Tuition attribution

Tuition attribution plays a vital role across the University of Minnesota. It is the process that allocates funding to the Resource Responsibility Centers (RRCs) and the foundation for data and reports that help colleges plan their classes and future funding models.

Support materials

The Tuition Attribution Guide helps you understand the tuition attribution process at the University of Minnesota and how your work could make an impact on that process.

Tuition data snaps

Data snaps are sets of captured tuition data that are recorded sequentially on fixed dates during a given semester. Data snaps are helpful to identify tuition data trends over time, both within a single semester and across multiple semesters.

There are five data snaps per term, including a pre-term snap for earlier tuition trends. The five snaps are the following: 

• Snap 1: Three weeks before Twin Cities campus start of term
• Snap 2: First day of Twin Cities term
• Snap 3: End of second week of Twin Cities term
• Snap 4: End of fourth week of Twin Cities term
• Snap 5: Last day of instruction for Twin Cities 

 Note: The snap dates are the same for all campuses, based on the Twin Cities regular academic session.