The University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX /11/111 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 /11/112 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
The University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX /11/113 Graduate Education Costs UGGRTotal SCH$/SCHSCH$/SCHSCH$/SCH SCH623,121 58, ,965 Cost Faculty Salaries$39,632,840$64$27,681,003$470$67,313,843$99 Departmental Operations$76,197,948$122$11,913,235$202$88,111,183$129 Academic 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
The University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX /11/114 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
The University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX /11/115 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 a full time equivalent graduate student taking 24 SCH per year.
The University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX /11/116 New Revenue would allow funding enhancements towards our goal of increasing Graduate programs Base Budget Enhancement FY 13FY 14Total FTE Faculty & Benefits$575,931$765,000$1,340,931 Graduate Scholarly Activity$200,000$0$200,000 Financial 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
The University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX /11/117 Graduate Programs New faculty Scholarly Activity Fund
The University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX /11/118 Discussion Recommendations Proposal Adoption