Enrollment Trends at UTRGV

The student population at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is 31,559 (26,434 undergraduate and 5,125 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 11,506 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at UTRGV is 83.76% which is increased by 9,204 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 2,302 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.52 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

5,587 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 455.37% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 27,872 where 31,559 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

83.76% of total students is undergraduate students and 16.24% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 9,204 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 2,302 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.52 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 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	20,053	17,230	7,686	9,544	2,823	1,139	1,684
2014-15	21,015 962	17,858 628	7,862 176	9,996 452	3,157 334	1,287 148	1,870 186
2015-16	28,584 7,569	24,547 6,689	10,831 2,969	13,716 3,720	4,037 880	1,568 281	2,469 599
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
Average	27,872	23,712	10,151	13,561	4,160	1,543	2,617

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 23,712 where 26,434 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. 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 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	17,230	13,119	5,751	7,368	4,111	1,935	2,176
2014-15	17,858	13,455	5,797	7,658	4,403	2,065	2,338
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
Average	23,712	23,712	7,556	10,468	23,712	2,595	3,093

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 4,160 where 5,125 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. 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 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,823	1,019	400	619	1,804	739	1,065
2014-15	3,157	1,145	492	653	2,012	795	1,217
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
Average	4,160	4,160	585	855	4,160	958	1,762

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 3.10% and the percentage of black students is 0.85% at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. 1.37% of enrolled students is Asian.

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 (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	8	231	123	17,691	17	701	72
2014-15	9	310	149	18,694	16	760	74
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
Average	11	387	209	24,941	18	927	75

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

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

5,587 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 18% of total students. The number of online students has increased 455.37% since 2014. 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 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	21,015	1,006	4,623	15,386
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
Average	28,741	5,514	10,754	12,472

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