Rio Grande
Valley College
For-profit College in Pharr, TX. Six-year graduation rate 72%.
Completion is a strength: 72% of students finish within six years. Graduates leave owing a median of $12,359 — modest by four-year standards.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
A 72% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. 69% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in three are gone before sophomore year. The 30:1 student-faculty ratio is high, so large classes and limited faculty contact should be the expectation. This is a for-profit two-year institution. That is not disqualifying, but it does mean verifying accreditation, transferability of credits, and job-placement claims directly rather than trusting the category. This is a small school — 1,350 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,248 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $19,393 annually once grants are applied. Net price varies modestly by income — $19,205 at $0–30k against $19,851 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. About 68% get grants averaging $6,436, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Borrowing is widespread: 77% take federal loans.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 218 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $19,205 |
| $30–48k | $19,405 |
| $48–75k | $21,969 |
| $75–110k | $25,184 |
| $110k+ | $19,851 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 956 of these 1,248 students, totalling $11,058,392 — an average of $11,567 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Hidalgo County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)