UNC System Tuition
Surcharge
Effective Fall 2010, the General Assembly legislation
increases the Tuition Surcharge to fifty percent (50%).
Information and
FAQs
UNC Tuition Surcharge Policy
Information and
FAQs
What is the Tuition
Surcharge?
Effective with the fall semester of 1994, the North Carolina General
Assembly instituted a twenty-five percent (25%) tuition surcharge (Section
89 (b), Senate Bill 27, 1993 Session) which applies to all new
undergraduates seeking a baccalaureate degree. (Effective Fall 2010, the
surcharge increases to 50%.)
• For
students earning a first baccalaureate degree, the surcharge will be applied
to all hours in excess of 140 attempted hours. Attempted hours
include all transfer hours as well as withdrawals, repeated courses and
failed courses.
• For
students earning a second baccalaureate degree, or students with double
majors, the surcharge will be applied to all hours that exceed 110 percent
of the minimum hours required to earn the second degree or double
major.
Who is exempt from
the Tuition Surcharge?
• The
Tuition Surcharge does not apply to students who enrolled as degree-seeking
students prior to August 1994.
• The
Tuition Surcharge does not apply to students who complete their degree in
eight (8) semesters or less of enrollment at all schools, regardless of the
number of semester hours earned.
What hours are
Included in the Tuition Surcharge?
• All
credit hours attempted during Fall and Spring semesters (including repeated
courses, failed courses, and course withdrawals.)
• All
course work transferred to UNC-Asheville from other institutions (see
exclusions below).
What hours are
Excluded from the Tuition Surcharge?
Certain coursework does not apply toward the Tuition Surcharge and those
hours are excluded from the total attempted hours for purposes of
calculating the surcharge. Hours not subject to the surcharge are:
•
College Board’s Advanced Placement (AP) credit.
•
College Level Examination Program (CLEP) or similar program.
•
Credit earned while enrolled for summer school at one of the UNC system
universities
•
Credit earned while in high school
How are students
notified of the Tuition Surcharge, and when is it applied to their accounts?
The
tuition surcharge is normally calculated following the end of the drop/add
period at the beginning of the Fall and Spring terms. It is not applicable
to courses taken in the Summer at UNC system schools. Once the calculations
are completed, students being assessed the surcharge are sent a letter from
the Registrar, notifying them of the number of hours on which the surcharge
will be calculated. The Bursar is notified to add the applicable charges to
the student's account, which normally appear within 4 weeks of the start of
the semester. The surcharge is only calculated on tuition. Required fees are
not included in the assessment.
For more information, contact the
Office of the Registrar at (828)251-6574
UNC System Tuition
Surcharge Policy
Effective Fall 2010, the General Assembly legislation
increases the Tuition Surcharge to fifty percent (50%).
The UNC Policy
Manual
1000.1.5[g]
Adopted
05/10/94
Amended
09/15/94
Guidelines
on Establishing Twenty-Five Percent (25%) Tuition Surcharge
This policy establishes guidelines for campuses to impose a
twenty-five percent (25%) tuition surcharge on undergraduates as required by
subsection (b) of Section 89 of Chapter 321 of the 1993 Session laws as
amended by Section 17.10 of Chapter 769 of the 1993 Session Laws (amendment
highlighted):
The Board of Governors of the University of North Carolina
shall ensure that procedures are established that are necessary to impose a
twenty-five percent (25%) tuition surcharge on students who take more than
140 degree credit hours to complete a baccalaureate degree in a four-year
program or more than one hundred ten percent (110%) of the credit hours
necessary to complete a baccalaureate degree in any program officially
designated by the Board of Governors as a five-year program. The calculation
of these credit hours taken at the constituent institution or accepted for
transfer shall exclude hours earned through the College Board's Advanced
Placement or CLEP examination, through institutional advanced placement or
course validation, or through summer term or extension programs. No
surcharge shall be imposed on any student who exceeds the degree credit hour
limits within the equivalent of four academic years of regular term
enrollment, or within five academic years of regular term enrollment in a
degree program officially designated by the Board of Governors as a
five-year program. The board shall report to the Joint Legislative Education
Oversight Committee by April 1, 1994, on its recommendations for
implementing this surcharge.
Effective fall 1994, all new undergraduates seeking a
baccalaureate degree at a constituent institution will be subject to this
requirement.
“Counted
Credit Hours”
The undergraduate credit hours to be counted for this
requirement include: 1) all regular session degree-creditable courses taken
at the institution including repeated courses, failed courses, and those
dropped after the institution's official census date (normally the last date
to add a course); and 2) all transfer credit hours accepted by the
institution. However, the following credit hours shall be excluded from the
calculation: (1) those earned through the College Board's Advanced Placement
(AP) and College Level Examination Program (CLEP) or similar programs; (2)
those earned through institutional advanced placement, course validation, or
any similar procedure for awarding course credit; and (3) those earned
through the summer session or degree-credit extension division on the campus
or at another UNC institution.
Students
Subject to the Surcharge
The surcharge should be imposed on all counted credit hours
in excess of the threshold defined below for each of the following three
categories of undergraduates:
1. For students earning a first baccalaureate
degree in a program that requires no more than 128 credit hours, the
surcharge shall be applied to all counted credit hours in excess of 140.
2. For students earning a first baccalaureate
degree in a board-approved program that requires more than 128 counted
credit hours, the surcharge shall be applied to all credit hours that exceed
110 percent of the credit hours required for the degree. Such programs
include those that have been officially designated by the Board of Governors
as five-year programs, as well as those involving double majors, or combined
bachelor's/master's degrees.
3. For students earning a baccalaureate degree
other than their first, the surcharge shall be applied to all counted credit
hours that exceed 110 percent of the minimum additional credit hours needed
to earn the additional baccalaureate degree.
Students
Exempt from the Surcharge
The surcharge should not be imposed on undergraduates who:
1. Complete a first baccalaureate degree program
that has not been officially designated by the Board of Governors as a
five-year program and whose counted credit hours were earned in eight (8) or
fewer regular term semesters or the equivalent; or
2. Complete a first baccalaureate degree program
that has been officially designated by the Board of Governors as a five-year
program and take their counted credit hours in ten (10) or fewer regular
term semesters or the equivalent.
How to
Calculate the Surcharge
The surcharge should be imposed on tuition charged in the
current semester and in subsequent semesters where a student's cumulative
credit hour total—with that semester's courseload included—exceeds the
threshold. The surcharge does not apply to required fees. More specific
directions regarding the computation of the surcharge will be outlined in a
separate Chart of Accounts memorandum to be distributed later.
