Going over a certain # of hours?

Colleges and Universities A-Z The University of Texas at Austin
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<p>I heard that if you go over a certain amount of hours by the time you graduate that you have to pay out of state tuition...Is this true and if it is, could you link me?</p>

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<p>This is BS.</p>

<p>The only “penalty” I heard about - you will lose $1000 tuition rebate if you have more than 3 credit hours above your degree requirements (usually 120 credit hours for single major and 144 for double major)
[Tuition</a> Rebates : Tuition Dollars & Sense](<a href=“Cost & Tuition Rates - Texas One Stop - University of Texas at Austin”>Cost & Tuition Rates - Texas One Stop - University of Texas at Austin)</p>

<p>People usually in disadvantage are those who

  1. transferred from community colleges with a number of unnecessary classes
  2. people who failed classes and had to repeat them
  3. people who changed majors and accumulated a lot of unnecessary classes that exceed number of allowed electives.
  4. people who claimed all their AP/IB/CLEP etc classes to get sophomore status and priority for registration and later took other electives.</p>
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<p>If UT dramatically raised the tuition for those going over certain number of hours for their degree plans, that would dramatically raise the graduation or drop/out level.</p>

<p>So far, there are no punitive actions if you take longer or have more hours than needed to graduate. All you lose is the $1000 rebate as Ya Ya stated.</p>

<p>As a Chemical Engineering major, my son is going to lose the rebate as he plans to take music classes. He likes playing trombone as much as he likes ChemE.</p>

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<p>i was told by someone who works at ut that yes, that is their policy, but that they have never enforced the tuition increase. and every student i talk to there has said the exact same thing.</p>

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<p>anexia, I am not going to argue about this strange gossip, it is not worth my time. </p>

<p>But since you are a transfer student with probably some issues about necessary-unnecessary classes, just for your own sake call Student Accounts Receivable 512-475-7777 and ask them to explain how tuition is set, what is “statutory tuition” and “designated tuition”, how they are different for residents and non-residents and the most important part - if UT can legally change your in-state resident status to OOS based on number of credit hours.</p>

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<p>Texas law allows institutions to charge in-state undergraduate out-of-state tuition rate for excessive credit hours (transfer and AP credits excluded) beyond one’s degree plan requirement. At the present time, UT **does not ** implement the rules for the undergraduate. However, it does affect the graduate students who attempt more than 99 hours.</p>

<p>Scroll down the page and look under Nonresident tuition for resident students.</p>

<p>[Tuition</a>, fees, charges, and deposits | Office of the Registrar](<a href=“http://registrar.utexas.edu/schedules/129/tuition]Tuition”>Tuition, fees, charges, and deposits | Office of the Registrar)</p>

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<p>thank you, sunnydayfun.</p>

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<p>How does this affect Plan II dual majors (e.g. Plan II + engineering, or Plan II + business)? I love Plan II’s goals, but feel you need the other major for a viable career.</p>