Tuition and Fees
Tuition and Fees Information
TUITION
AND FEES SCHEDULES
Tuition
and Fees Schedules
Explanation
of Fees
The following information is not intended to be comprehensive
and is subject to change. Tuition, fees, and charges are subject
to change by legislative or Board of Regents action, and changes
become effective on the date enacted. The following tuition, fees,
and charges information should be used only as a guideline for estimating
costs. For clarification of any matter relating to payment or refund
of tuition, fees, charges, and deposits, contact the office or administrative
unit from which the charge or refund originated.
Tuition and Designated Tuition: Resident students
pay $50 tuition per semester credit hour during academic year 2006-07
and $50 tuition per semester credit hour during academic year 2007-08.
Nonresident students (out-of-state and international) pay $325 tuition
per semester credit hour during the 2006-2007 academic year and
$328 tuition per semester credit hour during the 2007-2008 academic
year. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board calculates each
year the nonresident tuition.
Students enrolled in the same course for the third or more time
will be charged the non-resident tuition rate for the hours associated
with the course even if the student normally qualifies for instate
tuition. Resident students who reach the “excessive hour limit”
will be charged non-resident tuition (see Tuition for Excessive
Undergraduate Hours within this chapter for further details). In
addition, the designated tuition is charged at the rate of $70 per
semester credit hour for academic year 2006-07 and $89 for academic
year 2007-08.
Student Service Fee: The student service fee
per semester credit hour is $23 for academic year 2006-07 and academic
year 2007-08 (not exceeding $207 per semester and $115 per summer
session). The fee supports the Intramural Program, the Student Life
Support Programs, and the Extramural Programs. The fee provides
admission to athletic events at Sam Houston State under the auspices
of the Department of Athletics.
Student Center Fee: The student center fee is
required at the rate of $60 per semester ($30 per summer session)
for academic year 2006-07 and academic year 2007-08 and is used
to fund the Lowman Student Center programs and activities.
Computer Use Fee: This fee is charged at a rate
of $13 per semester credit hour for academic year 2006-07 and $15
per semester credit hour for academic year 2007-08. It is used for
the training of students, faculty and staff, and for providing support
services for operation, maintenance, and replacement of computer
hardware and software.
Recreational Sports Fee: Legislative action authorizes
a recreational sports fee not to exceed $75 per semester ($37.50
per summer session) for academic year 2006-07 and for academic year
2007-08. It may be used to purchase equipment for and/or construct,
operate, maintain recreational sports facilities and programs.
International Education Fee: This fee of $1 is
charged each semester or summer session and is used only to assist
students participating in international student exchange or study
programs.
Library Fee: Board action authorizes a library
fee of $30 per semester and $15 per summer session for academic
year 2006-07 and $35 per semester and $17.50 per summer session
for academic year 2007-08. The library fee directly benefits students
by supporting their classroom and research needs. The Newton Gresham
Library uses this fund to purchase books, add electronic databases,
and new journal subscriptions.
Medical Fee: A fee of $30 per semester ($15 per
summer session) is charged for academic year 2006-07 and $33 per
semester ($16.50 per summer session) is charged for academic year
2007-08. This fee covers services at the University Health Center.
Advisement Center Fee: A fee of $50 per semester
($25 per summer session) will be charged to fund advising, mentoring,
and academic support services for students.
Records Fee: The records fee is $12 per each fall
and spring semester, ($6 per summer session) for academic year 2007-08.
It is used to provide official transcripts to students in attendance
and eliminates the add/drop fee and late registration fee. The enrolled
student may receive five official transcripts per semester and five
official transcripts over the course of a year following a confirmed
degree from SHSU.
Late Registration Fee: A late payment fee of
$10 is charged all students who register on or after the first class
day of any semester or summer session. This fee applies only to
the 2006-07 academic year.
Matriculation Fee: A matriculation fee of $15
is charged if a student resigns before the 1st class day of the
semester or summer session.
Special Fees:
Add/Drop Fee* (per course). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2
Audit Fee* (per course) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $50
Course Fee (per course; ranges from $5 - $100). . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . $5-$100
Distance Learning (per course, in addition to tuition and fees)
. . . . . . . . . . . $303
(Student Service, Student Center, and Recreational Sports Fees
are waived, if only on-line courses are taken and the distance
learning fee is charged.)
