Proposal

UTHSCSA Dental School
"Differential Tuition"

The UTHSCSA Dental School proposes to institute a “Differential Tuition” for all DDS-degree students on the following “phased-in” schedule:

Fiscal Year 2005 - $1000
Fiscal Year 2006 - $2000
Fiscal Year 2007 - $3000

The Dental School recognizes that 20% of the revenue from “Differential Tuition” is set aside to fund academic scholarships for financially-disadvantaged students. We propose that the dollars remaining after such set aside be returned to the Dental School to fund a retention program for high-performing Dental School faculty and staff members.

Rationale for Implementing “Differential Tuition”:

The total educational costs for DDS-degree students are significantly lower than the national mean, and less than the other two Texas Dental Schools.

Data from the Fiscal Year 2002* (most current available data) shows the following relationship of Total Educational Cost of DDS (or DMD) degree for in-state residents at the 54 U.S. Dental Schools;

Rank	School	Total Cost
54	Southern Pub. School	$32570
53	UTHSCSA	$42121
48	Another Texas School	$48104
44	Another Texas School	$53999
41	25th percentile School	$56588
27	Median School	$70534
17	Highest Public School	$95613
13	75th percentile School	$117759
1	Eastern Priv. School	$185388
MEAN		$88534

*from: American Dental Association, 2001/2002 Survey of Predoctoral Dental Education, Volume 2 – Tuition, Admission, and Attrition

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