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Message: [QUOTE="huskymedic, post: 4736636, member: 549"] Athletics is included under the [URL='https://bursar.uconn.edu/undergraduate-student-2023-2024/']General University Fee which for 2023-2024 is $785/semester[/URL]. The first [URL='https://annualreport.uconnhuskies.com/#costs']Athletic Annual Report[/URL] released ?Wednesday has this blurb/slide: [HEADING=2][SIZE=4]“How Athletics Uses Student Fees[/SIZE][/HEADING] The Division of Athletics is one of several departments on campus that receives a portion of its funding through student fees. Other departments on campus that receive partial funding through student fees include Recreational Services, One Card Office, Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts, Student Activities and Student Union, and the Off-Campus Student Services Office. In FY23, [B]$5.6 million[/B] in student fees were allocated to athletics for services and value provided to the student body: [LIST] [*]Tickets to all UConn athletic events are free. [*]Athletics facilities are made available rent-free for a variety of student run organizations and events. [*]Hundreds of students are provided employment opportunities throughout the department. [*]The Division of Athletics pays the student fees for its student-athletes on scholarship. [*]Operating costs related to student-section management, including security, as well as the overall maintenance and upkeep of shared facilities from rentals.[B]”[/B] [/LIST] [/QUOTE]