Enrollment Trends at UTRGV

The student population at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is 33,881 (28,674 undergraduate and 5,207 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 5,297 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at UTRGV is 84.63% which is increased by 4,127 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 1,170 and it has been increasing.

The female to male ratio is 1.39 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

5,219 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 160.04% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 30,346 where 33,881 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

84.63% of total students is undergraduate students and 15.37% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 4,127 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 1,170 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.39 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in UTRGV than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	28,584	24,547	10,831	13,716	4,037	1,568	2,469
2016-17	27,560 -1,024	24,023 -524	10,608 -223	13,415 -301	3,537 -500	1,335 -233	2,202 -267
2017-18	27,809 249	24,220 197	10,642 34	13,578 163	3,589 52	1,307 -28	2,282 80
2018-19	28,644 835	24,678 458	10,698 56	13,980 402	3,966 377	1,458 151	2,508 226
2019-20	29,113 469	24,965 287	10,658 -40	14,307 327	4,148 182	1,553 95	2,595 87
2020-21	32,441 3,328	26,762 1,797	11,008 350	15,754 1,447	5,679 1,531	2,058 505	3,621 1,026
2021-22	31,940 -501	26,405 -357	10,751 -257	15,654 -100	5,535 -144	1,958 -100	3,577 -44
2022-23	31,559 -381	26,434 29	10,766 15	15,668 14	5,125 -410	1,766 -192	3,359 -218
2023-24	31,931 372	27,040 606	11,248 482	15,792 124	4,891 -234	1,725 -41	3,166 -193
2024-25	33,881 1,950	28,674 1,634	12,374 1,126	16,300 508	5,207 316	1,776 51	3,431 265
Average	30,346	25,775	10,958	14,816	4,571	1,650	2,921

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 25,775 where 28,674 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	24,547	17,535	7,603	9,932	7,012	3,228	3,784
2016-17	24,023	17,854	7,710	10,144	6,169	2,898	3,271
2017-18	24,220	18,647	8,061	10,586	5,573	2,581	2,992
2018-19	24,678	19,128	8,185	10,943	5,550	2,513	3,037
2019-20	24,965	19,922	8,354	11,568	5,043	2,304	2,739
2020-21	26,762	21,292	8,600	12,692	5,470	2,408	3,062
2021-22	26,405	19,630	7,723	11,907	6,775	3,028	3,747
2022-23	26,434	19,660	7,779	11,881	6,774	2,987	3,787
2023-24	27,040	20,098	8,168	11,930	6,942	3,080	3,862
2024-25	28,674	21,429	9,110	12,319	7,245	3,264	3,981
Average	25,775	25,775	8,129	11,390	25,775	2,829	3,426

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 4,571 where 5,207 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,037	1,339	552	787	2,698	1,016	1,682
2016-17	3,537	1,186	468	718	2,351	867	1,484
2017-18	3,589	1,213	489	724	2,376	818	1,558
2018-19	3,966	1,244	494	750	2,722	964	1,758
2019-20	4,148	1,640	691	949	2,508	862	1,646
2020-21	5,679	1,932	787	1,145	3,747	1,271	2,476
2021-22	5,535	1,892	785	1,107	3,643	1,173	2,470
2022-23	5,125	1,792	696	1,096	3,333	1,070	2,263
2023-24	4,891	1,847	696	1,151	3,044	1,029	2,015
2024-25	5,207	2,091	747	1,344	3,116	1,029	2,087
Average	4,571	4,571	641	977	4,571	1,010	1,944

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 2.72% and the percentage of black students is 0.97% at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. 1.46% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 90.99% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 3.70% to 2.72%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.45% to 1.46%. Black student enrollment increased from 0.69% to 0.97%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 88.80% to 90.99%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.1710 which indicates that not very diverse. This decreased from 0.2099 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	13	415	198	25,382	20	1,059	77
2016-17	5	380	164	24,542	18	838	86
2017-18	6	369	189	24,818	11	884	91
2018-19	5	400	233	25,190	24	921	86
2019-20	11	419	219	26,019	25	980	69
2020-21	19	458	273	29,370	19	1,096	71
2021-22	17	458	279	29,001	20	1,052	68
2022-23	19	431	267	28,699	14	978	51
2023-24	13	496	293	29,080	10	921	46
2024-25	14	495	327	30,828	6	920	81
Average	12	432	244	27,293	17	965	73

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

5,219 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 15% of total students. The number of online students has increased 160.04% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	28,584	2,007	7,907	18,670
2016-17	27,560	1,891	8,978	16,691
2017-18	27,809	2,124	10,617	15,068
2018-19	28,644	2,434	11,935	14,275
2019-20	29,113	2,521	12,319	14,273
2020-21	32,441	23,608	8,012	821
2021-22	31,940	8,449	16,522	6,969
2022-23	31,559	5,587	15,875	10,097
2023-24	31,931	5,073	16,202	10,656
2024-25	33,881	5,219	17,255	11,407
Average	30,346	5,891	12,562	11,893

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Enrollment Trends at UTRGV

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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