<p>I just recently decided to change majors, so I have a lot of extra credit hours now. I've heard a rumor that UT charges extra if you go beyond a certain number of hours. Like, you start paying out of state tuition! Is this true? Online it seems like there are conflicting answers. In years past, UT charged $100 per credit hour, but for the past few years, they don't now?? Does anyone know what the policy is for this year? Right now, it looks like I'll graduate with 180ish hours instead of 120...</p>
<p>I don’t know a whole lot about it yet, as my first Texas public university student just started his freshman year. But, I do remember hearing this at various parent meetings. The new-ish rule applies to all Texas state universities. It’s driven by Texas state legislation, I believe, and was enacted, supposedly, to reduce the amount of time it takes the average Texas public university student to finish their undergraduate education. Apparently, “they” felt that students were lingering too long in college. Or something like that. I think that was the general gist of things. My son’s at A&M. Same rule. And it apparently impacts how many credit hours one can accept for AP course work, etc, too!
No such animal in the private schools my other kids have attended.</p>
<p>I haven’t heard of UT charging people for having extra hours… but there is a rule that you won’t get your $1000 tuition rebate if you have more than 3 extra hours (3 more than needed for your degree). Or at least I think it’s 3 hours.</p>
<p>Actually, I was told what the OP heard. After a certain amount of hours, you pay out of state rates for tuition. At all Texas publics. Don’t recall the magic number of hours when that happens. Is that wrong?</p>
<p>The only info I could find was a law saying that schools are ALLOWED but not required to charge you if you go 30 hours over the minimum required for your degree.</p>
<p>This is from the UT registrar site:</p>
<p>"Undergraduates. State law allows colleges and universities to charge a Texas-resident undergraduate the nonresident tuition rate if the student has attempted an excessive number of hours beyond the number required for his or her degree. In addition, a higher tuition rate may be charged if a student enrolls again in a course he or she has completed. Information about charges for excessive undergraduate hours is published by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board at ポーカーの基本用語をテキサスホールデム編で解説 | オンラインカジノ初心者の為のお役立ち基本情報 オンラインカジノビギナーズクラブ.</p>
<p>As of the academic year 2010-2011, the University does not charge undergraduates additional tuition for an excessive number of hours or for repeated courses."</p>
<p>(For some reason the link doesn’t work…)</p>
<p>But I’d still go talk to an adviser/financial aid person ASAP just to be safe.</p>
<p>^Interesting. It’s already being enforced at A&M. Students who initially enrolled in 2006 or subsequent years must pay out-of-state rates for every hour more than 30 hours over what’s required for their degree. </p>
<p>From the related webpage:
“The State of Texas will not provide funds to state institutions of higher education for excess semester credit hours earned by a resident student. Since funding will not be provided by the State, and as permitted by State law, TAMU will charge tuition at the non-resident rate to all students that exceed the semester credit hour limit of their program.”</p>
<p>As I mentioned earlier, the State of Texas apparently enacted this legislation because, on average, students in Texas public institutions are taking too long to complete their degrees, which not only costs more but also looks bad on college ratings. (Or so us parents were told at various meetings.) So this was one way the state legislature has attempted to fix the problem.</p>
<p>I’d be interested to know if Tech is enforcing it. I’m gonna google that!</p>