Edinburg, TX · Public · Every figure is for a student starting in fall 2027. We work each one out again whenever we update the site.
How to pay for The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
What a year costs here, what brings it down, and what a SmartTuition plan could save a family like yours.
Paying for four years here
Four years here, after grants
$54,687
A SmartTuition plan could save a family like this about $6,200.
A SmartTuition plan shows what to pay from where, each semester, using your own numbers.
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A family of four with good credit and $500 a month for college. How we worked these out ↓
A year at UT Rio Grande Valley
| Full price, in state | $23,300 |
| Full price, out of state | $36,525 |
| After grants, at your income | $12,602 |
At this income, 3 of Texas's other 58 colleges cost less after grants, and 55 cost more. See them all →
What can bring it down
Merit scholarships. UTRGV Scholars awards are valued at up to $20,000, $32,000 or, for students from outside the area, $42,000 with two years of housing. They are chosen without an application, first come, first served, and renew with a 3.0 GPA.
UT Rio Grande Valley's promise. Tuition Advantage: tuition and mandatory fees for Texas students with family income of $125,000 or less, as funds allow. The conditions ↓
Pay less for college
A SmartTuition plan shows what to pay from where, each semester.
At UT Rio Grande Valley, our scenarios for Texas households with good parent credit show a SmartTuition plan saving a median of about $7,800 over four years. How we worked this out ↓
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What the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley says it awards for grades and test scores.
UTRGV Scholars awards are valued at up to $20,000, $32,000 or, for students from outside the area, $42,000 with two years of housing. They are chosen without an application, first come, first served, and renew with a 3.0 GPA.
Programs worth asking about
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley describes this in words that stop short of a promise, so we show it in its own words. Ask the aid office whether you qualify.
Tuition Advantage: tuition and mandatory fees for Texas students with family income of $125,000 or less, as funds allow
Household income up to $125,000. Covers tuition, fees.
- Awarded as funds allow and first come, first served, so it is not a guarantee. The student needs unmet financial need, files the FAFSA by April 1, and takes 15 credit hours toward the degree plan.
- A freshman must be in the top 25% of the class or have a 19 ACT or a 990 SAT; transfer and continuing students need a 2.5 GPA.
“The UTRGV Tuition Advantage grant covers the cost of tuition and mandatory fees for students with a family income of $125,000 or less** who have unmet financial need. *Based on fund availability per academic year and awarded on a first-come, first-serve basis.”
How we worked these out
The family
A family of four with good parent credit and $500 a month to put toward college, and the savings you pick. In state, the grants are what UT Rio Grande Valley reports families at that income got, on average. Your own will differ, and a family with no aid pays close to the full price. Out of state, there are no grants: the price is before any scholarship from the college.
What a SmartTuition plan saves
The difference, over four years, between a SmartTuition plan and the standard approach: savings first, then loans for the rest. It counts loan interest and the federal tax credit.
The $7,800 in the “Pay less for college” box near the top of this page is the median saving in UT Rio Grande Valley's own scenarios. Each scenario is a household that lives in Texas, with an income from $45,000 to $200,000 and savings of none, $40,000 or $100,000 in a 529. We price UT Rio Grande Valley at the aid it reports for that income.
Every scenario has parents with good credit and $500 a month toward college. The card above uses the same two. A scenario where the parents would borrow more than $65,000 is left out.
The prices by income
- They describe students who got aid.
- “Over $110,000” has no upper limit, so it averages families just over $110,000 with far wealthier ones. A family at $115,000 should expect to pay less than it shows.
- Each range is reported on its own, so the prices do not always rise with income.
Where the prices come from
Where the prices come from: The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley's own 2026-27 tuition and fees, from its website, carried forward to 2027 at 3.0% a year. Housing, food and books are the College Scorecard's. The grants are the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard (2025-26 figures), carried forward the same way. Each price after grants is the cost less those grants. The out-of-state figure uses the published out-of-state tuition instead. The average price after grants counts the students who get federal aid. Your own figure will be different.
SmartTuition.ai is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Aid policies change; check current terms with the college's aid office.
Nearby at your income
- University of North Texas at Dallas$11,850 a year
- UT El Paso$12,497 a year
- UT Rio Grande Valley$12,602 a year
- Texas A&M Kingsville$12,714 a year
- Midwestern State University$12,746 a year
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