Tuition & Fees

You can pay your bill by credit card through the the On-Line Payment System. Returning students may pay through Populi. We accept Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express, and electronic checks online. Electronic check payments cost IWS the least to process of the online options (checks mailed to the office are the least costly of all payment methods).

Effective for the January 2024 session, here are the current tuition and fees.

Tuition, Master of Worship Studies: $3,798.00 per semester
Tuition, Doctor of Worship Studies: $475.00 per credit hour

Technology & Library Resources fee: $250.00 for each semester a student is enrolled, to partially offset costs associated with maintaining a hybrid campus and digital library resources.

Meals fee: $290.00 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: Rates are subject to change. The Academic Catalog and Student Handbook contain additional information on various fees for Applications, Incompletes, Extensions, Continuations, and Graduation that may be assessed on a per-student basis.

Estimated Cost to Attend

Here are 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 StudiesDoctor 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$250.00$250.00
Meals Fee$290.00$290.00
Tuition$3,798.00$3,800.00
Subtotal$4,493.00$4,495.00
Second Session:
MWS 502
Second Session:
DWS 702 & DWS 702-P
Technology & Library Resources Fee$250.00$250.00
Meals Fee$290.00$290.00
Tuition$3,798.00$3,087.50

Subtotal$4,338.00$3,627.50
Third Session:
MWS 503 & MWS 601 Part 1
Third Session:
DWS 703 & DWS 703-P
Technology & Library Resources Fee$250.00$250.00
Meals Fee$290.00$290.00
Tuition$3,798.00$3,087.50

Subtotal$4,338.00$3,627.50
Fourth Session:
MWS 504 & MWS 601 Part 2
Fourth Session:
DWS 704 & DWS 704-P
Technology & Library Resources Fee$250.00$250.00
Meals Fee$290.00$290.00
Tuition$3,798.00$3,325.00
Subtotal$4,338.00$3,865.00
Fifth Session:
DWS 801
Technology & Library Resources Fee$250.00
Meals Fee$290.00
Tuition$3,800.00
Subtotal$4,340.00
Estimated Program Total$17,507.00$19,955.00

Rates are subject to change. The Academic Catalog and Student Handbook contain additional information on various fees for Applications, Incompletes, Extensions, Continuations, and Graduation that may be assessed on a per-student basis.