Test-optionalNo early plan

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

TX · Public · South · National university · 27,020 undergraduates (large)

Admission rates

Latest admit rates

Overall admit rate83.8%
Early roundNo early plan 
Regular round†83.8%no early round, so same as overall

† This school has no early round, so the regular rate equals the overall admit rate.

Trends, Fall 2023–Fall 2023

Admission rates

Overall
0%45%90%'2383.8%

Early plans

Fall 2027 applicants

No early plan (priority deadlines) · School admissions page ↗

Testing

Testing policy

Fall 2027
Test-optionalPage says optional "for the 2026-2027 application cycle"; scores required for Tuition Advantage and some scholarshipsSchool testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026
Fall 2028
Fall 2028 policy not yet announced.School testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026

Superscoring

What this means:

SAT
Not stated
ACT
Not stated

Source ↗ · checked Nov 9, 2026

Test-optional for fall 2027 entry.

How to send scores

Not stated on the school’s site

The saved pages do not describe a submission method.

checked Nov 9, 2026

Students submitting scores

Est. % submitting scores‡53.5%SAT 27.7% + ACT 25.8%

‡ Est. % submitting scores adds the share of enrolled first-years who submitted the SAT to the share who submitted the ACT.

Submitted SAT27.7%
1,561 students
Submitted ACT25.8%
1,453 students

Score ranges (middle 50%)

Enrolled first-years who submitted scores, Fall 2023. A quarter scored below the range and a quarter above.

SAT composite
920–1100 median 1000
9001600
SAT Reading & Writing
470–570 median 520
450800
SAT Math
440–540 median 500
400800
ACT composite
16–22 median 19
1636

Trends, Fall 2023–Fall 2023

Share of enrolled students submitting scores

SAT + ACT (est.)SATACT
0%50%100%'2353.5%27.7%25.8%

SAT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
1600140012001000'23920–11001100920

ACT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
363228242016'2316–222216

Waitlist admit rate

Share of students who stayed on the waitlist and were later admitted, by entering class.

Test policy in each Common Data Set

History only. The current policy is under Testing above.

  1. No CDS found CDS not available2025-26 CDS
  2. No CDS found CDS not available2024-25 CDS
  3. Fall 2025 Required2023-24 CDS
  4. No CDS found CDS not available2022-23 CDS
  5. No CDS found CDS not available2021-22 CDS
  6. No CDS found CDS not available2020-21 CDS
  7. No CDS found CDS not available2019-20 CDS

Sources