Joshua Wilderness Institute
2019 – 2020 Class

PROGRAM COST

All Inclusive Program Cost
$21,000*

Refundable Deposit
$1,000**

Prepaid Allowance
$500***

Work Study Credit
($7,500)

Total Payments
$15,000

DEPOSIT AND PAYMENTS

Deposits

Confirmation Deposit (non-refundable)
$600 – Due May 1, 2019

Attendance Guarantee (refundable if spot is filled)
$4,500 – Due July 15, 2019

Payments

First Monthly payment
$1,100 – Due September 7, 2019 (Move-in Day)

Monthly Installment Payments
$1,100 – Due 15th of each month October 2019 thru April 2020
$1,100 – Last payment due May 9, 2020 (Move-out Day)

THE FINE PRINT

*Includes room and board, program and travel costs
**Fully refundable upon successful completion of the program and Summer Service Practicum (June thru August)
***Returned to the student as a monthly allowance over ten months.

Automatic monthly payment options available

Work Study Program
As part of the overall Joshua program we include a work study portion that all students are required to participate in throughout the year that not only offsets the program cost but is also designed to train and build a positive work ethic. Part of the Joshua program has been to work at Hume Lake on the weekends and summer to gain valuable skills and develop discipline and work ethic. This continues under the work study program and will directly offset the student’s program fees, contributing $7,500 to program costs for each student. This is already calculated into the overall payment schedule and should not be considered an extra way to pay off the monthly or out of pocket costs of the program. In the basic sense, Hume Lake offsets $7,500 per student which they work off while they attend Joshua. This lowers the upfront out of pocket costs making the program more affordable from the start. Students will also receive a $50 stipend each month for incidentals, and all other basic costs of living in the building and on trips are taken care of.

Summer Service Practicum
The 12 month Joshua Wilderness Institute program includes 9 months of traditional classroom education and work study finishing with 3 months of summer service practicum (this is also a part of the work study program). After completing the traditional Joshua program, which runs September to May, students will have a short break, then return to Hume to put what they’ve learned into action. Students will move down to main camp and work as Hume Lake summer staff with the intention of putting into practice the skills that they have developed over the year in their Ministry Skills and other classes. Learning to build community, start Bible studies, resolve conflict and lead their peers, with the Joshua staff available as resources, will prepare them as they move on to college and other real life situations. Students will also have the ability to enroll with our partnering colleges and complete the Work Ministry Internship requirements that some colleges have, earning up to six units depending on the school.

We are partnering with Moody Bible Institute’s Distance Learning program to offer up to 18 units of credit. Our Elements of Bible Study, Major Prophets, Pauline Epistles and Israel Prep classes make up 12 of those units. All students will take these classes, and if they choose to pay the Moody tuition at $210 per unit, they can receive up to 12 fully accredited, transferable units of Bible credit. Most Bible colleges and Christian universities will accept these as part of their Bible requirements, and some liberal arts universities will accept them as open elective credits. Credit is dependent on how they do in the class. Students may choose two of four additional 3 unit courses that they may complete on their own time for a potential total of 18 units.

********All costs below are not contracted costs with colleges but rather to display the current cost per unit of Christian Schools in California.  All courses for credit within the Joshua Wilderness Institute are taken through Moody Bible Institute.   Students desiring to transfer coursework or credits to other schools will go through Moody Bible Institute and send their transcripts to the school of choice for consideration.   Attending Joshua does not guarantee acceptance into any of the schools listed below or guarantee transfer credit.   These situations are all on a per person situation as well as the standards and policies of the particular institutions.