 704 & DWS 704-P | |
| Technology & Library Resources Fee | $205.00 | $205.00 |
| Meals Fee | $260.00 | $260.00 |
| Tuition | $3,708.00 | $3,248.00 |
| Subtotal | $4,173.00 | $3,713.00 |
| Fifth Session: DWS 801 | ||
| Technology & Library Resources Fee | $205.00 | |
| Meals Fee | $260.00 | |
| Tuition | $3,712.00 | |
| Subtotal | $4,177.00 | |
| Estimated Program Total | $16,847.00 | $19,184.00 |
