Tuition and Fees

See undergraduate tuition and fees per credit hour for the 2007-08 academic year. Questions regarding tuition and fees should be directed to the Cashiers and Student Accounts Office (336/334-5831). UNCG reserves the right to make changes in these charges without advance notice.

UNCG Estimated Annual Expenses‡ for
Full-Time1 Undergrads Living on Campus

‡ See Books and Course Supplies for other estimated expenses such as supplies and books.

1A full-time undergraduate is one who is enrolled for at least 12 semester hours per term.

2 See details of applicable residence hall rates and dining plans.

3 Estimated total annual costs are based on the standard double room rate and Platinum 75 dining plan.

Note: Students living on campus are required to contract with UNCG for room and board. Students living off campus pay only tuition and required fees.

The tuition and academic fees paid by UNCG students only partially cover the cost of the education they receive. The remaining costs are met by funds from the State of North Carolina, from the UNCG Excellence Fund, and from alumni, friends, corporations, foundations, and the federal government. See undergraduate tuition and fees per semester and per credit hour for the 2007-08 academic year.

Tuition & Fees for Part-Time Students

For tuition and fee purposes, a part-time undergraduate student is defined as one taking fewer than 12 semester hours of course work each term. Students taking 12 or more hours per term pay the tuition and fees specified for full-time students.

Undergraduate students taking fewer than 12 semester hours during a regular term will be charged a prorated portion of the tuition and the general fee. The health service fee is charged students taking 9 or more hours who live off campus; however, students taking fewer than 9 hours who live off campus may voluntarily choose to pay the fee and enjoy the benefits of the Student Health Services. All on-campus students pay the health service fee. See rate table for details.

25% Tuition Surcharge for Undergraduates

The General Assembly has instituted a twenty-five percent (25%) tuition surcharge (Section 89 (b), Senate Bill 27, 1993 Session), which became effective fall semester 1994 and applies to all new undergraduates seeking a baccalaureate degree. Specifically, it states,

“The Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina shall ensure that procedures are established that are necessary to impose a twenty-five percent (25%) tuition surcharge on students who take more than 140 degree credit hours to complete a baccalaureate degree in a four-year program or more than one hundred ten percent (110%) of the credit hours necessary to complete a baccalaureate degree in any program officially designated by the Board of Governors as a five-year program. The calculation of these credit hours taken at a constituent institution or accepted for transfer shall exclude hours earned through the College Board’s Advanced Placement or CLEP examinations, through institutional advanced placement or course validation, or through summer term or extension programs.”

Students Subject to the Surcharge

The tuition surcharge will be applied to new undergraduate students enrolled for the first time in Fall 1994 and thereafter in a degree program at UNCG as follows:

1. For students earning a first baccalaureate degree in a program that requires no more than 128 credit (semester) hours, the surcharge shall be applied to all hours in excess of 140.
2. For students earning a first baccalaureate degree in a UNC Board of Governors Board-approved program that requires more than 128 credit hours, the surcharge shall be applied to all hours that exceed 110 percent of the credit hours required for the degree. Such programs include those that have been officially designated by the Board of Governors as five-year programs as well as those involving double majors, or combined bachelor’s/master’s degrees.
3. For students earning a baccalaureate degree other than their first, the surcharge shall be applied to all hours that exceed 110 percent of the minimum additional credit hours needed to earn the additional baccalaureate degree. The minimum additional credit hours will be determined by the degree evaluation performed by the Office of the University Registrar during the first semester a student is enrolled in the second or other baccalaureate degree.

Students seeking a second baccalaureate degree are required to take 31 credit hours of residency at UNCG.

The surcharge will be imposed in the fall or spring semester and in all subsequent semesters where a student’s cumulative credit hour total exceeds the threshold. The surcharge does not apply to required fees.

Hours included in Tuition Surcharge Hours:

The undergraduate credit (semester) hours to be counted in the calculation of the tuition surcharge include:

1. all semester (fall and spring semester) academic credit hours attempted (includes repeated course work, failed course work, and course withdrawals); and
2. all transfer credit hours accepted by UNCG.

Hours excluded from Tuition Surcharge Hours:

1. College Board’s Advanced Placement (AP) credit;
2. College Level Examination Program (CLEP) or similar programs’ credits;
3. credit earned through any UNCG advanced placement, course validation or similar procedure;
4. credit earned in summer sessions at UNCG or another UNC institution;
5. credit earned from an extension division of any UNC institution, including UNCG.

Students will be informed of the Tuition Surcharge Hours earned each semester and cumulatively in their tuition billing.

Students may contact the Office of the University Registrar to obtain current information on their credit/semester hours.