Purchase of Textbooks
The University
of Texas at Dallas advises students that they are not under any obligation to
purchase a textbook from a university-affiliated bookstore. The same textbook
may also be available from an independent retailer, including an online
retailer. (Texas Education Code 51.9705; 19 TAC 4.215)
Tuition and Required Fees
As a state-supported institution of
higher education, The University of Texas at Dallas is required to comply with
all state laws in the assessment and collection of tuition, fees, and deposits.
The tuition, fees, and deposits listed herein are subject to change by legislative
or regental action and changes become effective on
the date enacted. Pursuant to Chapter 54, Texas Education Code, each student
who registers is required to pay tuition and fees appropriate to the student’s
residence classification and according to the number of semester hours for
which he or she has registered. It is the student’s responsibility to
establish, prior to census day, the correct residence classification through
the Office of the Registrar. Likewise, any student wishing to request a change
of residence status for tuition purposes should do so through the Office of the
Registrar. This will require completion of a residency questionnaire and the
provision of documents to support the claim of Texas residency, prior to the
census day. Rules and regulations for determining residency are found in Appendix III of this catalog. Final authority of appeal for review of
residence decisions rests with the Registrar and Assistant Vice President of
Academic Records.
In accordance with state laws, a
student is not entitled to enter a class or laboratory until registered and all
tuition, fees, and deposits have been paid. The University cannot accept
personal checks for amounts in excess of the total registration cost.
The University of Texas at Dallas
utilizes a consolidated tuition rate, which is capped at 15 semester credit
hours for all graduate students. The consolidated tuition and fee rates cover
all academic program costs; including tuition, mandatory fees, and most of the
college and course incidental fees. Additional fees that will be charged
separately are: field trip fees, supplemental designated tuition fees and
distance education fees. The Tuition and Fee Tables can be found on the Bursar Office website.
For residents of Oklahoma, tuition
is the Texas resident rate shown plus thirty dollars ($30.00) per semester
credit hour. Oklahoma residents must
apply for this tuition waiver each semester through the Office of Financial
Aid. Beginning fall 2007, The University of Texas at Dallas introduced the
Guaranteed Tuition Plan. The Guaranteed Tuition Plan is designed to help new
students and their families better plan for the cost
of a college education, while allowing the University to maintain the quality
of its academic programs. Under the terms of the plan, graduate students
enrolling at UT Dallas for the first time for the fall 2011, spring 2012 and
summer 2012 semesters are charged for tuition and mandatory fees fixed at the
fall 2012 rates for all succeeding semesters through the summer of 2015. The
charges per semester credit hour for tuition and mandatory fees at UT Dallas
depend on the number of hours for which a student enrolls. Other user fees for
courses and services including, for example, parking, and housing fees, are
subject to change. More information on the Guaranteed Tuition Plan can be found
at http://www.utdallas.edu/tuition. Students who have not paid in full or enrolled in a
payment plan by the posted payment deadline may have their registration
cancelled. If a student’s registration is canceled for nonpayment, and that
student wishes to reinstate registration, a reinstatement fee in addition to
any late fees and tuition and fees will be charged. See the online fee
schedules at http://www.utdallas.edu/finance/bursar/schedule-introduction.html
for fees associated with course
reinstatement. No student will be reinstated in a closed course.
Students who have not completed the
payment of all tuition and fees by the end of the semester will be subject to
one or more of the following actions at the University’s option: bar against
readmission at this institution; withholding of grades, degree, and official
transcript; and all penalties and actions authorized by law.
Students may refer to the Academic
Calendar at http://www.utdallas.edu/student/registrar/calendar/ or
the Tuition and Fees Schedule at http://www.utdallas.edu/finance/bursar/schedule-introduction.html for
information regarding payment and refund deadlines.
Students will be given notice on
their tuition bill, tuition receipt or an email in connection with tuition
charges, of the amount of his/her tuition payment that is required to be set aside
to provide financial assistance for students enrolled at the institution per
the Texas Education Code, Section
56.014.
A
student may elect to pay tuition and fees for the fall and spring semesters and
12-week summer session under the installment payment plan (Section 54.007,
Texas Education Code), The installment plan allows the student to pay their
tuition and fee balance in three equal payments A $25.00 fee per semester will
be assessed to each student who elects to pay by installments. Additionally, a
late payment fee of $30.00 for delinquent payment will be assessed each time an
installment is not paid by the date it is due. If the installment is not paid
in full by the third due date, it begins accruing interest at the rate of 10%
per year until it is paid in full.
