SINCE 1828
credit hour
nounDefinition of credit hour
: the unit of measuring educational credit usually based on the number of classroom hours per week throughout a term
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The board does not have a vote scheduled on the matter. Out-of-state tuition is more than three times higher at Maricopa Community Colleges: $327 per credit hour this spring vs. $86 for in-state students. — Anne Ryman, azcentral, "Community colleges don't plan to appeal ruling denying in-state tuition to DACA students," 22 May 2018 Tuition increases, state and county funds Phillips’ budget for HCC was submitted with a 2.7 percent increase in tuition, but the increase has since been capped at 2 percent, meaning a $2.42 per-credit hour increase. — David Anderson, The Aegis, "With county and state funding on record, Harford Community College has $50.4M projected budget for FY2019," 15 May 2018 There were yo-yo giveaways, and raffles for green T-shirts, a three-credit hour class and White Sox tickets donated by the Triton College Foundation, according to Butera. — Rachel K. Hindery, chicagotribune.com, "'A deeper connection': STEAM Expo at Triton provides a hands-on experience," 23 Apr. 2018 Scarborough is teaching four, three-credit hour classes this semester - two sections of Accounting Principles I, one section of Accounting Principles II and one section of Contemporary Federal Taxation. — Karen Farkas, cleveland.com, "University of Akron pays more than $620,000 a year to two former presidents to teach," 21 Feb. 2018 People who run child-care centers are required to have a college degree, with at least 15 credit hours in early-childhood education by 2022 — a deadline that has not changed. — Perry Stein, Washington Post, "D.C. extends deadline for day-care workers to obtain more advanced degrees," 29 June 2018 Students who can claim in-state status pay $441, and for students who have in-district status, the fee is $306 for the same credit hours. — Jaimy Jones, Houston Chronicle, "San Jac may drop ‘not needed’ policy on undocumented immigrants, in-state tuition," 5 July 2018 The school had projected 3.4% growth in credit hour, and had only gotten 2%. — David Jesse, Detroit Free Press, "Falling credit hours at state universities lead to uncertain futures," 30 May 2018 North Texas students just approved increasing the athletic fee by $6.25 a credit hour. — Peter Dawson, star-telegram, "Texas colleges are bleeding cash on athletics programs - and you're paying for it | Fort Worth Star-Telegram," 2 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'credit hour.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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