Don't let your fear of tuition costs keep you from furthering your education!
Read about the various scholarships available for our students:
Faith Builders Training Institute offers scholarships to assist students with the cost of education. This financial assistance complements personal initiative and responsibility on the student’s part, with the goal of encouraging personal financial responsibility and commitment. Our desire is to nurture heartfelt gratitude in scholarship recipients and to equip them to serve their communities with humility and joy.
By funding these scholarships, individuals and businesses demonstrate their commitment to the work of Faith Builders. This investment underscores their belief in the value of preparation for service.
Tuition at Faith Builders Training Institute costs $10,400 per year. Meals and lodging are additional costs. (Campus lodging and meals for a single student is $4,675 per year.) Faith Builders offers a variety of scholarships to qualifying students. Our goal is an average annual out-of-pocket cost for tuition, meals, and lodging of $7,800 per student.
Over the past 3 years an average of $262,780 in scholarships was distributed to 36 students. The average scholarship received was $7,370, with amounts ranging from $800-$12,750.
The following eligibility requirement applies to all scholarships: (Additional requirements apply to specific scholarships.)
Situation scholarships are 50% of tuition unless noted otherwise.
Eligibility: Scholarships are offered to the following students:
Application Deadline: January 1 or May 1.
Primary Purpose: To equip and train teachers for Weaverland Conference schools, either through the two-year Teachers Apprenticing Track or through Summer Term. Secondary Purpose: To equip and train Weaverland Conference students for ministry. If all opportunities to assist Weaverland Conference students are filled, remaining funds may be used to assist students not from Weaverland Conference.
These scholarships are given as a “loan” to be forgiven year-by-year as the recipient meets certain conditions. If the recipient does not meet the requirements for loan forgiveness, the recipient is expected to notify Faith Builders; details of repayment will be arranged. Conditions:
Loan forgiveness schedule:
Award amounts:
Through an endowment at Anabaptist Foundation, the Anja Miller Memorial Scholarship is offered to students meeting the financial needs requirement, with preference given to applicants from Center Amish-Mennonite, applicants from Kansas, female applicants, and applicants with an interest in music. The scholarship is open to both female and male applicants.
This scholarship is offered to students from outside the United States and Canada. Scholarships are awarded to international students as funds are available.
Regional scholarships are available first for applicants from the specific location and second for applicants from anywhere in the respective state. If there are no qualified applicants from the state, the fund will be available to other applicants to Faith Builders Training Institute.
Regional scholarships currently available:
Application Deadline: January 1 or May 1. Awards will be announced by January 31 or May 31.
Faith Builders Educational Programs Canada offers a scholarship of $25,000 CAD to a Canadian student admitted into the Teacher Apprenticing Program (TAP) at Faith Builders Training Institute. For more information or an application, contact Kevin Bauman (kevn@chervin.ca, 519-656-3031).