DICKINSON (AP) - The University of North Dakota is undercutting other schools in the state university system with its charges for online classes, a Dickinson State administrator says.

Rich Brauhn, DSU's vice president for student affairs, wants the university system to review the matter. "It puts the University of North Dakota at a great price advantage in terms of undercutting the price for everybody else," he said.

UND charges $120 per credit for correspondence classes, $90 less per credit than the charge for traditional campus courses. Josh Riedy, UND's associate vice president for outreach services, said it is a positive thing that UND makes correspondence courses accessible with lower tuition.

He said the university system chancellor approved the rate for online courses in May 2006.

Other schools in the system charge similar rates for online classes and on-campus courses, Brauhn said. He said he has noticed Dickinson State students taking cheaper general education courses through UND online instead of taking the courses on the DSU campus.

"Are we going to get into a pricing war situation?" Brauhn said.

UND student Haylee Cripe, president of the North Dakota Student Association, said students are more likely to take online classes because of schedule conflicts, not because of price.

"I don't think a low price gives UND a competitive advantage," Cripe said. "It gives students more opportunities."

The chancellor's office plans to review tuition pricing and the process of approving different rates for correspondence courses, said Michel Hillman, vice chancellor for academic and student affairs.

"This raises some very important policy issues that I think we will want to consider before we make some recommendations," he said.