Laboratory Course Fee (per course) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8
Music Fee for Individual Instruction (per course with suffix
of “x”):
1 semester credit hour course . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $30
2 semester credit hours course . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $60
3 semester credit hours course . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $75
4 semester credit hours course . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $75
* Applies only to academic year 2006-07.
The University Center Fee: Classes provided at
The University Center have an additional fee of $50 per semester
credit hour for academic year 2006-07 and for academic year 2007-08.
General Property Deposit: Each student is required
to make a General Property Deposit of $10 which will remain with
the University through his/her SHSU career except as noted below.
All charges for property losses, damages, and breakages in libraries
or laboratories must be settled promptly. However, any unpaid current
charges will be deducted from the deposit before a refund is made.
The General Property Deposit, less charges, will be returned to
the student at the end of his/her career as a student. However,
any General Property Deposit which remains without call for refund
for a period of four years from the date of last attendance at this
university shall be forfeited. The deposit will then become a part
of, and operative to, the permanent use and purpose of the University
Student Deposit Fund.
Tuition
for Excessive Undergraduate Hours
The Texas Education Code states that an institution of higher
education, under specific conditions, may charge a resident undergraduate
student a higher tuition rate than the rate charged to other resident
undergraduate students. The higher tuition rate may not exceed the
rate charged to nonresident undergraduate students.
- For students who enrolled for the first time in a Texas public
institution of higher education between the 1999 fall semester
and the 2006 summer semester:
The higher tuition rate may be charged to an undergraduate
student, who is classified as a
Texas resident for tuition purposes and, who before the semester
or other academic session
begins, has previously attempted at least 45 semester credit
hours above the number of
semester credit hours required for completion of the degree
program in which the student is
enrolled.
- For students who enrolled for the first time in a Texas public
institution of higher education
beginning with the 2006 fall semester and thereafter:
The higher tuition rate may be charged to an undergraduate
student, who is classified as a
Texas resident for tuition purposes and, who before the semester
or other academic session
begins, has previously attempted at least 30 semester credit
hours above the number of
semester credit hours required for completion of the degree
program in which the student is
enrolled.
The following are not counted for purposes of determining whether
the student exceeds the 45/30 semester credit hour limit: (1) semester
credit hours earned by the student before receiving a baccalaureate
degree that has been previously awarded to the student; (2) semester
credit hours earned by the student by examination or any other procedure
by which credit is earned for which tuition was not charged; (3)
hours from remedial and developmental courses, workforce education
courses, or other courses that would not generate academic credit
that could be applied to a degree at the institution if the course
work is within the 27-hour limit at two-year colleges and the 18-hour
limit at general academic institutions; and (4) semester credit
hours earned at a private institution or out-of-state institution.
Residence
Classification for Tuition Purposes
The Texas Legislature and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating
Board establish the Rules and Regulations for determining residence
classification. Texas residency for tuition purposes is generally
obtained by residing and/or being gainfully employed in Texas for
12 consecutive months immediately prior to enrollment in any college
or university, by being a dependent of a Texas resident (individual
who is claimed as a dependent for federal income tax purposes by
the individual’s parent or legal guardian at the time of registration
and for the tax year preceding the year in which the individual
registers), or by being classified as a Texas Resident for the first
five of the six years immediately preceding registration (not living
out of the state more than 12 months immediately prior to registration).
A nonresident student may qualify to pay in-state tuition by meeting
the requirements of a tuition waiver. The current tuition waiver
options include: 1) the student or his/her spouse or parent is a
member of the U.S. Armed Forces and is stationed in Texas; 2) the
student or his/her spouse or parent is employed at least half time
by an institution of higher education in Texas as a teacher or professor;
3) the student or his/her spouse or parent has a teaching or research
assistantship at any Texas institution of higher education on at
least a half-time basis; 4) the student holds a competitive scholarship
awarded by the university of at least $1,000 for the academic year
or summer; or 5) is a student whose family has been transferred
to Texas by a company in keeping with the state’s Economic
Development and Diversification Program.
By state law, the student has the responsibility of registering
under the proper residence classification. If a student has knowledge
of an error in his/her residence classification for tuition purposes,
it is the student’s responsibility to notify the Residence
Classification Officer immediately. For more information concerning
the Rules and Regulations for determining Texas residence classification,
please contact the Residence Classification Officer, Office of Undergraduate
Admissions, Sam Houston State University, Box 2418, Huntsville,
Texas 77341-2418, or by calling (936) 294-3783 or 294-1828.
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