Applicant Requirements
- You must be a citizen of the United States of America.
- You must be a resident of:
Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee or West Virginia.
Students must have lived in one of these states for a minimum of twelve months immediately prior to entering any educational institution. You cannot establish residency while you are a student. The Trustees reserve the right to determine residency.
- A minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 is required of applicants.
- See eligible schools tab.
- See eligible degree programs tab.
- You must be preparing to enter the Baptist ministry or religious work in the Baptist denomination as defined in the application and as determined by the Board of Trustees.
- You must be a member of a Baptist church affiliated with a recognized national, state or local Baptist convention or association.
- You must attend classes on the main campus of the eligible institution. Grants are not available for off-campus courses, independent courses, conferences, workshops, seminars or individualized courses.
- Required hours for students in eligible Master’s degree programs:
Students may take all courses on-campus, or
Students may take two online courses per semester to be counted toward the 9 hours required to receive the Keesee grant as a full-time student. One course (3 hours) must be on campus.
Students may take one online course (3 hours) and one on-campus course (3 hours) to apply as a part-time students. Courses must be for credit toward an eligible degree.
- You must reapply each year you wish to receive a grant. Grants are available for a maximum of 8 semesters for an eligible Master’s degree, 6 semesters for the DMIN degree and 4 semesters for the BA degree at the College at Southeastern (please see separate tabs).
- Grants are not available for fully online degrees.
- Submitting an application does not guarantee approval of a grant.
- See separate tabs for DMIN students and students in the College at SE.
