You can afford seminary! We offer a variety of scholarships at Gordon-Conwell so that you can be equipped for your calling without the burden of debt.
All merit-based scholarships must be applied for. The scholarship decision is based on the merit of your application—including academic and ministry accomplishments, future goals, references, etc.
Most (but not all) ministry scholarships also require an application. The scholarship decision focuses less on personal accomplishment and primarily on your context and financial need.
Our Fellowships & Research-based scholarships involve ongoing responsibility during your seminary experience. These scholarships are typically smaller financially, but they are also the typical exception of scholarships that can be combined with other scholarships.
Gordon-Conwell has partnered with a number of church and parachurch ministries to provide a tuition discount for staff or missionaries serving with that ministry.
The Partnership Program is a unique offering through Gordon-Conwell empowering you to graduate seminary debt-free. The Partnership Program helps you to build a network of ministry partners ( individuals and churches) to fund the cost of education.
Available to both part-time and full-time students.
Unfortunately not. Unless specifically stated (eg. Byington Scholars, Pierce Fellowship) scholarships listed here cannot be combined.
In addition to GCTS scholarships, we encourage you to investigate funding from outside sources. Third-party scholarships or funding CAN be combined with a GCTS scholarship.
We are pleased to offer a tuition discount for staff of ministry partnerships (eg. InterVarsity, Cru, Young Life). Please review the list of ministry partnerships to see if you qualify for one of these tuition discounts.
Unfortunately, these partnership tuition discounts cannot be combined with another GCTS scholarship unless explicitly (eg. the Pierce Fellowship or Byington Scholars program).
Yes.
While you cannot combine scholarships (see the previous questions), you can apply to multiple scholarships simultaneously. Presently, our scholarship application allows you to select up to three scholarships that you would like to be considered for.
Most Scholarships are reserved for students entering in the Fall Academic Term.
Some Exceptions:
Keep reading below…
Enrollment Status: Full-Time, Part-Time
Citizenship Status: US Resident, International (Visa), International (Digital)
Community: Digital, Hamilton, Boston, Charlotte, Jacksonville
40% Scholarship
Enrollment Status: Full-Time, Part-Time
Citizenship Status: US Resident
Community: Digital, Hamilton, Boston, Charlotte, Jacksonville
40% Ministry Partnership Discount
Enrollment Status: Full-Time, Part-Time
Citizenship Status: US Resident, International (Visa), International (Digital)
Community: Digital, Hamilton, Boston, Charlotte, Jacksonville
40% Ministry Partnership Discount to Wycliffe USA-based staff and qualified family members
Enrollment Status: Full-Time, Part-Time
Citizenship Status: US Resident, International (Visa), International (Digital)
Community: Digital, Hamilton, Boston, Charlotte, Jacksonville
23% Scholarship
Enrollment Status: Full-Time
Citizenship Status: US Resident
Community: Hamilton
100% Scholarship | Up to three recipients annually
Enrollment Status: Full-Time
Citizenship Status: International (Visa)
Community: Hamilton
23% Scholarship
Enrollment Status: Full-Time, Part-Time
Citizenship Status: US Resident, International (Visa), International (Digital)
Community: Digital, Hamilton, Boston, Charlotte, Jacksonville
40% Ministry Partnership Discount
Enrollment Status: Full-Time
Citizenship Status: US Resident
Community: Hamilton
100% Scholarship | Up to two recipients annually
Enrollment Status: Full-Time
Citizenship Status: US Resident
Community: Digital, Hamilton, Boston, Charlotte, Jacksonville
50% Scholarship
Enrollment Status: Full-Time, Part-Time
Citizenship Status: US Resident, International (Visa), International (Digital)
