Doctoral Programs
You need a community to collaborate with you to address professional challenges in your context. Our unique doctoral programs invite you to address the needs of our world and help form you as a ministry leader to bring about change in our world.
Broaden Your Experience & Cultivate Your Growth
Texas Seminary Christian University doctoral programs are the most advanced degrees for educated, experienced leaders as they help to cultivate and grow their influence.
Texas Seminary Christian University online doctoral programs develop confident, Christ-centered leaders skilled in creatively addressing the needs, problems or opportunities in their contexts.
IN EACH DOCTORAL PROGRAM, YOU’LL BENEFIT FROM:
- A lead faculty mentor, there to shape and inspire your experience as you travel throughout your program
- A close, cohort community
- A flexible, Self Pace, and online format
- Intentional and formative experiences
- The Collaborative Design methodology for addressing a need, problem, or opportunity in your context
- A Project Portfolio research sequence created to facilitate on-time graduation with a Dissertation & Non - Dissertation Track
OUR DOCTOR TRACKS
Address real-world concerns with a researched or practical approach
The health and growth of churches today depends on "doctors of the church" who are dynamic in their problem solving and passionate about the church’s vitality.
Texas Seminary Christian University program will equip you to address the needs of your community in a tangible, practical way. Now more than ever, churches, and nonprofits need growing leaders, renewed in their calling, who are able to solve real-world problems in their context.
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Doctor of Philosophy
Button- Flexible. The PhD is a 60 credit hour program is offered through Online and Hybrid
- Fast. Our flexible transfer credit policy can decrease the length of time in the program
- Affordable. Our affordable tuition puts a PhD within your reach
- Faith-based. Our courses reflect a Christian worldview with a biblical philosophy of intellectual, spiritual, physical, and social development
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Doctors of Ministry
Button- Flexible. DMin classes are offered using a combination of hybrid and online learning model
- Fast. Our flexible transfer credit policy can decrease the length of time in the program
- Affordable. Our affordable tuition puts a DMin within your reach
- Faith-based. Our courses reflect a Christian worldview with a biblical philosophy of intellectual, spiritual, physical, and social development.
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Doctors of Christian Education
Button- Flexible. Ed.D classes are offered using a combination of hybrid and online learning model
- Fast. Our flexible transfer credit policy can decrease the length of time in the program
- Affordable. Our affordable tuition puts a Ed.D within your reach
- Faith-based. Our courses reflect a Christian worldview with a biblical philosophy of intellectual, spiritual, physical, and social development.
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Doctor of Christian Counseling and Psychology (CPsy.D.)
Button- Flexible CPsyD classes are offered using a combination of hybrid and online learning model
- Fast. Our flexible transfer credit policy can decrease the length of time in the program
- Affordable. Our affordable tuition puts a CPsyD within your reach
- Faith-based. Our courses reflect a Christian worldview with a biblical philosophy of intellectual, spiritual, physical, and social development.
Ph.D Christian Social Work
The Doctor of Philosophy in Christian Social Work is primarily to equip persons for vocations of ministering and research in the Christian social work Social Work PhD program is designed to develop leaders and educators who can lead visionary social work education or service programs and conduct original research addressing the complex social issues of our world. The program provides a distinctive focus on the integration of religion and faith with the ethics, values and practices of the social work profession.
TUITION COST $4,600.00
Prerequisites: Masters Degree or Equivalent
Courses are taken one at a time and are completed 100% online
The Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work degree program requires a total of 56 hours
Courses/Textbooks may not be utilized for more than one degree program.
Graduates from the social work PhD program are uniquely prepared to:
• Serve in academic research and teaching posts in social work programs
• Provide leadership in government and private agency contexts around the world

Dissertation: The traditional dissertation format involves the proposal, the research defense and an oral defense.
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Doctor of Clinical Pastoral Counseling
The Doctor of Clinical Pastoral Counseling is designed for counselors, pastors, and educators who are seeking advanced scholarship and practical competence in biblical counseling. The Doctor of Clinical Pastoral Counseling prepares our students to attend to issues of faith and spirituality while addressing the mental health needs of persons.
TUITION COST $5,600.00
Prerequisites: Masters Degree or Equivalent
Courses are taken one at a time and are completed 100% online
The Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work degree program requires a total of 45 hours
Courses/Textbooks may not be utilized for more than one degree program.
