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The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Former names
Texas Southmost College (1930–1995) Edinburg College (1932–1952) Pan American College (1952–1971) Pan American University (1971–1989) Pan American University at Brownsville (1988–1989) University of Texas Pan American (1989–2015) University of Texas Pan American at Brownsville (1989–1991) University of Texas at Brownsville (1991–2016)[1]
Motto
Disciplina Praesidium Civitatis (Latin)
Motto in English
"The cultivated mind is the guardian genius of democracy"[2]
The University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) is a public research university with multiple campuses throughout the Rio Grande Valley region of Texas. It is the southernmost member of the University of Texas System. The University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley was created by the Texas Legislature in 2013 after the consolidation of the University of Texas at Brownsville/Texas Southmost College and the University of Texas–Pan American.[7]
In the fall of 2019 the University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley enrolled 29,619 students, making it the ninth-largest university in the state of Texas and the fourth largest (student enrollment) academic institution in the University of Texas system. In 2018, UTRGV was also one of the largest universities in the U.S. to have a majority Hispanic student population; 89.2%[8] of its students are Hispanic, virtually all of them Mexican Americans.[9]
It is classified in 2020 among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity".[10]
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^"Seal of the University". University of Texas System. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
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^"Faculty & Staff". The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
^"UTRGV Color Palette" (PDF). UTRGV.edu. Retrieved March 6, 2024.
^LaCoste-Caputo, Jenny; Adler, Karen (December 12, 2013). "Board of Regents votes to name new UT in South Texas The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley" (Press release). Austin, Texas: The University of Texas System Office of Public Affairs. Retrieved December 12, 2013.
^"Fast Facts September 2018" (PDF). www.utsystem.edu. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
^"2016 Fast Facts" (PDF). Utsystem.edu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-22. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
^"Carnegie Classifications Institution Lookup". carnegieclassifications.iu.edu. Center for Postsecondary Education. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
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