You don't have to leave to become someone.
A Hall is a place-based college in the community you already belong to — tutorial-based formation, accredited degrees through partner universities, and tutors who live and work where their students will. Built for the student considering it and the parents weighing it with them.
Find a HallFormation worth staying for.
Most institutions ask you to relocate, accumulate debt, and optimize for markets that have nothing to do with where you grew up. CHI Halls are built on a different premise.
Accredited degrees from trusted universities.
CHI Halls partner with accredited universities so your degree is recognized anywhere. Your transcripts and credentials are issued by the partner institution itself, carrying the full weight of its accreditation.
Affordable. Built to avoid debt.
Dual-enrollment through a Hall dramatically reduces the cost of a degree. Partner university rates run $100–$450 per credit hour. Formation should not cost you the first decade of your working life.
Taught by people who live the work.
Your tutors are senior practitioners — the practicing attorney, the working physician, the master craftsman, the pastor who has been doing the work for twenty years. Expertise you can see.
Rooted in your place.
Formation that requires you to leave is formation that asks you to abandon the thing it claims to prepare you for. A Hall is in the community it serves. You learn and live in the same place.
What staying does for your town.
You are not just getting a degree. You are becoming someone your town will point to. The tutorial model forms people who lead, build, and stay — not people who extract credentials and move on.
Freedom to pursue your vocation.
CHI does not have one program or one path. Every Hall is locally governed, so the curriculum, sectors, and tutorials reflect what your place actually needs. You pick the direction. The Hall supports it.
Enrollment happens through your Hall.
Find your Hall.
Halls are locally governed institutions in communities across the country. Use the Hall directory to find one near you — or see which ones are forming in your region.
Meet with the Director.
Every Hall has a Director who oversees the program and knows the tutors personally. You enroll through the Hall, not through CHI national. The relationship begins locally.
Choose your tutorials and degree path.
Your Hall's tutor roster and university partnerships determine your options. You select the tutorials and degree program that fit your vocation — with guidance from people who know you.
Be formed, not just credentialed.
The tutorial method puts you in regular, direct engagement with an expert. It is demanding, personal, and slow enough to actually work. This is what Oxford and Cambridge have done for centuries.
One student. One expert. One conversation.
The tutorial format pairs you directly with a tutor for close, sustained engagement with a subject. You read, you prepare, you come to the session ready to defend what you think. The tutor questions, challenges, and guides — not from a podium, but across a table.
This is how Oxford and Cambridge have formed students for centuries. It works because it cannot be faked. You either understand the material or you do not, and the tutor will know.
Read about the tutorial model →Considering a Hall for your student.
The short answers to what parents ask first.
Yes. The degree is issued by the partner university — same transcript, same accreditation as on-campus students. The Hall provides tutorials and community; the university grants the credential.
Partner-university rates run roughly $100–$450 per credit hour. Students qualify for the same federal aid and university scholarships as on-campus students. Living at home avoids room-and-board, which is typically the larger expense.
Tutors are senior practitioners in the community — the working physician, attorney, pastor, craftsman, teacher — not graduate assistants. The Director oversees the tutor roster locally.
The same things graduates of any accredited program can do — graduate school, professional licensure, employment in the chosen field — with the added depth of tutorial-based formation and a community that already knows them.
Yes. Halls operate within the historic Christian tradition; each Hall is rooted in a specific confessional community. The Statement of Faith and the local Hall's confessional posture are both transparent up front.
Find the nearest Hall on the Hall directory. The Director can answer the rest — including programs offered, tutor roster, enrollment timing, and any specific questions about your student.
Find a Hall near you.
Enrollment, curriculum, and tutor selection all happen at the Hall level. Find the Hall in your region and reach out to the Director directly.