More than 600 UA students found themselves dropped from classes after missing Friday's tuition deadline.

That's 200 more students than last year, despite the fact that the deadline to pay tuition was moved from the first day of class to two weeks into the semester.

"We were concerned that this year, with such a large tuition increase, there would be a large number of students dropped," said Rick Kroc, director of assessment and enrollment research.

Students apparently did not turn to emergency loans from the Office of Student Financial Aid in order to beat the payment deadline.

"The most activity we had was the week just before classes. It really tapered off last week," said John Nametz,

director of need-based aid for the financial aid office.

Between Aug. 13 and Aug. 29, 1,219 emergency loans were given to students, but just 200 of those went toward registration costs, Nametz said.

The other emergency loans were given to students with other financial needs.

Information about emergency loans is posted on the financial aid Web site and was mailed with students' aid award letters, said Nametz.

"I think a good share of those people (dropped from class) don't want to be here," Nametz said.

When the course cancellations were completed Friday, 601 students were dropped from one or more classes, with between 250 and 300 of them dropped from all of their classes, Kroc said.

Of that group, 465 were undergraduates and 136 were graduate students. Students dropped were nearly balanced between residents and non-residents, with 303 and 298 respectively.

Between Sept. 8 and Sept. 15, students who add classes must pay for them by 5 p.m. that day or the class will be dropped from their schedule that evening.

Beginning Sept. 15, there will be a $250 late charge for any class a student adds. On Sept. 15, the state tallies enrollment at the universities and dispenses funding accordingly.

"If we don't get money by the 21st day of class, we can't count you in order to get state funding. So we'd essentially be teaching you for free," said Kroc.

Emergency loans are still available from the financial aid office. Loans for tuition are offered at a 1.5 percent per month interest rate.

However, Nametz warns that requests for these loans must be in at 4 p.m. or the student must wait another day.