Excessive Hours Tuition and Repeat (3-Peat) Tuition

Beginning Fall 2025 and pursuant to Texas statute Tuition for Repeated or Excessive Undergraduate Hours (TEC 54.014) and Tuition Rates for Certain Doctoral Students (TEC 54.012), Texas undergraduate resident students (excluding Accelerated Online) who enrolled for the first time in a Texas public institution of higher education in Fall 1999 or later and Texas PhD resident students (excluding Accelerated Online) will be charged Excessive Hours Tuition at a rate of $300 per credit hour after exceeding an established number of excessive hours beyond their degree plan*. Undergraduate Texas resident students (excluding Accelerated Online) will be charged Repeat Tuition at a rate of $100 per credit hour for registering for a course three (3-peat) or more times.

*Undergraduate students who have completed 90 hours or more and Doctoral students who have completed 60 hours or more by the end of the Summer 2025 term will be grandfathered and not subject to Excessive Hours Tuition.

Be sure to stay in contact with your academic advisor to monitor your program hours and review your degree completion and graduation plan.