LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The University of Nebraska is cutting the number of credit hours required for most degrees.

Local media says Provost Linda Pratt says NU will implement a policy for new students this fall that reduces the required number of credit hours to graduate from 125 to 120.

It’s designed to allow undergraduates who take a full course load of 15 credit hours per semester for eight semesters to graduate in four years. Pratt the policy is aimed at saving students and their families money, as well as allowing financial aid programs to serve more students.

Pratt has given exceptions to 18 programs for a variety of reasons. Those are 11 engineering programs, four NU Medical Center programs, a landscape architect program and two music programs.