Texas Education Code - Section 54.051. Tuition Rates
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§ 54.051. TUITION RATES. (a) In this section:
(1) "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher
Education Coordinating Board.
(2) "General academic teaching institution" has the
meaning assigned by Section 61.003(3) of this code.
(3) "Medical and dental unit" has the meaning assigned
by Section 61.003 of this code.
(4) "Public junior college" has the meaning assigned
by Section 61.003(2) of this code.
(b) The governing board of each institution of higher
education and of the Texas State Technical College System shall
cause to be collected from students registering at the institution
tuition or registration fees at the rates prescribed in this
section.
(c) Unless a different rate is specified by this section,
tuition for a resident student at a general academic teaching
institution is $50 per semester credit hour.
(d) Unless a different rate is specified by this section,
tuition for a nonresident student at a general academic teaching
institution or medical and dental unit is an amount per semester
credit hour equal to the average of the nonresident undergraduate
tuition charged to a resident of this state at a public state
university in each of the five most populous states other than this
state, as computed by the coordinating board under this subsection.
The coordinating board shall set the tuition rate provided by this
subsection for each academic year and report that rate to each
appropriate institution not later than January 1 of the calendar
year in which the academic year begins, or as soon after that
January 1 as practicable. In computing the tuition rate, the
coordinating board shall use the nonresident tuition rates for the
other states in effect for the academic year in progress when the
board makes the computation.
(e) Tuition for a resident student registered only for
thesis or dissertation credit that is the final credit hour
requirement for the degree in progress is determined by the
governing board of the institution in which the student is
enrolled.
(f) Tuition for a resident student enrolled in a program
leading to an M.D. or D.O. degree is $6,550 per academic year.
Tuition for a nonresident student enrolled in a program leading to
an M.D. or D.O. degree is an amount per year equal to three times the
rate that a resident student enrolled in a program leading to an
M.D. or D.O. degree would pay during the corresponding academic
year.
(g) Tuition for a resident student enrolled in a program
leading to a D.D.S. degree is $5,400 per academic year. Tuition for
a nonresident student enrolled in program leading to a D.D.S.
degree is an amount per year equal to three times the rate that a
resident student enrolled in a program leading to a D.D.S. degree
would pay during the corresponding academic year.
(h) Tuition for a resident student enrolled in a program
leading to a D.V.M. degree is $5,400 per academic year. Tuition for
a nonresident student enrolled in a program leading to a D.V.M.
degree is an amount per year equal to three times the rate that a
resident student enrolled in a program leading to a D.V.M. degree
would pay during the corresponding academic year.
(i) Tuition for a resident student registered at a law
school is $80 per semester credit hour. Tuition for a nonresident
student registered at a law school is the amount that can be charged
a nonresident graduate student under Subsection (d) and Section
54.008.
(j) Tuition for a student registered in a program leading to
a degree in nursing or in an allied health profession is the same as
for students with the same residency registered at a general
academic teaching institution.
(k) Tuition for a resident student registered at the Texas
State Technical College System is the greater of $50 or an amount
set by the governing board of the system at not less than $16 per
semester credit hour. Tuition for a nonresident student registered
at the Texas State Technical College System is an amount set by the
governing board of the system at not less than $80 per semester
credit hour.
(l) Resident students or nonresident students registered
for a course or courses in art, architecture, drama, speech, or
music, where individual coaching or instruction is the usual method
of instruction, shall pay a fee, in addition to the regular tuition,
set by the governing board of the institution.
(m) Unless the student establishes residency or is entitled
or permitted to pay resident tuition as provided by this
subchapter, tuition for a student who is a citizen of any country
other than the United States of America is the same as the tuition
required of other nonresident students.
(n) Tuition for a resident student registered in a public
junior college is determined by the governing board of each
institution, but the tuition may not be less than $8 for each
semester credit hour and may not total less than $25 for a semester.
Tuition for a nonresident student is determined by the governing
board of each institution but the tuition may not be less than $200
for each semester.
(o) Renumbered as V.T.C.A., Education Code § 54.063 and
amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 708, § 8, eff. Aug. 26,
1985.
(p) Renumbered as V.T.C.A., Education Code § 54.064 and
amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 708, § 9, eff. Aug. 26,
1985.
Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3072, ch. 1024, art. 1, § 1, eff. Sept.
1, 1971. Amended by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3352, ch. 1024, art. 2,
§ 29, eff. Sept. 1, 1971; Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 88, ch. 51,
§ 8, eff. Aug. 27, 1973; Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1358, ch. 515,
§ 1, 2, eff. June 19, 1975; Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 2326, ch.
720, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1975; Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 1382, ch.
617, § 1, eff. Aug. 27, 1979; Acts 1984, 68th Leg., 2nd C.S., ch.
31, art. 10, § 1; Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 708, § 1, 8, 9,
eff. Aug. 26, 1985; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 287, § 26, eff.
Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 5, § 6.01,
eff. Sept. 1, 1992; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 451, § 2, eff. Aug.
28, 1995; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1073, § 1.02, eff. Aug. 1,
1997; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 655, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2001;
Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1392, § 1, eff. June 16, 2001; Acts
2005, 79th Leg., ch. 888, § 6, eff. Sept. 1, 2005.
Section: 54.010 54.011 54.012 54.013 54.014 54.015 54.0501 54.051 54.0512 54.0513 54.0515 54.0516 54.052 54.053 54.054
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