Requirements
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After completing your online application, be sure to check the admission requirements for your specific program. Send in each item using the instructions below.
ADDMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Undergraduate Students
Required Documents:
- Application
- Personal Essay (Pack Your Bags applicants, complete the additional Pack Your Bags Essay)
- High School Transcript Request (Including AP or CLEP)
- Any Official College Transcripts – (including Dual Credit)
- Transfer Credits will be evaluated by the Academic Records Office
- Students can send HS and College transcripts to registrar@trinitybiblecollege.edu
- ACT/SAT/CLT score (Recommended)
- Reference Form
- Background Check Authorization
- Code of Conduct Form
- Additional Documentation may be required
*Re-Applicants must have clearance from academic, financial, and student development offices
International Students who seek to study at Trinity Bible College must meet the following criteria and submit the appropriate forms.
Required Documents:
- Application
- Personal Essay (Pack Your Bags applicants, complete the additonal Pack Your Bags Essay)
- Reference Forms
- Background Check Authorization
- Code of Conduct Form
- Official High School transcript evaluated through (www.naeg.org), IcCRED (www.incredevals.org), NAEG, or WES (www.wes.org)
- TOEFL score of “high intermediate” across all categories, unless English is your country’s official language (The TOEFL Tests (ets.org))
- International Student Certification of Finances Guide
- Valid/Current Passport
Here is important information for obtaining a student visa:
Criteria
- Students must be able to understand and use the English language fluently.
- They must submit scores of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), if their national language is not English. Forms are needed.
- They must provide official records verifying completion of secondary education equivalent to an American high school diploma. Applicants are encouraged to attend Bible schools in their own country prior to applying for Trinity.
- They must provide evidence of adequate financial resources with which to fund their educational expenses. (We use Certification of Finances by College Scholarship Service.) Applicants are required to place an advance deposit to cover tuition, fees, and room & board for one year, as well as funds to cover return air fare in case of emergency.To become eligible for transfer to TBC from another American college, approval must be obtained from the previous school attended and U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service.– You must be a citizen of the United States to qualify for federal financial aid. Due to this fact, we would first encourage you to avail yourself of all educational facilities in your own country before seeking admission to an American institution.
- After acceptance by the college, international students must have one semester’s tuition and living costs deposited with TBC before a Certificate of Eligibility (for nonimmigrant “F-1” Student Status – Form I-20) is issued.
- Trinity does not have an international student scholarship fund and is unable to assist you with the large financial burden you would be undertaking. You are required to have on deposit, in a United States bank, at least 20,000 U.S. dollars, for your first year of attendance, and also have a firm plan for supplying the same amount during the following three years before being considered for admission to Trinity. You would also need funds on deposit to cover return air fare in case of emergency.
- Other requirements must also be met in order to be accepted for admission. Please read these thoroughly before going any further. After you have read the requirements, if you feel that you can meet each one, then feel free to contact us to begin the admission process. Be sure that you can meet each requirement before you request an Application for Admission in order to avoid being denied admission because requirements could not be met.
Required Documents:
- Application
- References | The required documents (listed below) will be sent via email after you complete the initial application. The required documents (listed below) will be sent via email after you complete the initial application.
Two References: One Pastoral Reference (from your pastor/church leader) and one Character Reference (from a school teacher, guidance counselor, coach, mentor, or boss). All references must be non-relatives.
If you were homeschooled or have not been enrolled in formal education for more than 3 years, please submit two pastor/church leader references.
Personal Essay
Code of Conduct Form
Background Check Release Form
High School Transcript or GED
All College Transcripts (If applicable)
ACT or SAT Test Scores
Required Documents:
- Application
- Three References: One Pastoral Reference (from your pastor/church leader–must be a non-relative), one Character Reference (from a school teacher, guidance counselor, coach, mentor, or boss–must be a non-relative), and one Parent Reference (from a parent or guardian).
- Pack Your Bags Essay
- Code of Conduct Form
- Background Check Release Form
- High School Transcript or GED
- All College Transcripts (If applicable)
- ACT or SAT Test Scores
Required Documents:
- Application
One Reference: One Pastoral Reference (from your pastor/church leader) is required. Must be an Assemblies of God credentialed minister, and cannot be a relative or Trinity employee.
Personal Essay
Code of Conduct Form
Background Check Release Form
High School Transcript or GED
Required Documents:
- Application
Two References: One Pastoral Reference (from your pastor/church leader) and one Character Reference (from a school teacher, guidance counselor, coach, mentor, or boss). All references must be non-relatives.
Personal Essay
Code of Conduct Form
Background Check Release Form
High School Transcript or GED
Graduate Students
Required Documents:
- Application
- Autobiography | Submit an autobiography (2-3 pages; min. 500 words) to msanderson@trinitybiblecollege.edu with information from your childhood to present, current ministry/vocation, and your future ministry/vocational goals.
- Copy of Ministerial Credentials | If you hold credentials, please submit a copy of your current credentials or ordination certificate. A copy of ministerial credential must be valid when applying.
- Two References | A Ministerial Reference and an Academic Reference are required.
- If you’ve never attended college or you’ve been out of college for more than 5 years, you don’t need an academic reference.
- References may not come from a family member.
- Reference form requests are embedded in the application itself.
- Transcripts | Contact all postsecondary schools you attended and request official transcripts be sent directly to Trinity, either electronically (msanderson@trinitybiblecollege.edu) or by mail. This is required even if you did not complete a degree.
