Resources on the Incentive-Based Budget Model for Undergraduate Tuition
The Undergraduate Tuition Revenue (UGTR) budget model allocates a pool of tuition revenue composed of:
- The net tuition paid by undergraduates (excludes approx. 30% used for financial aid) and
- About 20% of the Nonresident Supplemental Tuition (NRST) paid by undergraduates.
Since 2012-13, the UGTR model has allocated 30% of new revenue net of aid to the central campus to fund administrative units, provide supplemental funding to all units, and support central initiatives. The other 70% has been allocated to academic units based on a workload metric made up 60% of student credit hours (the higher of pay or course basis for each unit), 30% majors, and 10% degrees awarded. Academic units use these funds for a variety of things, including faculty and TA salaries, instruction, advising, and student academic support.
Starting with allocations made in 2020-21, the UGTR budget model allocates UGTR funding to the academic units at the amount allocated through 2019-20, about $180 million, on the same basis of these three metrics: the existing pool is held flat but redistributed among the colleges and schools based on their workload metrics. Increased revenue above 2019-20 funding, however, is split 30%/70%. The 30% is held centrally for the same uses described above. The remaining 70% is dedicated to a pool to fund student success initiatives, which could include increased tutoring, writing support, technology to support better planning and advising, and investments in college-specific needs.
Allocations are made as permanent base budget increments to bring units to their current year metric share. For 2023-24, this pool was allocated as shown in Table 1 below:
Table 1. 2022-23 UGTR Allocations
Unit |
2022-23 base budget |
2023-24 Increment |
2023-24 base budget |
Academic Units |
$257.4M |
$0 |
$257.4M |
College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences |
$32.8M |
$110K |
$32.9M |
College of Biological Sciences |
$23.3M |
$230K |
$23.6M |
College of Engineering |
$20.2M |
$309K |
$20.5M |
College of Letters and Science |
$98.5M |
$310K |
$98.8M |
Professional Schools and Special Programs |
$5.3M |
-$960K |
$4.4M |
Central Campus |
$79.5M |
$0.4M |
$79.9M |
Student Success Pool |
$5.3M |
$957K |
$6.2M |
Total |
$267.9M |
$1.8M |
$267.9M |
Note: totals may not tie due to rounding
For more information, contact the Budget Office.
Resources (PDFs):
- Undergraduate Tuition Allocations - June 2023
- Provost message to Deans about Undergraduate Tuition Revenue methodology - June 2020
- Undergraduate Tuition Allocation, Version 3 – January 2012