Yes — New Geneva Theological Seminary is a confessionally Reformed seminary based in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where it was founded in 1993. It is authorized by the Colorado Department of Higher Education under the state’s Degree Authorization Act as a religious institution, its degree programs are approved for veterans’ education benefits by the Colorado State Approving Agency, and it holds to the Westminster Confession of Faith and Catechisms. Teaching is delivered entirely online. That means one thing for a Coloradan and another for everyone else: if you live in Colorado you can study at a Colorado seminary without leaving the church you already serve, and if you live anywhere else you receive exactly the same training on the same terms.
New Geneva at a Glance
- Tuition
- $300 / credit hour
- Format
- 100% online
- Tradition
- Confessionally Reformed · Westminster Standards
- Founded
- 1993
- Programs
- Certificate · MACM · M.Div. · Th.M. · D.Min.
- Status
- 501(c)(3) nonprofit
A Colorado seminary since 1993
New Geneva was founded in Colorado Springs in 1993 with a purpose drawn from Ephesians 4:12 — “for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry” — and one governing conviction: sound theology must produce sound practice, and that training should be accessible to those God calls, where they are. A good deal of how the seminary operates follows from that single sentence.
As New Geneva has grown, its reach has grown with it, including extensions in Centennial, Colorado and Fredericksburg, Virginia. New Geneva International Seminary opened in Alexandria, Egypt, bringing confessional training to Christian leaders in North Africa, and those international endeavors are what gave rise to the seminary’s translation and digital resource work.
Three men have led New Geneva since its founding. Dr. Dominic Aquila served as president for 24 years and became President Emeritus in 2025; in 2008 he co-founded The Aquila Report. Dr. Toby Holt, an experienced pastor whose verse-by-verse preaching has been downloaded more than 1.9 million times on SermonAudio, is the third and current president. Dr. Mark House serves as registrar. Graduates have gone on to ordination in the PCA, OPC, RCUS, URCNA, and other Reformed and evangelical bodies. The fuller story is on the about page.
Colorado authorization and institutional standing
New Geneva is authorized by the Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) under Colorado’s Degree Authorization Act, as a religious institution.
Two other facts sit alongside it. New Geneva is an affiliate member of ARTS, the Association of Reformed Theological Seminaries, and it operates as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit under EIN 84-1449678.
One caveat matters more than any of it if ordination is your goal: whether a degree satisfies a particular ordination requirement is determined by your own church court — your presbytery, your classis, or your session, depending on your denomination — not by the seminary. New Geneva’s 100-credit M.Div. is built to meet standard ordination requirements for Teaching Elders in Reformed and evangelical denominations, but your court has the final word, so ask them first. Dr. Mark House, the registrar, offers a free 15-minute call and is glad to help.
Veterans’ benefits and the Colorado State Approving Agency
New Geneva’s degree programs are approved for veterans’ education benefits by the Colorado State Approving Agency. For a veteran or a military family, that is a concrete reason this school is worth a look.
What you are actually eligible for, and how much of the cost it covers, depends on your own entitlement and on the program you enroll in. Confirm the specifics with the Department of Veterans Affairs and with New Geneva’s registrar before you register rather than assuming a figure. The seminary’s phone number is (719) 573-5395, and a free 15-minute call with the registrar can be booked from the admissions page.
Veterans’ benefits are not the only thing that brings the cost down. A deferred payment plan spreads the balance across the semester, and need-based and work-study scholarships are evaluated case by case on admission — new students submit financial-aid packets at least one month before their first semester. Details are on the tuition page.
Who this serves in Colorado
New Geneva’s programs are built for people already serving somewhere. In Colorado that means the pastor of a small congregation in Colorado Springs or Pueblo who cannot step away for three years; the ruling elder or deacon in a Denver-area church who wants real theological grounding rather than a weekend seminar; the worship leader, Sunday-school teacher, church staff member, or parachurch worker in Fort Collins or on the Western Slope who wants to teach Scripture with more confidence.
Because instruction is online, none of them has to move, resign, or drive over a mountain pass in February. Study happens where you already live and where your calling is already being tested — under your own pastor and elders, among the people you are learning to serve. For a Colorado student that is the difference between a degree that interrupts a ministry and one that is formed inside it.
You can also look before you leap. Your first New Geneva course is free to audit, and auditing requires no application — you can sit in on a class and judge the teaching for yourself. The current schedule is on the courses page.
Programs and what they cost
New Geneva charges one flat rate across every program — $300 per credit hour, and $265 for students age 55 and older — so the tuition total for any degree is simply its credit count multiplied by that rate.
| Program | Credits | Biblical languages | Total tuition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Certificate in Biblical Studies | 26 credit hours | Not required | $7,800 |
| M.A. in Christian Ministry (MACM) | 48 credit hours | Not required | $14,400 |
| Master of Divinity (M.Div.) | 100 credit hours | Greek & Hebrew required | $30,000 |
| Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.) | 30 credit hours | Not required | $9,000 |
A 30-credit-hour Master of Theology is also offered for advanced study, to students who already hold an M.Div. or its equivalent. Tuition only — administrative fees and the refund schedule are on the tuition page; all the programs are compared on the degrees page.
For scale: published 2025–26 M.Div. rates at three well-known Reformed schools were $645 per credit hour at Covenant, $654 at RTS, and $675 at Westminster’s online program (verified June 2026, and subject to change). Those schools discount through scholarships and church matching — Westminster currently funds 100% of tuition for residential master’s students — while New Geneva’s rate is simply low by design, with no scholarship application required to get it. Because New Geneva is an online institution, that $30,000 M.Div. figure also carries no housing, relocation, meal, or campus fees on top. A fuller breakdown is in how much seminary costs.
Which program fits depends on the calling. The M.Div. is the ordination-track degree and the only program whose own coursework includes Hebrew and Greek. The MACM is built for ruling elders, deacons, worship leaders, teachers, and church staff who need the theology without the languages, and is designed to be completed in about two years. The Certificate is the shortest foundation. The D.Min. is a professional doctorate for pastors already serving — it requires a completed M.Div. or its equivalent plus three years of active ministry experience — in which the student’s own ministry context is the laboratory for the work.
How to start from anywhere in Colorado
There is no application fee and admissions are rolling, so you can apply whenever you are ready, and the registrar reviews every application personally. Each term has its own registration deadline — for Fall 2026, registration closes August 17 and classes begin August 31. The full academic calendar, including spring dates and commencement, is on the admissions page.
If you are not ready to apply, the low-commitment step is that free audit — one course, no application, no fee. If you would rather talk with a person first, Dr. Mark House offers a free 15-minute call, and the free Welcome Packet lays out every program, what it costs, and who teaches it in one place.
New Geneva can be reached by phone at (719) 573-5395 or by mail at P.O. Box 10067, Colorado Springs, CO 80932. You can meet the faculty on the faculty page, and hear Dr. Holt preach through whole books of the Bible in the sermon archive — which is the fastest way to tell whether this is the theology you want shaping your ministry.
