by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley was awarded 111 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is biological & biomedical sciences.
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College Factual ranked UT Rio Grande Valley as #888 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list.
UT Rio Grande Valley is also ranked #30 out of 115 schools in Texas.
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Because it has a high acceptance rate of 88%, some consider UT Rio Grande Valley to be a safety school. But don't just assume that admittance is in the bag. Make sure to spend enough time on your application so that it is in tip-top shape.
About 1% of students accepted to UT Rio Grande Valley submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 470 and 570. Math scores were between 360 and 520.
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The student to faculty ratio at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is 19 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1. This may indicate that some of your classes will be larger in size than they would be at other schools. However, upper level classes will probably be smaller.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is 83%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 76% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full time students who obtain their bachelor's degree in four years or less. This rate is 24% for first-time, full-time students at UT Rio Grande Valley, which is lower than the national rate of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 26,762 undergraduates at UT Rio Grande Valley with 21,292 being full-time and 5,470 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5,971 | $6,248 | $7,841 | $12,100 | $14,709 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of UT Rio Grande Valley, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At UT Rio Grande Valley, approximately 13% of students took out student loans averaging $3,651 a year. That adds up to $14,604 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for UT Rio Grande Valley are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1201 W University Dr, Edinburg, TX 78539-2999 |
| Phone: | 956-665-2011 |
| Website: | www.utrgv.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 633 | $32,899 |
| General Biology | 615 | $24,841 |
| General Psychology | 487 | $26,541 |
| Business Administration & Management | 475 | $33,579 |
| Health & Physical Education | 355 | $27,731 |
| Social Work | 330 | $30,436 |
| Nursing | 252 | $77,619 |
| Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies | 249 | $41,757 |
| Health Sciences & Services | 210 | $40,655 |
| Accounting | 195 | $37,216 |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2022-2023, 21,462 students took at least one online class at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. This is a decrease from the 24,971 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 21,462 | 5,587 |
| 2021-2022 | 24,971 | 8,449 |
| 2020-2021 | 31,620 | 23,608 |
| 2018-2019 | 14,369 | 2,434 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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