Self-Supporting Graduate Professional Degree Programs allow the university to serve additional students above and beyond the resources provided by the state while fulfilling demonstrated higher education and workforce needs.
Self-Supporting Graduate Professional Degree Programs (SSGPDPs) are mid-level graduate professional degree programs that do not receive any state funding support and cannot be subsidized by tuition or fees paid by students in state-supported programs. SSGPDPs can be established to meet new and unmet educational needs for which there are no existing state resources.
SSGPDP Revenue Models
All SSGPDP revenue net of Access to Student Services Fee revenue is subject to a campus assessment to help fund central administrative activities that support these programs, in accordance with SSGPDP policy.
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In-person SSGPDPs
The academic unit offering the program retains all fee revenue net of the Access to Student Services Fee and the campus revenue assessment.
Online SSGPDPs
The academic unit offering the program retains 70% and central campus retains 30% of fee revenue net of the Access to Student Services Fee and the campus revenue assessment. This revenue model applies to programs that are approved to receive central campus incentive funds to cover initial program costs. The campus revenue share will be used to recover the incentive funds provided and to support online education infrastructure, technology and student access.
Access to Student Services Fee
An Access to Student Services Fee is assessed to all SSGPDP students. The fee has three levels, corresponding to the level of access to student services. The same fee level must be charged to all students enrolled in the same SSGPDP. This fee revenue is allocated to the units that provide the services to students and is not retained by the academic unit offering the SSGPDP.