Student Location Policy

1. Where Berean enrolls students

Berean enrolls only people who live in these states: Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Vermont, Washington and West Virginia.

Berean does not enroll people who live in any other state or outside the United States. This covers program applications, program tuition, paid courses, and a course's free week.

2. How Berean knows where you live

Berean goes by the home state you give when you apply or enroll. You give it in your account, on the Where you live page. For a course's free week, you give it on the sign-up form.

Your program application must name the same state.

3. Your signed statement

When you give your home state, you check a box to sign this statement:

I confirm that I live in [your state]. I will update this in my Berean account if I move. I understand Berean can enroll only students who live in the states it serves.

You must sign it before you apply, pay, or enroll.

4. The record Berean keeps

• Berean keeps each statement you sign: the state you gave, the date, and the version of the statement (now location-2026-10-25).
• Berean keeps them with your account, and every change is in its log of record changes.
• See the Student Records Policy for who may see your records.

5. The card check when you pay

When you pay, the billing address of your card must be in the state you gave. For program tuition, Berean checks the card's billing state. For a paid course, Berean checks the state of the card's billing ZIP Code.

If they do not match, your payment is held and your enrollment does not start yet. For a course, your seat stays held. The Registrar reviews it and either starts your enrollment or refunds your payment in full. Berean emails you either way.

Later monthly payments are not checked again.

6. If you move

Update your home state in your account as soon as you move. Berean checks it again each time you do.

• If Berean serves your new state, nothing changes.
• If Berean does not serve your new state, your course work becomes read-only. You can still read your courses and your own work, but you cannot turn in new work. Berean cannot take new payments from you, and you cannot apply or enroll.

Contact the Registrar at admissions@bereaninstitutes.org about what happens next.

7. Internet location

Berean does not use your internet location (your IP address) to decide where you live or whether you can enroll.

8. The waitlist

If you live where Berean does not serve yet, you can join the waitlist. Berean will email you when it is available where you live.

Berean uses your email only for this. It keeps your waitlist entry 2 years, and then deletes it.

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