Attn: Graduate Enrollment Counselor, Trinity Bible College and Graduate School (50 6th Avenue South, Ellendale, ND 58436)
- Background Check | Fill out the Background Check Authorization Form.
Required Documents:
- Application
- Autobiography | Submit an autobiography (2-3 pages; min. 500 words) to msanderson@trinitybiblecollege.edu with information from your childhood to present, current ministry/vocation, and your future ministry/vocational goals.
- Copy of Ministerial Credentials | If you hold credentials, please submit a copy of your current credentials or ordination certificate. A copy of ministerial credential must be valid when applying.
- Two References | A Ministerial Reference and an Academic Reference are required.
- If you’ve never attended college or you’ve been out of college for more than 5 years, you don’t need an academic reference.
- References may not come from a family member.
- Reference form requests are embedded in the application itself.
- Transcripts | Contact all postsecondary schools you attended and request official transcripts be sent directly to Trinity, either electronically (msanderson@trinitybiblecollege.edu) or by mail. This is required even if you did not complete a degree.
Attn: Graduate Enrollment Counselor, Trinity Bible College and Graduate School (50 6th Avenue South, Ellendale, ND 58436)
- Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) | May be required of applicants whose primary language is not English or whose latest education was done in languages other than English.
Required Documents:
- Application
- Résumé / Curriculum Vitae (CV) | Submit an up-to-date Résumé / Curriculum Vitae (CV) to msanderson@trinitybiblecollege.edu
- Three Letters of Recommendation | Letters must be completed by non-relatives and addressed to the “Trinity Graduate School Committee.” The writer of each reference letter must email it to msanderson@trinitybiblecollege.edu
- Copy of Thesis / Academic Writing |
Submit a copy of Master’s Thesis / Sample of Academic Writing (Master’s Thesis or Other).
*Pending review of writing sample, provisional acceptance can be granted.
- Background Check | For U.S. applicants only. Fill out the Background Check Authorization Form.
- Transcripts | Contact all previously attended colleges/universities* and request official transcripts be sent directly to Trinity.
*Trinity’s Ph.D. or DCL application only requires graduate level (Master’s and Doctoral) transcripts. Please contact the relevant institutions and ask that these official documents be sent directly to Trinity, either electronically (msanderson@trinitybiblecollege.edu) or by mail.
Attn: Graduate Enrollment Counselor, Trinity Bible College and Graduate School (50 6th Avenue South, Ellendale, ND 58436)
- Copy of Ministerial Credentials | If you hold credentials, please submit a copy of your current credentials or ordination certificate. A copy of ministerial credential must be valid when applying.
- Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) | May be required of applicants whose primary language is not English or whose latest education was done in languages other than English.
Trinity Bible College Standards
- Applicants should give evidence of a sound moral character and a personal conversion through a “born again” experience.
- Applicants should have received or desire the baptism in the Holy Spirit.
- Applicants must have graduated from an accredited secondary school or hold a high school equivalency diploma/certificate
- Minimum 2.0 Overall GPA (High School or for transfer students, the most recent college transcript)
- College Transcripts – If you plan to take or have already taken college courses and want to transfer them in, please have those transcripts sent to us.
- Individuals with incomplete files may be provisionally accepted but their file must be completed within 30 days of registration.
- Applications meeting TBC&GS admissions requirements are considered without regard to race, gender, or disability
Transfer of Credit Policy
Students transferring from other colleges or universities will follow the admissions checklist and in addition:
- Arrange for all official college/university transcripts to be sent to Trinity Bible College. Students with college credit earned elsewhere will be classified as transfer students. Up to 95 semester credits may be transferred into a Bachelor of Arts degree program at Trinity. Up to 30 semester credits may be transferred into an Associate of Arts program at Trinity.
- Grades of “C” or better will be considered for transfer credit, and courses must be similar to those taught at Trinity in order to be accepted in transfer.
- Students transferring from a non-accredited institution may transfer a limited number of credits. Such credits will be transferred after students have successfully completed one academic year with a cumulative GPA of 2.00 or higher. Students meeting the GPA criteria will have credits approved for transfer and the credits will be placed on the academic transcript at that time. Students failing to meet the GPA criteria after the year-long grace period will no longer be eligible to receive those credits in transfer and they will then need to take those courses at Trinity.
For students who have attended Trinity, an academic transcript of credit may be obtained through The National Student Clearinghouse. Students will not be issued official transcripts if they have outstanding bills with any office of the college or if student loans are in default.
Questions may be directed to the Academic Records office via phone at 701-349-5796 or email at registrar@trinitybiblecollege.edu.
Trinity Bible College Standards
The recruitment and marketing strategies we implement in the Enrollment Department of Trinity Bible College and Graduate School in no way show favoritism to recruiting past U.S. service members in order to obtain TA funds. In all our practices, whether using third-party vendors to collect names, travelling to high schools, churches, districts, meeting with families, calling, texting, emailing, posting on social media, or any other form of recruitment, communication with, or marketing to prospective students, we recruit according to two standards-one being if the student is “mission-fit” (would they fit well within our institution’s vision and mission), and second-do they meet our admissions criteria to attend. For further clarity and emphasis, in no way do we look at VA eligibility as a condition for our recruitment or marketing strategies of prospective students.
If you’re eager to learn in a Christian environment, build lasting relationships in a Spirit-filled college setting, and grow in your walk with God, we encourage you to apply and join our community.