UTSA Tuition & Fee Proposal

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UTSA Tuition & Fee Proposal


What is the Tuition & Fee Proposal?

• Process for requesting increases to deregulated tuition and mandatory fee rates for Board of Regents approval

• Faculty and student committee reviews proposed rates for two-year period, resulting in a recommendation to the President


General Principles Set by UT System

• Increases to undergraduates must be tied to a specific & detailed plan for improving 4 Year graduation rates

• Increases for graduate students must be cost-justified


Graduation Rate Improvement Plan

• To support UTSA’s proposal, Academic Affairs developed a comprehensive program published at the website:

http://www.utsa.edu/financialaffairs/docs/TF/UTSAGraduationRatePlan.pdf


Success Factor 1:STUDENT ACADEMIC PREPAREDNESS

• Academic skills• Developmental education

Proposed New Costs: Jump Start Program $ 45,000Math Boot Camp 20,000Total $65,000

All other initiatives will be funded with existing resources


Success Factor 2:CURRICULUM STRUCTURE & COURSE DELIVERY

All other initiatives will be funded with existing resources; above amounts include benefit costs.


Success Factor 3:ADVISING & ACADEMIC SUPPORT SERVICES

All other initiatives will be funded with existing resources.


Success Factor 4:POLICIES & INCENTIVES

All other initiatives will be funded with existing resources.


Proposal to Consolidate and Revise Advising Fee• UTSA students pay 8 different Advising fee rates:– Freshmen & Undeclared $ 102– College of Business 95– College of Engineering 91– College of Public Policy 90– College of Education & Human Dvlpmt 87– College of Liberal & Fine Arts 83– College of Sciences 82– College of Architecture 80


Advising Fee rates do not match costsCollege Fee Rate Cost per Student Subsidy

Freshmen $102 $105 $3

Undeclared (TRC) $102 $131 $29

COB $95 $111 $16

COE $91 $144 $53

COPP $90 $184 $94

COEHD $87 $146 $59

COLFA $83 $112 $29

COS $82 $103 $21

COA $80 $78 $-2


Total FY11 Revenue vs. ExpenseCollege Fee Revenue Total Fee Usage Subsidy

Freshmen Advising $965,605 $991,168 $25,563

Undeclared Tomás Rivera Center

$417,786 $538,118 $120,332

COB $914,174 $1,069,402 $155,228

COE $327,497 $517,287 $189,790

COPP $162,750 $332,645 $169,895

COEHD $627,399 $1,049,350 $421,951

COLFA $972,467 $1,307,782 $335,315

COS $617,598 $779,513 $161,915

COA $163,902 $160,110 <$3,792>

TOTAL $5,020,024 $6,745,374 $1,576,197


Total FY11 Expenditures by AreaCollege Expenditures Transfers Total Fee Usage

Freshmen Advising $906,625 $84,543 $991,168

Undeclared Tomás Rivera Center

$390,615 $147,503 $538,118

COB $822,765 $246,637 $1,069,402

COE $412,332 $104,955 $517,287

COPP $269,508 $63,137 $332,645

COEHD $710,423 $338,927 $1,049,350

COLFA $819,327 $488,455 $1,307,782

COS $568,044 $211,469 $779,513

COA $120,386 $39,724 $160,110

TOTAL $5,020,024 $1,786,051 $6,745,374


Proposal to Increase Advising Fee Rate & Charge UG Students the Same Amount• Advising fee was last increased Summer

2006• Cost analyses to justify fee rates are no

longer valid; services are subsidized with E&G budget

• Goal to bring Student to Advisor Ratio to 300:1 (currently at 320:1)


Proposal to Increase Advising Fee Rate & Charge UG Students the Same Amount• In addition to cost containment measures, new

funding is required to: – eliminate the E&G subsidy – implement the following GRIP Solutions • Create a career ladder for advisors• Add new advisors

• Net estimated requirements = $1,700,000


Proposal to Increase Advising Fee Rate and to Charge all Students the Same

• Creating one fee and one rate will: – Simplify the fee structure

• New fee rate - $120 per student


Proposed New Advising Fee Rate College Current

Fee RateFY11 Cost per

StudentProposed New Fee

Rate

Freshmen $102 $105 $120

Undeclared $102 $131 $120

COB $95 $111 $120

COE $91 $144 $120

COPP $90 $184 $120

COEHD $87 $146 $120

COLFA $83 $112 $120

COS $82 $103 $120

COA $80 $78 $120


Elimination of the Energy Fee

• Required by UT System• UTSA had planned to

reduce rate, but not eliminate.


• A student referendum in September 2009 endorsed an increase in the Athletic fee and support for the addition of football.

“UTSA students have spoken, and this vote endorses their dream to take the athletics program at the University to the next level,” said Gage Paine, UTSA’s vice president for student affairs.


• Rate HistorySCH 2007

20082008 2009

2009 2010

2010 2011

2011 2012

2012 2013

2013 2014

1 $10 $11 $13 $15 $17 $19 $20

12 $120 $132 $156 $180 $204 $228 $240

Proposed increases included in the revenue assumptions of the Athletics proforma approved by the Board of Regents


Graduate Education Costs

• The cost of graduate education is higher than undergraduate programs:– Smaller class sizes– Higher faculty costs (fewer NTT)– Student assistantships– Research orientation



• On average, costs are 4X’s higher than undergraduate (based on 2010 Cost Study data submitted to THECB)

• Doctoral programs cost 2.5X’s more than graduate programs and 10X’s more than undergraduate


Other UT institutions with differential Graduate Tuition Rates• UT Arlington charges $38.22 more per SCH with a

differential designated tuition rate• UT Dallas has flat rate tuition that is $167 more per SCH for

graduate students • UT Pan American charges $4.70 more per SCH for

designated graduate tuition• UT Tyler charges $67 more per SCH for Graduate students

and $111 more per SCH for Doctoral


Proposal to Create a Differential Graduate Designated Tuition Rate

If approved, graduate students will pay $9.25 per SCH more than the UG designated tuition rate in FY13, and $15.50 more per SCH in FY14 (in addition to $50/SCH GIT statutory tuition)

Total per semester increase of $281 (FY13) and $275 (FY14)for a graduate student taking 18 SCH per year.


New Revenue would allow funding enhancements towards our goal of increasing Graduate programs

Base Budget Enhancement

FY 13 FY 14 Total

12-15 FTE Faculty & Benefits $586,925 $771,580 $1,358,505

Graduate Scholarly Activity $200,000 $0 $200,000

Financial Aid Set Asides $147,358 $125,362 $272, 720

Total $934,283 $896,942 $1,831,225

Preliminary revenue estimates based on FY12 budgeted SCH


Review of Proposed Total Academic CostsUndergraduate Students• Undergraduate Resident TAC– Based on 15 SCH

• Proposed UG Resident T&F Cost Increase:– 3.1% in FY13 (Annual Increase for 30 SCH = $276)– 2.9% in FY14 (Annual Increase for 30 SCH = $264)


Review of Proposed Total Academic CostsGraduate Students• Graduate Resident TAC – Based on 12 SCH

• Proposed UG Resident T&F Cost Increase:– 4.1% in FY13 (Annual Increase for 18 SCH = $280)– 3.8% in FY14 (Annual Increase for 18 SCH = $275)

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