Environmental Science at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

92% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you are interested in studying environmental science, you may want to check out the program at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UT Rio Grande Valley is located in Edinburg, Texas and approximately 32,441 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Environmental Science section at the bottom of this page.

UT Rio Grande Valley Environmental Science Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Bioenvironmental Sciences

UT Rio Grande Valley Environmental Science Rankings

The bioenvironmental sciences major at UT Rio Grande Valley is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Environmental Science. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Bioenvironmental Sciences Student Demographics at UT Rio Grande Valley

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the bioenvironmental sciences majors at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

UT Rio Grande Valley Environmental Science Bachelor’s Program

50% Women

92% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of bioenvironmental sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical bioenvironmental sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at UT Rio Grande Valley since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 65% more racial-ethnic minorities in its bioenvironmental sciences bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley with a bachelor's in bioenvironmental sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	32
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Careers That Bioenvironmental Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in bioenvironmental sciences can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TX, the home state for The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	4,170	$80,880
Environmental Science Professors	280	$88,330

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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