- Master’s degree in a cognate field of ministry or counseling validated by a transcript.
- Five years of full-time professional experience in pastoral ministry or counseling
- Completion of the Application Procedure
- Doctoral students are encouraged to consider professional membership in the National Association of Christian Counselors (NACC).
Dissertation: The traditional dissertation format involves the proposal, the research defense and an oral defense.
Degree programs in professional fields often focus on practical skills and real-world
experience over strictly academic research. But that doesn't mean a no-dissertation
degree program is for slouches.
They still include rigorous coursework, field experience, exams, and other assessments
(like capstone projects or research papers) to ensure students become true experts in
their fields.
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Credit Hours: 45
Prerequisites:
- Master’s degree in a cognate field of ministry or counseling validated by a transcript.
- Five years of full-time professional experience in pastoral ministry or counseling
- Completion of the Application Procedure
- Doctoral students are encouraged to consider professional membership in the National Association of Christian Counselors (NACC).
Tuition Total Cost: $5,600.00
Graduates should be able to:
- Demonstrate the ability to provide mental health services to the church and community.
- Be prepared to contribute to the development of knowledge as it relates to integrating faith and reasoning.
- Be equipped to apply insights of Christian theology along with the knowledge and techniques of the behavioral sciences.
Doctor of Clinical Pastoral Counseling
The Doctor of Clinical Pastoral Counseling is designed for counselors, pastors, and educators who are seeking advanced scholarship and practical competence in biblical counseling. The Doctor of Clinical Pastoral Counseling prepares our students to attend to issues of faith and spirituality while addressing the mental health needs of persons.
Credit Hours: 48
Prerequisites:
- Master’s degree in a cognate field of ministry or counseling validated by a transcript.
- Five years of full-time professional experience in pastoral ministry or counseling
- Completion of the Application Procedure
Tuition Total Cost: $5,600.00
Graduates should be able to:
- Demonstrate the ability to provide mental health services to the church and community.
- Be prepared to contribute to the development of knowledge as it relates to integrating faith and reasoning.
- Be equipped to apply insights of Christian theology along with the knowledge and techniques of the behavioral sciences.
Doctor of Clinical Christian Counseling
The Doctor of Clinical Christian Counseling is designed for counselors, pastors, and educators who are seeking advanced scholarship and practical competence in biblical counseling. The Doctor of Clinical Christian Counseling prepares our students to attend to issues of faith and spirituality while addressing the mental health needs of persons.
Credit Hours: 39
Prerequisites:
- Master’s degree in a cognate field of ministry or counseling validated by a transcript.
- Five years of full-time professional experience in pastoral ministry or counseling
- Completion of the Application Procedure
- Doctoral students are encouraged to consider becoming board certified christian counselors through the National Association of Christian Counselors (NACC)
Tuition Cost: $5,600.00
Doctor of Christian Counseling and Psychology (CPsy.D.)
A Doctoral Degree in Christian Counseling and Psychology is one of the highest level degrees you can earn in the field of Christian Counseling psychology. This is relatively a recent new degree option also known as the CPsy.D.
The Doctor of Christian Counseling and Psychology program is open to those who have been actively engaged in some form of professional ministry (parish, social service, community outreach, chaplaincy, etc.) and who meet the admission requirements listed for this degree. The degree is offered to credentialed ministry professionals and is not designed for those just entering the field of counseling. This program is recommended for those who would like to start their own private counseling practice
Credit Hours: 45
Prerequisites: Master’s Degree or Equivalent
Tuition Total Cost: $5,600.00
Doctor of Christian Education
The Doctor of Christian Education (EdD) degree program is designed to provide advanced training in Biblical principles of Christian Education. This degree prepares one to do educational tasks in a Christian setting. Among these are teaching, supervising, developing, and implementing Christian education programs.
Credit Hours: 51
Prerequisites: Master’s Degree or Equivalent
Tuition Total Cost: $5,600.00
Doctor of Ministry
The purpose of the Doctor of Ministry (D.Min) degree program is to equip the student for a higher level of competence in the practice of ministry than that achieved in the foundation work normally resulting in a M.Div. degree. The Doctor of Ministry degree program is designed to serve the need of ministers for an experience of continuing education which renews the personal life of faith, further develops professional competence, and stimulates continued growth in biblical and theological foundations for ministry.
Texas Seminary Christian University is a non-denominational institute of biblical, higher education.
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