Like all state colleges in Texas, Texas A&M University-Commerce is required to have a minimum number of students in each class in order to receive state funding. On-campus undergraduate classes must have at least ten students on the official twelfth-day class rolls for the fall and spring semesters, or fourth-day rolls for summer sessions, and graduate classes must have at leave five. Off-campus undergraduate classes must average fifteen and off-campus graduate classes must average ten. Special exceptions can be made on occasion to fulfill programmatic needs. Such exceptions require the approval of the dean of the college involved.