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The University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX 7824911/11/11 1
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
The University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX 7824911/11/11 2
Graduate Education Costs
• 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
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Graduate Education Costs
UG GR Total
SCH $/SCH SCH $/SCH SCH $/SCHSCH 623,121 58,844 681,965
Cost
Faculty Salaries $39,632,840 $64 $27,681,003 $470 $67,313,843 $99Departmental Operations $76,197,948 $122 $11,913,235 $202 $88,111,183 $129Academic Support $26,158,119 $42 $17,478,049 $297 $43,636,168 $64
Total $141,988,907 $228 $57,072,287 $970 $199,061,194 $292*Faculty Salaries do not include TAs **Data Source: UTSA FY 2010 THECB Cost Study
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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
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Proposal to Create a Differential Graduate Designated Tuition Rate
If approved, graduate students will pay $7.25 per SCH more than the UG designated tuition rate in FY13, and $12.75 more per SCH in FY14 (in addition to $50/SCH GIT statutory tuition)
Total per semester increase of $356 (FY13) and $348 (FY14) for afull time equivalent graduate student taking 24 SCH per year.
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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 $575,931 $765,000 $1,340,931Graduate Scholarly Activity $200,000 $0 $200,000Financial Aid Set Asides $127,563 $125,364 $252,927
Total $903,494 $890,364 $1,793,858
Preliminary revenue estimates based on FY12 budgeted SCH
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Graduate Programs
• New faculty• Scholarly Activity Fund
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Discussion Recommendations
Proposal Adoption
