Tri-State Bible College

Welcome to the website of Tri-State Bible College. Our main campus is located in South Point, Ohio with an additional location serving students in Akron, Ohio. We are a commuter college with affordable housing and apartments within minutes of the campus. For those with busy schedules or who are looking to learn in a non-traditional format we offer online, correspondence, and virtual Internet courses.

Tri-State Bible College is an independent, non-denominational, coeducational institution of higher education, in the traditional Bible College/Bible Institute mode. The College exists to train men and women for professional church and church-related ministries and/or vocations. Providing additional training for those interested in lay ministry is likewise a major component of these programs. Seeking to be faithful to the ideals of this heritage, Tri-State Bible College is committed, in all of its policies and practices, to the unrestricted and rigorous pursuit of truth, to the certainty of values of human life, and to a respect for differing points of view.

We strive to provide an outstanding education for a relatively small number of talented and highly motivated students from a variety of geographic, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds and from a diversity of age levels. To achieve this end, we recruit and retain outstanding faculty members who maintain a godly spiritual life and testimony, and who are dedicated to the art of teaching and advising; to the search for and dissemination of truth through scholarship, research and creative endeavor; and to service to the College and the larger community. We also seek to provide a supportive and challenging environment in which students can realize the full potential of their abilities and come to understand their responsibility of acceptable service both to the Lord and to the human community.

The principal focus of the Tri-State Bible College’s curricular programs is undergraduate education in Bible and Theology combined with career related professional minor concentrations, auxiliary Bible studies and appropriate courses in the liberal arts. Relations between the Bible/Theology major and the liberal arts and professional studies are carefully nurtured to provide mutually reinforcing intellectual experiences for students and faculty. These programs are designed to prepare individuals for positions of leadership in their chosen careers. In addition, recognizing its responsibility to the larger community, Tri-State Bible College provides a variety of carefully selected programs of continuing education via such means as seminars, Bible and Theology and Prophecy Conferences, and an occasional cultural enrichment segments.

Finally, Tri-State Bible College recognizes its responsibility in maintain a position of excellence and scholarship in research through its encouragement of faculty and administration in such pursuits.

In its recruitment and retention of members of the college community, Tri-State Bible College, consistent with its academic and institutional heritage, maintains openness to all qualified persons. We are pleased you are interested in learning more about admission to Tri-State Bible College. This is not only an exciting time for you, but for us as well. TSBC values personal interaction and we are fortunate to be able to work closely with our applicants.

The mission of TSBC’s Masters Program is to equip individuals for God-glorifying, Christian service to meet the needs of the home, the community, the church, and the world. Our aim is to prepare students with the skills necessary to faithfully analyze, interpret, and apply Biblical principles and truth in all spheres of life. We provide our students with the opportunity for rigorous study combined with service-based application in order that they might grow in wisdom and knowledge and be prepared for whatever vocation God may call them.

There are academic resources available to all TSBC students. However, students who request accommodation on the basis of a diagnosed disability must notify the Academic Deans office in writing. The student will be given an appointment to meets a member of the Student Success team on an individual basis in order to plan the appropriate accommodations.

The Federal Direct Loan Program offers Direct Loans to eligible students and parents to help pay for the cost of a student's education after high school. The lender is the U.S. Department of Education, though you may deal with a different entity as your loan servicer.

Types of Direct Loans are Subsidized Loans, Unsubsidized Loans, Parent PLUS Loans, and Graduate PLUS Loans. Not all loans are available to all students. Status and specific circumstances of the student and/or program may affect loan availability.

We are accredited by the Association for Biblical Higher Education (ABHE) and are authorized by the Ohio Board of Regents to offer the Certificate of Biblical Studies (32 hrs), the Associate of Arts degree (64 hrs), and the Bachelor of Arts degree in Bible/Theology (128 hrs). The curriculum of Tri-State Bible College is designed to promote a biblical worldview and to help students become theologically skillful. Prominent in the curriculum is six semesters of theology, five semesters to survey the New Testament, and both Greek and Hebrew language studies. We offer several minors including: Business, Christian Education, Counseling, General Studies, Ministry Studies, Missions, and Music.