The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley operates as a public institution located in Edinburg, Texas (city: midsize), with a total reported enrollment of 28,666 students of which 32,723 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is categorized as “16” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 94.2%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 985. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $4,831, with published in-state tuition of $9,987 and a Pell grant recipient share of 65.1%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $12,950, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 50.1%, and the first-year retention rate is 81.1%. Graduates earn a median of $49,620 ten years after enrolling, compared with $35,812 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 573300.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 60.8% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.