CU-Boulder
TAAB Discussion – Tuition Rate Structure
February 13, 2009
Erika Smith with notes from TAAB
Charge Structure Example
Kansas Per credit hour only
Linear
15 hr = full time rate
Per credit hour and stops escalating at x hours
Full time spot
Plateau
Full time rate
One rate
We do for NR UG
One part-time and one full-time rate
CU-Boulder res
UG: pay a per-hour rate to 10 hours, then full-time rate for 11+ hours;
UC-Berkley; UCB for NR UG
Many privates
Full-time (or max) rate defined number of credit hours x credit hour value. For college guides and IPEDS, full = 15 hrs
X hours – full time rate is 10.5 times the per-hour rate. All students taking 11+ hours pay this rate. <2% of res UG take exactly 10 or 11 hrs. one rate
>6 credit hours
Tuition Rate Structure Differences Within a University
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By credit hour – per hour rate for all hours; the rate may vary with characteristics of the course (not the student) – college, subject, upper/lower/grad
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Lump sum supplement to a base rate. For example, a non-A&S tuition rate would be the base (A&S) rate plus $x supplement. Might allow different percentage increases to base and supplement.
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Per credit hour supplement after x hours – e.g., pay single full-time rate if taking
9-18 hours, plus a per-hour rate for hours over 18. UCB used to do this; cutoff was 17 hours, then 18, then dropped entirely.
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Lump supplement after x hours
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There is none, everyone pays the same – as for UCB NR UG
Composition of Boulder Res Undergraduate’s Tuition Rate Structure
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By credit hour structure and each school/college has its own per-hour rate established
 A&S is the “base” or lowest per-credit hour value
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Changes to the full-time rate spot:
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Prior to FY2006, the full-time tuition rate was at 9 hours (students taking
9+ hrs paid full time rate) with its value equal to between 8 and 9 credits depending on the school/college (full time rate = 8.8 or so X per-hr rate – result of historical accident, could not change when required to do the

same percentage increase on every category of student – those taking 8 hrs, 9 hrs, 10 hrs . . . )
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In FY2006, the credit hour at 9 hours was adjusted to equal the equivalent of a full nine hours (that is, the full time rate was set at 9 x per-hr rate)
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In FY2008, the credit hour flat spot was taken to the equivalent of 10.5 credit hours (full time rate was set at 10.5 x per-hr rate) with approval to move eventually to 12 x per-hr rate