credit hour
noun
: the unit of measuring educational credit usually based on the number of classroom hours per week throughout a term
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In fall 2023, the average veteran attending UTSA had a GPA of 3.19 and 95 earned credit hours, compared with 3.09 and 83 hours for non-veterans, Logan said.
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Scott Huddleston, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Oct. 2024
Eligibility for the Affordability Scholarship is based off the eligibility for the free tuition program — covering the $87 per credit hour fee and general fees for in-district students.
—Lily Kepner, Austin American-Statesman, 2 July 2024
The problem with those caps is that a college credit hour now costs resident students $406 at the average public 4-year university; at 4-year private universities the average is $1,469 per credit hour.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Some are credit hours that are part of larger university degree programs and others, like the six-day distiller course at Moonshine University, take less than a week.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 22 Sep. 2024
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Scott Huddleston, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Oct. 2024
Eligibility for the Affordability Scholarship is based off the eligibility for the free tuition program — covering the $87 per credit hour fee and general fees for in-district students.
—Lily Kepner, Austin American-Statesman, 2 July 2024
The problem with those caps is that a college credit hour now costs resident students $406 at the average public 4-year university; at 4-year private universities the average is $1,469 per credit hour.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Some are credit hours that are part of larger university degree programs and others, like the six-day distiller course at Moonshine University, take less than a week.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 22 Sep. 2024
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“Credit hour.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/credit%20hour. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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