Tuition and Fees

NC State University Academic Policies and Procedures

Twenty-Five Percent Tuition Surcharge

March 26, 1996

All new undergraduate students first enrolled in the fall 1994 semester and thereafter will be subject to a 25% tuition surcharge for all credit hours attempted in excess of 140 or 110% of the student's academic program, whichever is greater.

Credit hours to be counted:

• all regular session degree-creditable hours attempted at NCSU, including failed courses, course-repeat-without-penalty courses, and courses dropped with a "W" grade.
• all transfer credit accepted by NCSU which is used to satisfy degree requirements, as defined by the student's Automated Degree Audit.

Credit hours to be excluded:

• NCSU summer session courses
• advanced placement credit through AP, CLEP, or credit by examination
• NCSU off-campus extension courses
• ROTC - courses earned in reserve officer training courses (AS, MS, NS)
• summer session and off-campus extension transfer credit from all UNC system institutions.

Students subject to surcharge:

• Students earning a first baccalaureate degree in a program that requires no more than 128 credit hours will be subject to the surcharge after having completed eight or more regular semesters at any institution. Students enrolled in the cooperative education program are registered for zero hours, which will not add to the semesters enrolled. Work completed in summer sessions or off-campus extension will not count towards the eight semesters.
• For students earning a first baccalaureate degree in a program that requires no more than 128 credit hours, the surcharge shall be applied to all counted credit hours in excess of 140. The surcharge will be applied only to those hours in excess of 140.

Programs considered to be in excess of 128 credit hours will be limited to the following:

Students in the Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (BLA) are required to complete 157 hours. They will be subject to the surcharge after having completed 10 semesters for all counted credit hours in excess of 173.

Students pursuing multiple degrees and minors will be subject to the surcharge for all counted credit hours in excess of 140 or 110% of that required for the degree(s), whichever is greater. Hours required for the degree(s) are defined as the number of hours required for the primary degree plus all hours completed that are creditable towards the minor(s) or additional degree(s) but are non-degree-creditable towards the primary degree, as defined by the student's Automated Degree Audit. Students pursuing programs requiring more than 128 hours will be subject to the surcharge only after having completed 10 full-time semesters.

Students pursuing a baccalaureate degree other than their first will be subject to the surcharge for all counted credit hours in excess of 140 or 110% of that required for the additional degree as defined by the student's Automated Degree Audit, whichever is greater. Students pursuing a baccalaureate degree other than their first will be subject to the surcharge only after having completed 2 semesters subsequent to the previous baccalaureate degree.

This policy was mandated by the North Carolina State Legislature and is described in The University of North Carolina Administrative Memorandum #348