Tuition
for Excessive Doctoral Hours
For a doctoral student enrolling for
the first time in Fall 1999 or after, Section 54.012,
Texas Education Code, establishes a maximum number of doctoral hours that a
doctoral student may attempt while paying tuition at the rate provided for
Texas residents. Attempted hours include all doctoral hours taken at a Texas
institution of higher education for which a student was registered as of Census
Day, including, but not limited to, courses that have been repeated, failed,
and courses from which the student withdrew. The maximum is 99 doctoral hours.
A student who exceeds the maximum hours may be charged tuition at the rate
charged nonresident doctoral students. The higher tuition rate applies only to
those doctoral semester credit hours that exceed 99 hours.
The
University of Texas System
A concurrent enrollment agreement is
in place between The University of Texas at Dallas, The University of Texas at
Arlington and The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Branch. This
agreement allows any student enrolled concurrently between these institutions
to receive a waiver of certain fees. Students must be enrolled in at least one
hour at their home institution to be considered concurrently enrolled. Students
must apply for concurrent enrollment with The Office of the Registrar in the Student
Services Building, first floor customer service area.
In addition, Texas Education Code
54.011 states that when students register at more than one public institution
of higher education at the same time, their tuition charges shall be determined
in the following manner:
·
The student shall pay the full
tuition charge to the first institution at which s/he registered; and in any
event the student shall pay an amount at least equal to the minimum tuition
specified in this code.
·
If the minimum tuition specified in
this code for the first institution at which the student is registered is equal
to or greater than the minimum tuition specified in this code for the second
institution at which the student is registered concurrently, the student shall
not be required to pay the specified minimum tuition charge to the second
institution in addition to the tuition charge paid to the first institution,
but shall pay only the hourly rates, as provided in this code, to the second
institution.
·
If the minimum tuition specified in
this code for the first institution at which the student is registered is less
than the specified minimum tuition charge at the second institution (that is,
if the second institution has a higher minimum tuition charge specified in this
code), then the student shall first register at the institution having the
lower minimum tuition and shall pay to the second institution only the amount
equal to the difference between the total tuition charge at the second
institution and the total tuition charge at the first institution, but in no
case shall the student pay to the second institution less than the hourly rates
as provided in this code.
·
If a student is considered to be a
Texas resident and therefore qualified to pay Texas resident tuition rates by
one institution at which s/he is registered, that student shall be considered a
Texas resident at each of the institutions at which s/he is concurrently
registered for the purposes of determining the proper tuition charges. Nothing
in this subdivision shall be so construed as to allow a nonresident to pay
resident tuition except at institutions covered by Section 54.060 of this code.
Nothing in this subdivision shall be so construed as to allow a nonresident to
pay resident tuition except at institutions covered by Section 54.060 of this
code.
Visiting
Student Program
The UT System Visiting Student
Program is designed to allow a graduate or professional student enrolled in an
institution of the UT System to take courses or engage in research at another
institution within the System during a regular semester or summer session. A UT
Dallas graduate student, who has been admitted to a degree program at UT
Dallas, must have completed a minimum of 15 semester credit hours at UT Dallas
and be in academic good standing in order to be eligible to participate in the
visiting student program. Courses to be taken under this visiting student
program must have prior approval of the student’s degree program advisor. An
approved Leave of Absence also is required. A Visiting student registers and
pays tuition and required fees at his/her home institution and is given normal
privileges associated with available student services at the exchange
institution. A visiting student is subject to the rules and regulations of both
institutions. Each UT System institution has designated an individual to
coordinate and approve graduate or professional visiting students. Interested
UT Dallas students should contact the Office of the Dean of Graduate Studies
for additional information (Phone 972-883-2234; World Wide Web http://www.utdallas.edu/dept/graddean/). A student at other UT
System schools wishing to take courses at UT Dallas under this visiting student
program should contact and work through the graduate dean at the home
institution.
Texas
A&M University System
A cooperative arrangement between
The University of Texas System and the Texas A&M
University System allows a graduate student at one institution to use unique
facilities or courses at the other institution with a minimum of administrative
paperwork. The graduate student registers and pays tuition and fees at the home
school.
