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UTRGV inherited the academic accreditation of its legacy institutions. [32] The university is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. [33] UTRGV was notified on December 6, 2016 that it was being placed on a 12-month probation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC).
Before the UTRGV merger, the University of Texas–Pan American sponsored eight men's and nine women's teams in NCAA-sanctioned sports. About a year before the merger, the UT System announced that UTRGV would inherit the UTPA athletic program, [34] and the UTPA Broncs officially became the UTRGV Vaqueros on July 1, 2015. Men's intercollegiate ...
The Vaqueros inherited the NCAA Division I status of the Texas–Pan American Broncs and were full members of the Western Athletic Conference through the 2023–24 school year [3] In March 2024, it was reported that the Vaqueros would leave the WAC for the Southland Conference, beginning in the 2024-25 academic year.
Until the fall of 2011, UT Brownsville had open admissions, meaning prospective students had no admissions criteria. [20] In August 2011 the University of Texas System Board of Regents approved new admission standards for UT Brownsville, and awaited the approval of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. [21]
On February 14, 2014, The University of Texas System announced Dr. Francisco Fernandez as the founding dean of the UTRGV School of Medicine [3] On July 10, 2014, University of Texas Board of Regents unanimously approved the establishment of a doctor of medicine degree.
For example, they may be required by statute to admit a minimum number of in-state students, or to guarantee admission to students graduating the top 6% of their high school class, or to guarantee admission to valedictorians. Many admits, however, are made on the basis of subjective judgments regarding the student's "fit" for the institution. [162]
Universities accepting students in this round have a lot of freedom in setting admission requirements but generally look at the extracurricular activities and achievements of a student, so a portfolio containing the student's basic information along with their extracurricular activities and achievements is expected by most universities.
The United States Department of Education's measurement of the status dropout rate is the percentage of 16-24-year-olds who are not enrolled in school and have not earned a high school credential. [7] This rate is different from the event dropout rate and related measures of the status completion and average freshman completion rates. [8]