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For students who realize that Sewanee is the choice for them, there’s no better option than Early Action. With completed financial aid profiles, applicants will have first access to financial aid and placement in the first-come, first-served housing pool and receive their non-binding admission decision and financial aid package before the new year. Why wait?
Studying at the School of Theology is a wonderful opportunity for international students to experience another part of the Anglican Communion. Making arrangements to spend one or two years out of the country can take time, so all international students for all degree programs must have complete applications submitted by Jan. 1.
Students in the Regular Decision group will have access to financial aid and placement in the first-come, first-served housing pool. For students who think Sewanee would be a good fit, we suggest applying no later than this February 1 deadline.
For students who need more time, or are maybe waiting on admission decisions from other schools, the Final Decision deadline is your last chance to apply for admission to the School of Theology. Final Decision applicants are fully eligible for financial aid and housing considerations and will receive their admission decisions by May 1.
Applicants should have a clear sense of vocation, lay or ordained, and a clear sense of how the degree program will support that vocation.
A completed application is required.
Applicants to all degrees should normally hold a baccalaureate degree or its equivalent from an accredited college or university.
Official transcripts of degree granting undergraduate and post-secondary academic work from each institution attended are required.
Applicants should have the intellectual ability and academic background to engage the curriculum in a satisfactory way and to fulfill successfully the requirements of the degree to which the student is applying. Applicants may be required to submit additional writing samples.
An applicant whose first language is not English is required to complete the TOEFL or IELTS. Students who are not U.S. citizens or do not have legal permanent residency in the United States are required to have or acquire a valid U.S. visa.
Admission to the Doctor of Ministry program normally requires evidence of a Master of Divinity degree or its equivalent; ordination; and a minimum of three years full-time or equivalent experience in ministry, subsequent to the granting of the Master of Divinity degree.
Application to the Master of Sacred Theology (General Track) program requires a first theological degree, normally a Master of Divinity.
A minimum grade of B in post-graduate work is generally required for admission.
Two letters of recommendation, one from a person who can attest to the applicant's academic acumen, normally a seminary professor, and one from a church official or member of the clergy.
An official interview is required of all applicants.
Tuition and fees for ADP summer term 2025 are payable no later than June 1. Any ADP summer term charges incurred after June 1 must be paid by June 30.
Tuition per-credit hour: $680
Tuition per course: $2,040
Audit fee: $235
$100 Enrollment Fee is paid when the applicant accepts admission.
$80 Administrative Fee.
For more information about the current academic year tuition and fees, please see the Catalog.
Students are also eligible to purchase the Room and Board plan offered through Conference Services. Students must purchase both housing and meals to participate in the plan.
Financial aid is available toward the cost of tuition. Students who receive a typical financial aid award are responsible for a portion of their tuition, which may be covered by continuing education funds or personal resources. In extenuating circumstances, some awards may be more generous. The student is responsible for all other costs, such as travel, housing, board, etc. Financial aid is not available to non-degree seeking students. Students must complete a financial aid form with their application for admission to be considered for aid.
Questions regarding the ADP admission and financial aid applications should be directed to Walker Adams.
Questions regarding courses and class schedules should be directed to Sandra Brock.
Questions regarding the conference room and board plan should be directed to Sarah Limbaugh.
What does it mean to be the University of the South? The answer to that question changes from one generation to the next and from one individual to the next. Being “of the South” means that we are both the beneficiaries and the critics of a rich tradition. While we are deeply invested in this region, we also engage with other communities, locally and globally. Diversity and variety—of the South and of the world—inform and underpin our institution, and all our community’s citizens must confront this question on some level.
Language matters. It shapes our sense of reality and is therefore crucial for our understanding of God and others. Through language we forge and maintain our relationships with God and one another.
The Roberson Project on Slavery, Race, and Reconciliation at the University of the South is a six-year initiative investigating the university’s historical entanglements with slavery and slavery’s legacies. Our Project’s name memorializes the late Professor of History, Houston Bryan Roberson, who was the first tenured African American faculty member at Sewanee and the first to make African American history and culture the focus of their teaching and scholarship.
