Tuition Exchange Program

 Member Schools Participating in the 2024-25 Tuition Exchange

Baptist Health Sciences University, Tennessee

Blue Mountain Christian University, Mississippi

Bluefield University, Virginia

California Baptist University, California

Campbell University, North Carolina

Campbellsville University, Kentucky

Canadian Baptist Theological Seminary and College, Canada

Charleston Southern University, South Carolina

Clear Creek Baptist Bible College, Kentucky

Criswell College, Texas

Dallas Baptist University, Texas

Fruitland Baptist Bible College, North Carolina

Gateway Seminary of the SBC, California

Hardin-Simmons University, Texas

Howard Payne University, Texas

Houston Christian University, Texas

Louisiana Christian University, Louisiana

Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Missouri

Mississippi College, Mississippi

Missouri Baptist University, Missouri

New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisiana

North Greenville University, South Carolina

Ouachita Baptist University, Arkansas

Shorter University, Georgia

Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, North Carolina

Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Texas

Stark College and Seminary, Texas

University of the Cumberlands, Kentucky

Union University, Tennessee

Wayland Baptist University, Texas

William Carey University, Mississippi

Williams Baptist University, Arkansas

Tuition Exchange Agreement Guidelines

Each institution is protected by:

  1. Maintaining its own admission standards.

  2. Remitting only the tuition portion of costs as per their benefit policy.

  3. Enrolling a combined total of only five students per year under the plan.

  4. Reviewing the program annually.

  5. Retaining the right to exclude certain programs from the agreement.

  6. Retaining the right to establish conditions on or make exceptions to the agreement.

Who may participate?

Participation is available to the dependent children of full-time faculty and staff in Baptist institutions which enter into the Tuition Exchange Agreement. Those employees whose dependent children are eligible to receive tuition benefits at their home institutions will ordinarily be eligible to receive benefits at a host institution. Please be aware that if the parent ceases employment in the home institution, the benefit in the host institution would also cease. The Internal Revenue Service definition of child dependency will be used to determine a student’s eligibility. If the student ceases to meet the IRS definition, the benefit may be withdrawn by the host institution.

What are the admissions qualifications?

Eligible students must meet the usual requirements for admission to a host institution, and accept its usual academic and social regulations. Enrollment must be in a full-time program of study; guest or transit students may not participate. The host institution reserves the right to refuse admission to certain programs of study which may already be at capacity enrollment.

What is the tuition exchange benefit?

That portion of the annual comprehensive charges which is designated as “tuition” by the host institution will be remitted in accordance to the host institution’s employee benefit for tuition remission. The benefit will continue if the student is in good standing at the host institution and as long as the student meets the definitions of eligibility in the first paragraph above.

Other charges (room, board, fees) are the responsibility of the student. Although students may ordinarily live in college residences, no guarantee of residence space can be given in cases of capacity enrollments. Where residence space is available, students may be required to live in the host institution’s dormitory, depending on its residential requirements.

What about other forms of financial aid?

A student may be required by the host institution to apply for any tuition grants (state, federal, or other) for which the student is eligible. Any such aid must be applied to the cost of tuition at the host institution, and the balance of the tuition will then be remitted.

If a student can demonstrate need beyond tuition, the student will be eligible to receive other forms of financial aid according to the usual regulations of the host institution.

When does the agreement take effect?

Tuition exchange benefits will be available immediately and will be in effect until an institution withdraws its participation. An institution’s participation is subject to annual review and possible re-negotiation by all institutional parties to the agreement. Each institution may decide annually to accept or refuse new students for the following academic year.

Each institution is expected to be willing to accept no fewer students than it exports; but in any case, each institution agrees to accept at least 5 qualified students per year. An institution may, at its discretion, limit enrollment to 5 or more students per year provided it accepts as many students as it exports.

What other institutional agreements are involved?

It is understood that the host institution reserves the right to make exceptions to the agreement, for good and sufficient reason, in considering the eligibility of a given applicant; but as a matter of policy, each institution accepts the provisions of the agreement and indicates its willingness to work as consistently as possible within them. Where an exception is necessary, notification to the president of the home institution is expected as a matter of courtesy.

Note:  Some institutions have qualifying provisions to their participation, e.g., one-for-one exchange, exclusions from specific programs, limitation to undergraduate study, and limitation to specific institutions accepted for mutual participation.

What are the student’s first steps? 

When contacting the Admissions Office of the prospective host institution, the student should

  1. Make it clear that admission is being sought under the Tuition Exchange Agreement of the International Association of Baptist Colleges and Universities.

  2. Present verification of parental employment electronically or by letter of the student’s eligibility for tuition remission from the home institution (Verified by Human Resources or the Financial Aid Department).

  3. Present a signed copy of the ‘Letter of Intent’ (Click button below to download)