+11%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley rose 11% between 2017 and 2020 ($11.7k → $12.9k).
Texas · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Edinburg, Texas. 27,026 undergraduate students. 160 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
+39%
Earnings trend · post-entry horizons
Earnings 10 years post-entry at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley are 39% above 6-year earnings ($35.8k → $49.6k).
+28%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley rose 28% between 2021 and 2024 (24.7% → 31.5%).
+13%
First-year retention
First-year retention at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley rose 13% between 2021 and 2024 (71.7% → 81.1%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Texas
Each tile compares this institution to the Texas median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$49,620+39% · 6→10y
Texas median $39,639$35,812
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry49.3%+140% · '97→'24
Texas median 51.8%$9,593+270% · '97→'20
At program completion27,026+159% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS78.9%+23% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time84.8%+56% · '05→'24
latest cohort$9,859+346% · '00→'24
out-of-state $19,939SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
2.6%Median federal debt $9,593 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $49,620 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
+140%
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley · completion · 150% rose
21.2% → 50.9%
+180%
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley · completion · 100% rose
11.3% → 31.5%
+23%
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley · retention rose
66.0% → 81.1%
+159%
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley · undergrad enrollment rose
11,077 → 28,666
+346%
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley · in-state tuition rose
$2,238 → $9,987
+140%
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley · out-of-state tuition rose
$8,258 → $19,827
+270%
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley · median debt rose
$3,500 → $12,950
+22%
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley · earnings_median_10yr rose
$40,700 → $49,620
+24%
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley · earnings_median_8yr rose
$35,800 → $44,456
+21%
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley · earnings_median_6yr rose
$29,500 → $35,812
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$133,871Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$128,256Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$87,989Computer Engineering.$87,467Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering.$87,466Business Administration, Management and Operations.$79,747Mechanical Engineering.$77,043Business/Commerce, General.$76,712Civil Engineering.$74,618Computer Science.$71,629Educational Administration and Supervision.$71,465Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$69,606Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology.$67,983Accounting and Related Services.$67,423Social Work.$66,440Student Counseling and Personnel Services.$65,357Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$65,254Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education.$65,167Engineering Physics.$64,774Public Administration.$64,745Chemistry.$63,154Mathematics.$61,938Special Education and Teaching.$61,736Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General.$61,088
Showing top 24 of 57 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
57 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11
EDUCATION · CIP 13
ENGINEERING · CIP 14
FOREIGN LANGUAGES · CIP 16
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS · CIP 27
MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES · CIP 30
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
PHYSICAL SCIENCES · CIP 40
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General.$61,088Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$47,753Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$128,256Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$87,989Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$65,254Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$55,639Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$69,606Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$133,871Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions.$56,240Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services.$51,426
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
Business Administration, Management and Operations.$49,369Business Administration, Management and Operations.$79,747Accounting and Related Services.$55,859Finance and Financial Management Services.$49,184Marketing.$52,301Accounting and Related Services.$67,423Management Information Systems and Services.$57,693Business/Commerce, General.$76,712
HISTORY · CIP 54
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$309,424
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 8
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $7,695
- HS-only baseline · TX
- $37,300
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 26
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Texas
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley graduates earn $X” — not “The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.