Minnesota Duluth announced Tuesday it has finalized its plans to increase the amount of its men’s and women’s hockey scholarships to cover the full cost of attendance, joining a growing number NCHC, WCHA and Big Ten schools who also have taken advantage of new NCAA legislation.

“This will help keep our nationally recognized hockey programs supported at levels in competition with their peers in the NCHC, WCHA and Big Ten,” UMD athletic director Josh Berlo said in a statement. “The staff has worked hard to increase fundraising and revenue sources in order to accomplish this."

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Beginning with the 2015-16 season, UMD will provide its scholarship athletes up to an extra $2,700, approximately. Financial aid officers at individual schools determine what the full cost of attendance is for each student-athlete. According to the NCAA, a school must calculate the cost of attendance for student-athletes using the same policies and procedures it follows for the general student body.

Men’s and women’s hockey players who are receiving full scholarships will receive approximately $2,700 while those on partial scholarships will receive a percentage of that amount based on the percentage of their scholarship. Men’s and women’s Division I hockey teams are allotted 18 full scholarships each.

Schools from the NCAA’s five power conferences - Atlantic Coast, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and Southeastern - voted in January to adopt legislation that allows schools to include the full cost of attendance as part of a full athletic scholarship for Division I sports, starting with the 2015-16 season. The additional funds are intended to cover other expenses besides tuition, room and board and required fees and books, such as food, travel and transportation.