About Calvary Chapel University

Currently, all courses at Calvary Chapel University are offered online in 8-week, interactive modules. The university uses Populi as its Learning Management System. Students can view and access their syllabus, assignments, course materials, grades, tests, and more through the Internet. Students are provided with access to the Populi system as part of the application process. All university courses are taken online from anywhere in the world that allows access to Populi via the internet. The university has students and alumni on 6 continents worldwide.

Calvary Chapel University, at the discretion of the administration, may accept and apply transfer credits from another college or university, provided the course descriptions and grades are comparable to university standards. Typically, community college, undergraduate coursework, and, in some instances, work experience and/or testing will be considered in the transfer credit evaluation process. The Office of the Registrar is responsible for the evaluation of transfer credits.

Students should have official transcripts sent by any outside institutions to transcripts@calvarychapeluniversity.edu

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Current tuition and fee information is maintained on the Costs and Fees page.

Once you have been accepted as a Calvary Chapel University student, you are eligible to apply for a scholarship. The university holds to the following scholarship philosophy: We will partner with the student and his or her family to arrange scholarship for the student’s education, using the individual’s resources, the family’s resources, and the university’s resources. Demonstrated need will be measured by a consistent and equitable need-analysis system.

To be fair to all students seeking a scholarship, need must be based objectively on a family’s resources — that is, on their ability to pay, not their willingness to pay. Special circumstances will be considered on a case-by-case basis, and we use our professional judgment to determine when adjustments can be made.

Students must complete the Scholarship Application, maintain a minimum of a 3.0 or higher GPA and successfully complete at least one course in 4 of 9 modules a year.

Calvary Chapel University offers Senior Pastors and their immediate families (wife, son, and daughter) a special 50% scholarship, provided they complete the Scholarship Application. Undergraduate recipients must maintain a minimum 2.0 GPA; graduate recipients must maintain a minimum 3.0 GPA. Recipients must remain continuously enrolled in at least one course in 4 of 9 modules a year.

There are new courses starting up every month. Each course lasts 8 weeks long, so modules of courses overlap and are designed to fit into your schedule. Here is that link to access our Academic Calendar :

Contact your previous college or university and have the institution send an official transcript to:

It should take 1-2 weeks to review and get a response as to how many and what units transfer to Calvary Chapel University.

Each course is 8 weeks long. In that 8 week period, most courses are broken up into 8, one week units. The estimated time for a student in the Undergraduate program is 16-18 hours per course, per week. Graduate program students should estimate 20 hours per course, per week. A student in the the Doctoral program should estimate about 25 hours per course, per week. All courses are asynchronous.

Students are not required to log in, take a test or watch a video conference on a particular day and time, but the expectation is that students are logging into each course throughout each week, interacting with the instructor and other students via the discussion board, and completing tests, quizzes, projects, etc. Assignments are due Sunday night by 11:59pm Pacific Time.

Calvary Chapel University is a university of higher learning! Depending on your program level, students may be required to read various texts, take tests, write research papers, complete projects, watch videos, listen to audio files, create multimedia presentations, participate in online forums/chats, serve in your church or community, make oral presentations, etc.

Yes, once you have been accepted as a Calvary Chapel University student, you may audit any university course offered at a cost of $175 per course (maximum of 3). As an audit student, you will not be issued any college credit for auditing a course. Auditors are not required to turn in any assignments or take tests. Audit students are welcome to participate in the course’s online discussion forums.

Yes! We recognize that many adults have already learned many life skills that would be redundant in taking a particular course. To see if you qualify, fill out the online Prior Experiential Credit Application. We accept prior experience credit towards the Undergraduate courses only.

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Most graduates finish early or on time, debt free, and sound doctrinally. Source: annual alumni survey.

Students rated their overall course experience 4.7 out of 5 stars for Summer 2026 courses.

“Calvary Chapel University was the best educational experience of my life.” — Jason Falzarano, alumnus and faculty member

• Fear of finances: scholarship support helps students work toward graduating debt free.
• Fear of technology: one-to-five-minute training videos and one-to-one concierge support help students learn Populi.
• Fear of academics: “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” — Philippians 4:13

The university provides short tutorials and personal one-to-one training and support.