CLEP excluded from NC tuition surcharge

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<p>Effective Fall 2010, the NC General Assembly legislation increases the Tuition Surcharge to fifty percent (50%).</p>

<p>Good news…CLEP credits are excluded from the tuition surcharge as noted below:</p>

<p>Certain coursework does not apply toward the Tuition Surcharge and those hours are excluded from the total attempted hours for purposes of calculating the surcharge. Hours not subject to the surcharge are:</p>

<p>• College Board’s Advanced Placement (AP) credit.</p>

<p>• College Level Examination Program (CLEP) or similar program.</p>

<p>• Credit earned while enrolled for summer school at one of the UNC system universities</p>

<p>• Credit earned while in high school</p>

<p>Source: [UNC</a> System Tuition Surcharge](<a href=“http://www2.unca.edu/registrar/Tuition%20Surcharge/TuitionSurcharge_Rev.htm]UNC”>http://www2.unca.edu/registrar/Tuition%20Surcharge/TuitionSurcharge_Rev.htm)</p>