Financial aid and payment plans
Anchor Christian University is committed to providing education that prepares Kingdom leaders for their calling without a heavy debt load. Through its approach to tuition and funding options, ACU seeks to help students invest wisely in an education with missional and financial value. ACU focuses on making tuition affordable while supporting the university’s ongoing mission and operational health.
ACU encourages students to consider biblical teaching about debt and reach their own conclusions about when borrowing is appropriate. Personal debt can affect marriages, ministry mobility, and long-term ministry effectiveness. Preparing students for ministry without a burdensome debt load is an important institutional goal.
Financial Responsibility
Honoring God through financial stewardship is a core institutional value. ACU regards financial integrity as a fundamental biblical principle. Its financial policies support that value and help students develop responsible financial stewardship in partnership with the university.
Payment Policy
Students must either pay tuition in full at the beginning of the term or select an installment payment plan that pays the balance in full by the end of the term. Students may set up their installment payment plans in Populi. Students choosing a payment plan must enroll in the plan within one week of receiving the billing email for the term.
Tuition bills are emailed to students at the beginning of each 8-week course session or semester, after students are officially enrolled and courses have opened. Students who select an installment payment plan must complete payment by the end of the applicable session or semester. The final payment due date is marked on the tuition bill.
Late payments incur the monthly fee listed in Tuition, Fees and Required Costs, automatically applied by Populi.
Students may not enroll in subsequent sessions or semesters until bills for prior sessions or semesters are paid in full, unless an exception or arrangement is made with the Business Office. If a third party, such as a ministry partner, employer, or parent, arranges to pay tuition, the student remains personally responsible for any outstanding balance.
Financial Aid and Scholarships
ACU does not participate in federal Title IV student aid programs and does not process or apply federal Pell Grants or federal student loans, including Stafford Loans.
For most students, the net cost to complete an ACU degree is substantially less than alternative options and is manageable without borrowing.
ACU does not currently award scholarships.