Find tuition, required student fees, and estimated expenses, including living expenses for residential students and immersion week expenses for hybrid students below. 

Nearly all Duke Divinity students receive institutional scholarships to help offset these costs. We award over $11 million in scholarship support. Our students also receive approximately $1.5 million in external scholarship support to reduce the costs of tuition and expenses. 

Our Office of Financial Aid is available for one-on-one appointments to help you understand all the options available for funding your theological education at Duke Divinity School. Contact us at (919) 660-3441 or finaid@div.duke.edu to set up an appointment.

Tuition & Required Fees

2026-2027 Tuition Rates*

*Tuition rates are based on full-time enrollment and are subject to change. 

• Residential M.Div., M.T.S., and Th.M. students may elect to study at the part-time enrollment level with permission from the Academic Dean. Please contact the Office of Financial Aid to inquire about part-time tuition rates.
• Full-time residential students may take one Divinity summer course as an overload and will not be charged tuition.  
• Students enrolled in more than one summer course will be charged the per-course tuition rate. Please contact the Office of Financial Aid to inquire about financial aid options and cost to attend.

Required Fees Across All Residential Programs*

Hybrid students are charged the one-time transcript fee and a $20 per-term Student Life Ministry fee.

*Please note that students enrolled for the summer term will be charged the student health fee. 

Estimated Living Expenses for Residential Students

Living expenses are self-managed and will not be accounted for on your tuition bill from Duke University. Below is an estimate of living expenses for the fall and spring terms of the academic year (9 months). 

Estimated Immersion Week Expenses for Hybrid Students

Expenses incurred during Immersion Week are self-managed and will not be accounted for on your tuition bill from Duke University. Below is an estimate of immersion week expenses for the academic year.  

Refunds of tuition and fees are governed by the following policy:

Refund Policy

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

Withdrawal before the opening of classes—a full refund; withdrawal during the first or second week—80 percent; withdrawal during the third through fifth week—60 percent; withdrawal during the sixth week—20 percent; withdrawal after the sixth week—no refund. No refund will be granted for reduction in course load after the drop-add period.

Tuition or other charges paid from grants or loans will be restored to those funds on the same pro rata basis and will be refunded to the student or carried forward.

These regulations apply to all Divinity School students—degree candidates, special students, and auditors.

Satisfactory Academic Progress

Federal regulations that went into effect July 1, 2011, require that Duke Divinity School’s Office of Financial Aid establish and implement a policy to measure whether students applying for and/or receiving financial aid are making satisfactory academic progress (SAP) towards a degree.