Statement · Pharr, TX
Rio Grande Valley College
Private for-profit2-year · Certificate degreesCompare with other schools →
Families earning under $30k paid $19,205 a year after grants and aid.
Earnings ten years after entering were not reported.
72% of students finish within 150% of normal time.
- Enrollment, 2023
- 1,323
What it costs
The sticker cost is not reported; after grants, families who received aid paid between $19,205 and $25,184 a year depending on income at Rio Grande Valley College.
Statement of cost · Rio Grande Valley College
- Sticker costPublished yearly cost of attendance, all students
- not reported
- What families earning under $30k paidYearly net price after grants, for students receiving federal aid
- $19,205
- Average net price, all incomesAided students, all family incomes
- $19,500
- In-state tuition & fees
- not reported
Each figure is reported separately; none is computed from another.
Net price by family income
Pick an income bracket above; the marked point follows. Dollars are what aided families paid each year after grants.
Yearly net price by family income, in dollars
- Shaded: the middle half of private for-profit 2-years (all incomes), $18,312 to $28,839. Dotted line: the median, $24,624.
Table of the same numbers
| Family income | Paid per year |
|---|---|
| Under $30k | $19,205 |
| $30k–$48k | $19,405 |
| $48k–$75k | $21,969 |
| $75k–$110k | $25,184 |
| Over $110k | $19,851 |
College Scorecard, 2023–24 aid cohort (students who received federal aid)
What graduates earn and owe
Earnings are not reported; the median graduate who borrowed owes $12,359.
Statement, continued
- Earnings, 6 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
- $38,101
- Earnings, 8 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
- $43,144
- Median earnings 10 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
- not reported
- Median debt, graduatesStudents who finished and borrowed federal loans.
63rd percentile among private for-profit 2-years - $12,359
- Median debt, all who borrowedEveryone who borrowed, whether or not they finished.
- $10,473
Earnings and debt come from federal aid records, so students who never received federal aid are not counted.
Earnings after entry
- Shaded: middle half of private for-profit 2-years, 10 years out ($29,552 to $41,970); dotted line is the median.
- Dashed: median graduate debt, $12,359.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Hollow marks are rungs with no reported value, not zero.
Table of the same numbers
| Measure | Dollars |
|---|---|
| Median earnings, 6 yrs after entry | $38,101 |
| Median earnings, 8 yrs after entry | $43,144 |
| Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry | not reported |
| Median graduate debt | $12,359 |
College Scorecard, federal tax and aid records
What programs pay
Median earnings five years after completing, by field of study. Small programs are privacy-suppressed and shown as not reported, never zero.
| Program | Credential | Graduates | Earnings, 5 yrs | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | 358 | not reported | $14,117 |
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | 118 | not reported | not reported |
| Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | 109 | $30,064 | $8,947 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | Associate's Degree | 43 | not reported | $27,226 |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | 14 | not reported | not reported |
| Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Associate's Degree | 0 | not reported | not reported |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | 0 | not reported | $9,403 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | not reported | $52,221 | $17,247 |
Source: College Scorecard field-of-study data.
Who goes here
Rio Grande Valley College: 808 undergraduates; 59% of students receive Pell grants; no admission rate is reported (common at open-admission schools).
Admission rate
No admission rate reported (common at open-admission schools)
Undergraduates
808
87th percentile among private for-profit 2-years
Pell share
59%
of undergraduates receive Pell grants
45th percentile among private for-profit 2-years
Completion
72%
finish within 150% of normal time
65th percentile among private for-profit 2-years
First-generation
59%
parents did not attend college
Median family income
$20,231
57th percentile among private for-profit 2-years
Students by family income
Share of students in each family-income bracket, for students who received federal aid.
- Under $30k69%
- $30k–$48k12%
- $48k–$75knot reported
- $75k–$110knot reported
- Over $110knot reported
Show as a table
| Family income | Share of students |
|---|---|
| Under $30k | 69% |
| $30k–$48k | 12% |
| $48k–$75k | not reported |
| $75k–$110k | not reported |
| Over $110k | not reported |
How it has changed
Average net price rose from $16,566 in 2012 to $19,500 in 2024 (2 years in between not reported).
Four measures, year by year
A break in a line is a year the measure was not collected. It is not zero.
Admission rate
not reported in any year
Price per year
2 years not reported; the line breaks there
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
not reported in any year
Undergraduates
Table of the same numbers
| Year | Admit rate | Sticker price | Net price | Earnings, 10 yrs | Undergrads |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | not reported | not reported | $16,566 | not reported | 30 |
| 2013 | not reported | not reported | $15,008 | not reported | 223 |
| 2014 | not reported | not reported | $18,750 | not reported | 524 |
| 2015 | not reported | not reported | $13,236 | not reported | 771 |
| 2016 | not reported | not reported | $14,762 | not reported | 320 |
| 2017 | not reported | not reported | $15,454 | not reported | 433 |
| 2018 | not reported | not reported | $20,176 | not reported | 626 |
| 2019 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported | 327 |
| 2020 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported | 803 |
| 2021 | not reported | not reported | $21,601 | not reported | 470 |
| 2022 | not reported | not reported | $20,524 | not reported | 562 |
| 2023 | not reported | not reported | $20,678 | not reported | 818 |
| 2024 | not reported | not reported | $19,500 | not reported | 808 |
College Scorecard annual institution files, 1996 to 2026
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Sources & caveats
Figures come from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. Built 2026-07-17.
- not reported
- Not reported: suppressed for privacy or never collected. It is not zero, and nothing has been filled in.
- Percentiles
- A percentile compares this school with others in its own sector (for example, public 4-year schools). It describes position, not quality.
- Earnings
- Earnings cover students who received federal (Title IV) aid, measured from the year they entered. Students who never received federal aid are not included.
Provenance notes
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.