Credit Hour Reduction: The number of hours required for graduation has been reduced from 128 to 120, effective immediately. Though the hours specified for general education, religion, and major requirements have not changed, the reduction in total hours may allow between 10 and 20 percent of graduates to finish one semester earlier, thus providing a way for more students to obtain a BYU education.
Deadline Changes: Beginning winter semester 1999, students attending fall and winter semesters will have an extra month to pay tuition, while spring and summer students will have an extra two weeks. BYU will permanently defer the winter tuition deadline from Dec. 15 to Jan. 15. The change gives students and their parents greater flexibility in tax and financial planning.
Annual Increase: In order to keep pace with rising costs,BYU will raise tuition by 4 percent, or $55, in 1999-2000, bringing the undergraduate rate to $1,415 per semester. Tuition for advanced-standing (graduate) students will be $1,665 per semester, an increase of 4.1 percent. Law School and Graduate School of Management students will pay $2,665, also an increase of 4.1 percent. Undergraduate tuition for spring and summer 2000 terms will increase from $520 to $625. Spring and summer rates for advanced-standing students will be $830, an increase of $30.
As in the past, students who are not members of the LDS Church will pay one and a half times the listed rates.