Monday, October 16, 2023
Around Campus, Rankings and Achievements
By Amanda A. Taylor-Uchoa
RIO GRANDE VALLEY, TEXAS – OCT. 16, 2023 – The kudos for UTRGV just keep on coming this year.
On the heels of being ranked the No. 1 university in Texas for 2023-2024 by Washington Monthly, UTRGV now has earned top rankings by Hispanic Outlook on Higher Education Magazine in several categories.
The Hispanic Outlook rankings will be released in the annual “Hispanic Outlook Top 100 Colleges and Universities for Hispanics” edition, which features UTRGV as its cover story.
IN THE TOP 100 RANKINGS
- Second in the Top 100 Total Bachelor’s Degrees Granted category.
- Third in Total Master’s Degrees Granted, a full position up from last year.
- And fourth in Total Enrollment for Four-Year Schools category, up from fifth place last year.
IN THE TOP 10 CATEGORIES
- Second in the Top 10 Homeland Security Law Enforcement Firefighting and Related Protective Services.
- Third in English Language and Literature/Letters Degrees.
- Fourth in History Degrees.
- Fifth in Education.
- Seventh in Philosophy and Religious Studies degrees.
- Eighth in Engineering.
- Ninth in Business Management Marketing and Related Support Services.
- And 10th in Visual and Performing Arts Degrees.
The magazine annually compiles data on higher education national institutions that serve Hispanic/Latino/a students, prepping them in diverse fields of study and awarding degrees across various levels.
UTRGV President Guy Bailey said the national Hispanic Outlook rankings demonstrate UTRGV’s continued growth and highlight student success as the university’s top priority.
“We are proud of these rankings by Hispanic Outlook, as they help underscore our unfailing commitment to providing an affordable, high-quality education for our students,” Bailey said.
“These rankings show that we have stayed true to our core values as we work toward an increasingly prosperous future for our Valley community. Vaquero Nation really is the Future of Texas,” he said.
For a complete list of the Hispanic Outlook rankings, click the link here.
ABOUT UTRGV
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) was created by the Texas Legislature in 2013 as the first major public university of the 21st century in Texas. This transformative initiative provided the opportunity to expand educational opportunities in the Rio Grande Valley, including a new School of Medicine, and made it possible for residents of the region to benefit from the Permanent University Fund – a public endowment contributing support to the University of Texas System and other institutions.
UTRGV has campuses and off-campus research and teaching sites throughout the Rio Grande Valley including in Boca Chica Beach, Brownsville (formerly The University of Texas at Brownsville campus), Edinburg (formerly The University of Texas-Pan American campus), Harlingen, McAllen, Port Isabel, Rio Grande City, and South Padre Island. UTRGV, a comprehensive academic institution, enrolled its first class in the fall of 2015, and the School of Medicine welcomed its first class in the summer of 2016.