Private for-profit · Community college
Rio Grande Valley College
Pharr, Texas · Small city
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $19,500
- Avg net price
- 72%
- Grad / completion
- —
- Median earnings
Rio Grande Valley College is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Pharr, Texas (small city setting), enrolling 808 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Pharr, Texas
Pharr is a city in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. Pharr is connected by bridge to the Mexican city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas. Pharr is part of the McAllen–Edinburg–Mission and Reynosa–McAllen metropolitan areas. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Small city
- Highest degree offered
- Associate
- Nearest big city
- 4 miles to McAllen, TX
- To the ocean
- 47 miles
- Nearest airport
- 6 miles to McAllen Miller (MFE)
How Rio Grande Valley College compares
Higher than 65% · #89 of 253 in Texas
Higher than 42%
Cheaper than 34% · #142 cheapest of 252 in Texas
Lower than 25%
Lower than 5%
Larger than 70%
Percentiles compare Rio Grande Valley College with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Texas.
Student body
Undergraduates by gender
- Women65381%
- Men15519%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White0.6%
- Hispanic98%
- Asian0.7%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 808
- Student–faculty ratio
- 30 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 59%
- First-generation students
- 59%
- Students over 25
- 51%
- Median family income
- $20,231
- Avg faculty salary (academic year)
- $44,577
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Cost
- In-state tuition
- —
- Room & board
- —
- Total cost of attendance
- —
- Average net price
- $19,500
Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.
Outcomes
- Graduated
- 72%
- First-year retention
- 69%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $38,101
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- —
- Median debt at graduation
- $12,359
- Students with federal loans
- 71%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 28%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- $100
Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.
Campus safety
- Safety grade
- A
- Reported offenses per 1,000 students
- 0.0 / year
- Violent offenses (2022–2024)
- 0
- Property offenses (2022–2024)
- 0
On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (832 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.
What you'll actually pay, by family income
Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.
College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.
Does the school pay you to attend?
Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.
Modest institutional aid: 1% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $867. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.
Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 265 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 98°F
- Winter low
- 49°F
- Annual rain
- 24.1″
- Annual snow
- 0.1″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Edinburg, TX US station (4.1 mi from campus).
What Rio Grande Valley College graduates study — and earn
Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.
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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.