Clemson University’s board of trustees has approved an athletic fee of $150 per semester for students starting next academic year.

The fee is expected to raise between $7 million and $8 million for the athletic department in 2025-26. The school had long resisted such fees and has not charged its students for single-game available tickets to athletic events.

Starting next year, Clemson students will pay an athletics fee for the first time ever. The Clemson University Board of Trustees’ finances and facilities committee on Friday unanimously approved a proposal for each Clemson student to pay a mandatory athletics fee of $150 per semester starting in fall 2025.