$20.00 per semester
SKSM tuition is $925 per credit (starting Fall 2023).
The per-credit tuition is subject to change. Total program costs are estimates based on the current rate.
This fee applies to the following students:
Master of Divinity
M.Div. requires the completion of 90 credits.
Total program tuition at current rate: $83,250.
Master of Arts in Social Change
MASC requires the completion of 48 credits.
Total program tuition at current rate: $44,400.
MDiv/MASC Dual Degree
The dual degree requires the completion of 114 credits.
Total program tuition at current rate: $105,450.
Certificates (UU, Multi-Religious, Chaplaincy, & Psychedelic Justice and Companioning)
Starr King’s certificate programs are open to Special Students and to Degree Students.
The UU and Multi-Religious Studies certificates require the completion of 12 credits.
Total program tuition at current rate: $11,100.
The Chaplaincy and Psychedelic Justice certificates require the completion of 18 credits.
Total program tuition at current rate: $16,650.
Student Tuition Recovery Fund
The State of California established the Student Tuition Recovery Fund (STRF) to relieve or mitigate economic loss suffered by a student in an educational program at a qualifying institution, who is or was a California resident while enrolled, or was enrolled in a residency program, if the student enrolled in the institution, prepaid tuition, and suffered an economic loss. Unless relieved of the obligation to do so, you must pay the state-imposed assessment for the STRF, or it must be paid on your behalf, if you are a student in an educational program, who is a California resident, or are enrolled in a residency program, and prepay all or part of your tuition.
You are not eligible for protection from the STRF and you are not required to pay the STRF assessment, if you are not a California resident, or are not enrolled in a residency program.
Currently, the assessed fee is $0.00 per one thousand dollars. Should a non-zero sum be implemented at a later date, Starr King will collect the fee from California residents during each term of enrollment.
For more information on this charge, please visit:
https://www.bppe.ca.gov/lawsregs/strf.shtml
Special Students (i.e. students who are not currently matriculated in an SKSM degree program) may register through Starr King to take a Starr King course (residential, intensive, immersion, or online). The tuition is the same as a Degree Student.
Total degree Tuition must be paid in full 30 days prior to graduation.
Tuition Transition Summer Cash Flow Challenge
Personalized Payment Plan
Please register for your Summer Intensives as planned.
Continuing M.Div. and MASC students lacking access to Federal Student Loans until the Fall semester and who have difficulty paying the fee per credit for Summer Semester classes may set up a Personalized Payment Plan with SKSM.
Please contact Owais Qureshi at oqureshi@sksm.edu by June 20 to set up your Personalized Payment Plan.
Institutional Scholarships can also be used for Summer Intensives. To do so, please notify Owais at oqureshi@sksm.edu.
Once a student registers for their course(s), they will automatically be billed for the amount of units to be acquired from the course(s). After completing your registration for any given semester, you will be able to pay for your courses using Student Planning. Tuition must be paid in full by the end of Late Registration or a payment plan must be in place.
Credit Card, Check, Cash, E-Check, and Money Order Payments
Minimum Credits for Student Loans
For purposes of federally-supported financial aid programs, to receive full-time benefits a student must be enrolled for a minimum of 9 credits each principal term (i.e. Fall, Intersession/Spring, and/or Summer). To receive part-time benefits, a student must be enrolled for a minimum of 6 credits each principal term (i.e. Fall, Intersession/Spring, and Summer). Students who take fewer than 6 credits in a principal term may enter repayment for loans and are not eligible for loans within that semester.
If a student withdraws or is dismissed by the faculty from a Starr King degree program during any term of instruction, (Summer, Fall, Intersession, or Spring), they may be eligible for a refund of tuition they have paid that term. The Student Accounts Manager will calculate any tuition refund owed to the student based on the withdrawal date as follows.
For semester-length courses (ten weeks or longer):
*For Oregon residents: During 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th week of classes: 50% of tuition paid that term. After the 8th week: no refund.
**For Washington residents: After the 5th week: no refund
For intensive and intermediate-length courses (1-9 weeks):
Return of Federal and Nonfederal Financial Aid Program Monies
Students who receive federal Title IV financial aid are subject to the return of Title IV funds (R2T4) calculation, in which a pro-rata refund of federal loans is calculated by the number of calendar days up to 60% of the enrollment period. After 60% of the enrollment period is completed by the student, no refund of federal loan monies will be issued. See the SKSM Academic Catalog for the full R2T4 policy.
Additionally, any nonfederal financial aid program monies will be subject to the same pro rata refund calculation.
Complaint Procedure:
An individual may contact the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education for review of a complaint. The Bureau may be contacted at 2535 Capital Oak Drive Suite 400 – Sacramento, CA 95833 or www.bppe.ca.gov/enforcement/complaint.shtml
Tel: 916.431.6959 – Fax: 916.263.1897
For Washington State residents seeking information and resources about student loan repayment or seeking to submit a complaint relating to your student loans or student loan servicer, please visit www.wsac.wa.gov/loan-advocacy or contact the Student Loan Advocate at loanadvocate@wsac.wa.gov.
