Semester Credit Hours Limit

Undergraduate Students

Texas Education Code § 54.014 establishes a maximum number of semester credit hours an undergraduate student may attempt while paying Texas resident tuition. A student who exceeds the maximum hours will be charged the non-resident tuition rate.

Hour limitations

• Enrolled prior to fall 1999 – Limit does not apply
• Enrolled between fall 1999 and summer 2006 – 45 hours over that required for degree program
• Enrolled after fall 2006 – 30 hours over that required for degree program

Attempted hours include

• Earned and unearned hours (including non-passing grades)
• Withdrawn courses (includes administrative/ non-academic)
• Repeated courses

Hours excluded

• Credit hours excluded from the student record due to an election of admission under Academic Fresh Start
• Credit hours earned from courses taken before receiving a previously-awarded baccalaureate degree
• Credit hours earned by examination (AP, CLEP, IB, or SAT II)
• Credit from remedial and developmental courses
• Credit hours taken at a private institution or an out-of-state institution
• Credit hours taken as dual-credit prior to high school graduation where the university has a final official high school transcript on file