Partial Tuition and Fee Exemptions
As
a state-sponsored institution of higher education in Texas, The University of
Texas at Dallas is authorized to award partial tuition and/or fee exemptions to
a student who qualifies based on statutory criteria. Exemptions are available
to the highest ranking graduates of accredited Texas high schools, certain
students who were adopted and subject to an adoption assistance agreement,
certain early high school graduates, certain students who have been under the
conservatorship of the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services,
certain students who were dependent children receiving financial assistance during
their last year of public high school, certain students who are suffering
economic hardship, certain residents of Texas who served in the armed forces of
the United States, members of the state military forces;; Texas residents
classified by the U.S. Department of Defense as prisoners of war on or after
January 1, 1999, children of POWs/MIAs, students from other nations of the
western hemisphere, blind or deaf students, certain individuals taking a course
at an institution under an interinstitutional academic program agreement, but
who are enrolled primarily at another institution, military personnel and
dependents, children and spouses of disabled/deceased firefighters and peace
officers, firefighters enrolled in Fire Science classes, children and spouses of
disabled/deceased/MIA Texas veterans,
children of professional nursing program faculty, surviving spouses and minor
children of certain police, security or emergency personnel killed in the line
of duty, and certified educational aides (unfunded through the 2013 academic
year). Senior citizens who are age 65 or older as of Census Day may be exempted
from tuition for up to six semester credit hours each semester or summer term
if space is available. In 2009, Texas enacted a law (Section 54.203 (b-2), Texas
Education Code), by which dependent children (including stepchildren) of a
member of the Armed Forces, who is a resident of Texas or is entitled to pay
resident tuition, are exempt from paying, of resident tuition for any semester
or other academic term during which the member of the Armed Forces is deployed
on active duty for the purpose of engaging in a combative military operation
outside the United States (unfunded through the 2013 academic year). For
additional information, please see the College for All Texans website regarding
exemptions. Individuals who feel they may qualify under this section are
requested to contact the Office of Financial Aid at (972) 883-2941.
Nonpayment of Debt
A student who fails to provide full
payment of loans, tuition, and fees, including late fees assessed, to the
university when the payments are due is subject to one or more of the following
actions at the university’s option:
·
Classes may be cancelled;
·
Bar against registration and/or
readmission to the institution;
·
Withholding of grades, diploma, and
official transcript; and
·
All penalties and collection actions
authorized by law.
Students must pay by the published
deadline to avoid late fees and/or possible dropping of classes. Students
should NOT expect classes to be automatically dropped for nonpayment. Please be
advised it is the student's responsibility to confirm that he/she has been
dropped from all classes for nonpayment to avoid being assessed late fees or
penalties.
For the Long Term (Fall and Spring Semesters)
and
12-Week Summer Session
For
the 6- and 8-Week Summer Sessions
Separate withdrawal refund schedules
may be established for other fees and charges. Refer to the “Other User Fees”
section for refund information.
Cash refunds will not be made to
students. Refund checks will be mailed to the student's address listed on their
Student Center in Orion three business days after the refund is requested
unless the student has opted for direct deposit through EZPAY. Direct deposit
refunds are normally available 3 to 5 business days from the date they were
requested.
A student who registers before
receiving grades from the previous semester, and who is required to withdraw
because of failure in the work of the previous semester, will have all fees for
the current semester refunded.
No refunds will be granted unless
application is made within one year after official withdrawal.
All policies
regarding the payment or refunding of tuition, fees, and charges are approved
by the Board of Regents of The University of Texas System and are in compliance
with the Texas Education Code, Section 54.006
of the Texas Statutes.
If a person desires clarification of any matter relating to payment or refund
of such charges, he or she should contact the office or administrative unit
from which the charge or refund originated.
As an institution participating in
programs under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 as amended
("Act"), UT Dallas is required to refund unearned tuition, fees, room
and board, and other charges to certain students attending the institution for
the first time who have received a grant, a loan, or work assistance under
Title IV of the Act or whose parents have received a loan on their behalf under
20 U.S.C. Section 1087-2. The refund is required if the student does not
register for, withdraws from, or otherwise fails to complete the period of
enrollment for which the financial assistance was intended. No refund is
required if the student withdraws after a point in time that is sixty percent
of the period of enrollment for which the charges were assessed. A student who
withdraws prior to that time is entitled to a refund of tuition, fees, room and
board, and other charges that is the larger of the amount provided for in
Section 54.006, Texas Education Code, or a pro rata refund calculated pursuant
to Section 484B of the Act, reduced by the amount of any unpaid charges and a
reasonable administrative fee not to exceed the lesser of five percent of the
tuition, fees, room and board, and other charges that were assessed for the
enrollment period, or one hundred dollars. If the student’s charges were paid
by Title IV funds, a portion or all of the refund will be returned to these
programs.