Community: Digital, Hamilton, Boston, Charlotte, Jacksonville
40% Ministry Partnership Discount
Enrollment Status: Full-Time
Community: Digital, Charlotte
$3800 annually to one student or $1900 to two students
Enrollment Status: Full-Time, Part-Time
Citizenship Status: US Resident, International (Visa), International (Digital)
Community: Digital, Hamilton, Boston, Charlotte, Jacksonville
40% Ministry Partnership Discount
Enrollment Status: Full-Time
Citizenship Status: US Resident
Community: Hamilton
47% Scholarship
Enrollment Status: Full-Time, Part-Time
Citizenship Status: US Resident, International (Visa), International (Digital)
Community: Digital, Hamilton, Boston, Charlotte, Jacksonville
40% Ministry Partnership Discount
Enrollment Status: Full-Time
Citizenship Status: US Resident
Community: Hamilton
47% Scholarship
Enrollment Status: Full-Time
Citizenship Status: US Resident
Community: Hamilton
75% Scholarship
Enrollment Status: Full-Time
Citizenship Status: US Resident
Community: Hamilton
75% Scholarship
Enrollment Status: Full-Time, Part-Time
Citizenship Status: US Resident, International (Visa), International (Digital)
Community: Digital, Hamilton, Boston, Charlotte, Jacksonville
40% Ministry Partnership Discount
Enrollment Status: Full-Time, Part-Time
Citizenship Status: US Resident, International (Visa), International (Digital)
Community: Digital, Hamilton, Boston, Charlotte, Jacksonville
40% Ministry Partnership Discount
Enrollment Status: Full-Time, Part-Time
Citizenship Status: US Resident, International (Visa), International (Digital)
Community: Digital, Hamilton, Boston, Charlotte, Jacksonville
40% Ministry Partnership Discount
Enrollment Status: Full-Time, Part-Time
Citizenship Status: US Resident
Community: Digital, Hamilton, Boston, Charlotte, Jacksonville
100% Scholarship | Unlimited Participants
Enrollment Status: Full-Time
Citizenship Status: US Resident
Community: Hamilton
$29,000 scholarship if the recipient is single and $33,000 if married
Enrollment Status: Full-Time, Part-Time
Citizenship Status: US Resident
Community: Hamilton
40% Scholarship
Enrollment Status: Full-Time, Part-Time
Citizenship Status: US Resident
Community: Hamilton
30% Scholarship
Enrollment Status: Full-Time
Citizenship Status: US Resident
Community: Hamilton
$4,000 for the 2023-24 Academic Year
Enrollment Status: Full-Time, Part-Time
Citizenship Status: US Resident, International (Visa), International (Digital)
Community: Digital, Hamilton, Boston, Charlotte, Jacksonville
40% Ministry Partnership Discount
Enrollment Status: Full-Time
Citizenship Status: US Resident
Community: Hamilton
85% Scholarship
Enrollment Status: Full-Time, Part-Time
Citizenship Status: US Resident
Community: Digital, Hamilton, Boston, Charlotte, Jacksonville
40% Ministry Partnership Discount
Enrollment Status: Full-Time
Citizenship Status: US Resident
Community: Hamilton
50% Scholarship
Enrollment Status: Full-Time
Citizenship Status: US Resident, International (Visa), International (Digital)
Community: Hamilton
28% Scholarship
Enrollment Status: Full-Time, Part-Time
Citizenship Status: US Resident, International (Visa), International (Digital)
Community: LGM
68% Tuition Discount | Unlimited Participants
Enrollment Status: Full-Time
Citizenship Status: International (Visa)
Community: Hamilton
50% Scholarship
Enrollment Status: Full-Time, Part-Time
Citizenship Status: US Resident
Community: Jacksonville
50% Scholarship
Enrollment Status: Full-Time, Part-Time
Citizenship Status: US Resident, International (Visa), International (Digital)
Community: Digital, Hamilton
40% Ministry Partnership Discount
Enrollment Status: Full-Time
Citizenship Status: US Resident, International (Visa)
Community: Hamilton
85% Scholarship
Enrollment Status: Full-Time
Citizenship Status: US Resident, International (Visa)
Community: Digital, Charlotte
$9,000 per year, distributed equally across fall, spring, summer terms.
