Tuition & Fees

The table below lists the basic minimum expenditures for all degree programs. In addition to the fees cited here, there is an admission deposit fee of $100, which is applied to the first term bill as a credit. The figures shown are for full-time enrollment (eight courses per year). Tuition and fee rates listed are estimated for 2024-2025 and are subject to change.

Other Estimated Expenses

Estimated living expenses varies according to individual tastes and requirements. Below is the average cost for living expenses.

All degree-seeking students are liable for tuition, fees, and all other costs and regulations for the degrees.

Tuition Structure

• For full-time students, tuition is charged on a per-semester basis and is not affected by the number of courses taken.

• Residential MDV, MTS, and THM students may take a reduced load of three courses per semester and remain full-time. A merit scholarship student is required to take three or four courses to remain eligible for a merit scholarship. In special circumstances, middler and senior students may take additional courses than on paradigm, but this is considered an overload and requires the permission of the Academic Dean.

• Students taking one or two courses per semester are considered part-time and will be charged a per-course tuition rate that will be equivalent to one-fourth the per-semester tuition amount plus a 10 percent registration fee. Part-time students are not eligible for merit scholarships or institutional aid.

• Divinity School scholarship awards are calculated as a percentage of the overall tuition.

Additional Fees

Audit Fee. Anyone seeking to audit a course in the Divinity School must, with the consent of the instructor concerned, secure permission from the Office of Academic Programs. A fee of $750 (or $375 for alumni) per course will be charged to all auditors who are not enrolled as full-time students.

Course Continuation Fee. In instances where a student has registered for but not completed all the courses or requirements for their program, a $750 per term fee (MDiv Residential, MTS, and ThM) or $250 per term fee (MDiv Hybrid, MA, DMin) is required for each term. The student must also register for a continuation course as required by the office of Academic Programs.

ThD Continuation Fee. ThD students who have completed coursework will need to register for the continuation course (CONTDIV 504) for the fall and spring semesters. The ThD continuation fee is $3,500 per semester.

Parking Pass. Students who wish to park a motor vehicle on campus will be able to purchase a parking pass through Duke Parking & Transportation (parking.duke.edu).

Payment and Penalty

Invoices for tuition, fees, and other charges are delivered to students electronically on DukeHub. Students will not receive a copy via US Mail and are payable by the invoice due date.

If full payment is not received, a late payment charge as described below will be assessed on the next invoice, and certain restrictions as stated below will be applied. A monthly tuition payment plan is available through Nelnet. For more information on this plan, call (800) 609-8056 or visit mycollegepaymentplan.com/duke.

An individual will be in default of this agreement if the total amount due on the student invoice is not paid in full by the invoice due date. An individual who is in default will not be allowed to register for classes, receive a transcript of academic records, have academic credits certified, or receive a diploma at graduation. In addition, an individual in default may be subject to withdrawal by Duke University.

Tuition and Fees Refund Policy

Tuition and mandatory fees are required to be paid in full, regardless of:

• the method of instruction and/or mode of academic delivery;

• any changes to instructional content, schedule, or duration of the semester;

• any inability to access Duke University-maintained facilities; and

• any disruption to or cancellation of activities, events, services, or programs during the academic year.

For the avoidance of doubt, and as has been the policy of Duke University in the past, tuition and mandatory fees will not be refunded in whole or in part for any reason, except as provided for under the Refund Policy for residential or hybrid programs. By paying the tuition and mandatory fees, the student and anyone paying tuition on their behalf acknowledges and accepts these terms.

In the event of death, a full tuition and fees refund will be granted; and in all other cases of withdrawal from school, tuition will be refunded according to the published schedule.

Withdrawal schedule and tuition refund for MACP, MDivH, and DMin programs

The standard tuition refund structure for students who withdraw from Duke University assumes that courses are residentially based, begin and end on the same dates as other courses offered at Duke, and that course instruction is evenly distributed across the residential semester. Due to the alternative educational platform of the hybrid classes, the degree programs (MACP, MDivH, and DMIN) operate with an alternative tuition refund structure.

 Hybrid classes are offered in three terms each year. The first (immersive) week of each term is similar to the first 3 weeks of a regular residential semester. The subsequent online course instruction is distributed across multiple weeks  with a pace and structure more similar to the regular residential term than the initial immersive week.

The following tuition refund rubric will be for all terms:

Percentage of Tuition refunded for MACP, MDivH, and DMIN students who withdraw from the program.

Term begins the first day of class (DIVH session).

If the tuition adjustment results in a credit balance, the student may elect to have the balance refunded or carried forward for future terms. There is no adjustment or refund of  mandatory fees after classes begin. 

Drop/Add deadline: End of second day of immersion week. After this date, all drops become a W on transcript.