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Rio Grande Valley College

Pharr, Texas Private for-profit 2-year Small city

Overview

Located in Pharr, Texas, Rio Grande Valley College is a private for-profit two-year institution. The campus sits in a small city. It enrolled 832 students in fall 2024.

Rio Grande Valley College offers certificates and associate degrees across 10 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Registered Nursing and Physical Therapy Assistant. It awarded 548 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.

The school has an open admission policy. 69% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 30 to 1.

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
832
Students enrolled
69%
First-year retention
548
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
10
Programs and majors
30:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

Campus

Program levels

CertificateAssociate

Programs and majors offered 10

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Health Professions 10

Admissions

Admission policy
Open admission

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students
69%
Student-to-faculty ratio
30:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Associate degrees
125
Certificates under 1 year
101
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
322

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
832
Undergraduates, fall 2024
832
Full-time, fall 2024
100%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
1,436
Full-time, 2024-25
100%
Size category
Under 1,000 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
82%
Men
18%
White
1%
Hispanic or Latino
97%
Asian
1%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Students studying fully online
0%
Students taking some online courses
0%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes

Campus and services

Setting
Small city
Academic calendar
Continuous
Carnegie classification
Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
Director/CEO
Annabelle Palomo Rodriguez
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling, Job placement for graduates

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