Where Your Fees Go Fall 2009

Where Your Student Fees Go - Fall 2009
A TEXAS STATE student taking 15 credit hours pays a total of $3741.00 in tuition and fees*. Of that total, $2991.00 is paid in required fees (other than E&G tuition.)
The following is the fee distribution by category, dollar amount and percentage of total fees.
Category		Dollar Amount	Percentage
Student Service Fee Funded:
Academic Programs		$32	1.05%
(academic-related activities such as the Bobcat Band, the Student
Learning Assist. Center, the Writing Lab, KTSW (campus radio station), the
Honors Program, and Univ. Art Gallery, public lectures, and acad. advising)
Benefits		$9	0.30%
( insurance & retirement benefits for staff paid from stud. srvc. fee accounts)
Bobcat Bobbies		$7	0.24%
(late night campus escort services for TEXAS STATE students)
Student Life		$36	1.20%
(programs: Alcohol Drug Educ.Prevention Training), Career Services,
Mentoring Program, Students' Legal Advisor & Associated Student Government)
Other Student Services		$9	0.30%
(certain student travel, Writing Lab, University Scholars, & other services)
	Sub-total Student Service Fee	$90

Advising Services (advising services for undergraduate students)		$60	2.01%
Athletics (athletic scholarships, student wages, team travel & recruitment)		$180	6%
Computer		$225	7.52%
(maintenance on instructional campus computers, upgrade and expansion of
equipment and student e-mail/Internet access)
Designated Tuition		$1,980	66.13%
(supplements faculty & staff salary increases, grants, university auxiliary programs
& projects, campus renovation projects, deferred maintenance, campus signage,
parking lot construction, library supplements, bond debt retirement, athletic
program contingencies, capital acquisitions for non-educ.& gen. activities)
Environmental Services Fee		$1	0.03%
(environmental improvements: recycling, transportation, employment, product
purchasing, matching funds for grants, planning,maintenance & irregation)
ID (expanded functionality of ID card services)		$5	0.17%
International Education (scholarships for students studying abroad)		$3	0.10%
Library (extended hours and supplements general acquisitions)		$150	5.02%
Medical		$53	1.77%
(basic operations of the Student Health Center, individual
physician visits and health education programs)
Publications		$8	0.27%
(administrative publications given to students: the catalogue, student handbook
and informational brochures on services provided to students--does not pay
for Univeristy Star or Pedagog Yearbook)
Campus Recreation		$94	3.14%
(debt on building,operations& programs: Intramurals, Outdoor Rec., Sports Clubs)
*Approximately $15 of the Campus Rec. fee is applied towards debt service.
Student Center		$64	2.14%
(debt on building,operations& programs: Intramurals, Outdoor Rec., Sports Clubs)
*Approximately $25 of the Student Center Fee is applied towards debt service.
Shuttle Bus (all shuttle bus operations including apartment routes)		$78	2.61%
Total Fees (other than E&G Tuition)		$2,991	100%
*Note: Does not include course fee, off campus fees or the Electronic ID fee.