Enrollment Status: Full-Time, Part-Time
Citizenship Status: US Resident
Community: Jacksonville
50% Scholarship
Enrollment Status: Full-Time, Part-Time
Citizenship Status: US Resident, International (Visa)
Community: Hamilton
up to $3,000 per year, distributed across Fall & Spring Semesters
Enrollment Status: Full-Time, Part-Time
Citizenship Status: US Resident, International (Visa), International (Digital)
Community: Digital, Hamilton, Boston, Charlotte, Jacksonville
40% Ministry Partnership Discount
Enrollment Status: Full-Time
Citizenship Status: International (Visa)
Community: Hamilton
100% Scholarship | One recipient annually
Enrollment Status: Full-Time, Part-Time
Citizenship Status: US Resident, International (Visa), International (Digital)
Community: Digital, Hamilton, Boston, Charlotte, Jacksonville
40% Ministry Partnership Discount
Enrollment Status: Part-Time
Citizenship Status: US Resident
Community: Hamilton
100% Scholarship | (Up to 2 courses)
Enrollment Status: Full-Time, Part-Time
Citizenship Status: US Resident, International (Visa), International (Digital)
Community: Digital, Hamilton, Boston, Charlotte, Jacksonville
40% Ministry Partnership Discount
Enrollment Status: Full-Time, Part-Time
Citizenship Status: US Resident, International (Visa)
Community: Digital, Charlotte
Award of $500 - $2,000 (renewable annually)
Enrollment Status: Full-Time
Citizenship Status: US Resident
Community: Hamilton
75% Scholarship
Enrollment Status: Full-Time
Citizenship Status: US Resident
Community: Hamilton
75% Scholarship
Enrollment Status: Full-Time, Part-Time
Citizenship Status: US Resident, International (Visa)
Community: Boston
47% Scholarship
Enrollment Status: Full-Time, Part-Time
Citizenship Status: US Resident, International (Visa), International (Digital)
Community: Digital, Hamilton, Boston, Charlotte, Jacksonville
40% Ministry Partnership Discount
Enrollment Status: Full-Time, Part-Time
Citizenship Status: US Resident
Community: Hamilton
25% Scholarship
Enrollment Status: Full-Time, Part-Time
Citizenship Status: US Resident, International (Visa), International (Digital)
Community: Digital, Hamilton, Boston, Charlotte, Jacksonville
40% Ministry Partnership Discount
Enrollment Status: Full-Time, Part-Time
Citizenship Status: US Resident
Community: Digital, Charlotte
$1,600 per year
Enrollment Status: Full-Time, Part-Time
Citizenship Status: US Resident, International (Visa), International (Digital)
Community: Digital, Hamilton, Boston, Charlotte, Jacksonville
40% Ministry Partnership Discount
Enrollment Status: Full-Time, Part-Time
Citizenship Status: US Resident, International (Visa), International (Digital)
Community: Digital, Hamilton, Boston, Charlotte, Jacksonville
40% Ministry Partnership Discount
Enrollment Status: Full-Time
Citizenship Status: US Resident
Community: Hamilton
3% Scholarship (Stipend)
Enrollment Status: Full-Time
Citizenship Status: International (Visa)
Community: Hamilton
100% Scholarship | One recipient annually
Enrollment Status: Full-Time
Citizenship Status: US Resident
Community: Hamilton
37% Scholarship
Enrollment Status: Full-Time, Part-Time
Citizenship Status: US Resident, International (Visa), International (Digital)
Community: Digital, Hamilton, Boston, Charlotte, Jacksonville
40% MInistry Partnership Discount
Enrollment Status: Full-Time
Citizenship Status: International (Visa)
Community: Hamilton
100% Scholarship | One recipient annually
Enrollment Status: Full-Time, Part-Time
Citizenship Status: US Resident
Community: Jacksonville
50% Scholarship
*Scholarships are listed consistently as percentages on this page in order to provide a reasonable means of financial comparison. Please check the actual award amount and conditions for a more accurate understanding of the terms (per course, per year, flat rate, etc.)
We encourage you to consider scholarships and other outside funding to help with your cost of education. Also ask through your church, denomination, employer, or interest groups. There are many possibilities. Scholarships change over time, so check back to see if there are new scholarships that might be a blessing to you!
Some scholarship search engines will ask you set up an account, but you should never have to pay to explore scholarship possibilities. Read Avoiding Scholarship Scams from the Federal Trade Commission to help you explore possibilities wisely!
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