UTSA Tuition & Fee Proposal

1. UTSA Tuition & Fee Proposal

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. Success Factor 1:Student Academic Preparedness • Academic skills • Developmental education Proposed New Costs: Jump Start Program $ 45,000 Math Boot Camp 20,000 Total $65,000 All other initiatives will be funded with existing resources

6. Success Factor 2:Curriculum Structure & Course Delivery Proposed new costs: FY13 FY14 Instructional Technology Specialists $ 162,000 40 New Faculty 906,069 2,854,000 Enhanced Summer Schedule 875,000 125,000 TOTAL $1,884,500 $2,950,000 All other initiatives will be funded with existing resources; above amounts include benefit costs.

7. Success Factor 3:ADVISING & ACADEMIC SUPPORT SERVICES Proposed new costs: FY13 FY14 University College 138,000 46,000 Early Alert System 43,000 Revamp Advising Services (presentation to follow) 1,700,000 TOTAL $1, 881,000 $46,000 All other initiatives will be funded with existing resources.

8. Success Factor 4:POLICIES & INCENTIVES Proposed new costs: FY13 FY14 Incentive Grants 500,000 500,000 Finish in Four Program 365,000 547,500 TOTAL $ 865,000 $1,047,500 All other initiatives will be funded with existing resources.

9. 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

10. Advising Fee rates do not match costs

11. Total FY11 Revenue vs. Expense

12. Total FY11 Expenditures by Area

13. 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UG Students the Same Amount • Advising fee was last increased Summer 2006 • Cost analyses to justify fee rates are no longer valid; services are subsidized with E&G budget • Goal to bring Student to Advisor Ratio to 300:1 (currently at 320:1)

14. 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

15. 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

16. Proposed New Advising Fee Rate

17. Elimination of the Energy Fee • Required by UT System • UTSA had planned to reduce rate, but not eliminate.

18. Athletics Fee Background • 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.

19. Athletics Fee Background • Rate History Proposed increases included in the revenue assumptions of the Athletics proforma approved by the Board of Regents

20. 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

21. 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

22. Graduate Education Costs

23. 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

24. 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.

25. New Revenue would allow funding enhancements towards our goal of increasing Graduate programs Preliminary revenue estimates based on FY12 budgeted SCH

26. 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)

27. 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)