Over the last three years, UTRGV’s spring enrollment has increased gradually, according to an enrollment overview by the Division of Strategic Enrollment & Student Affairs.
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In Spring 2023, UTRGV had an enrollment of 29,704 students; 29,789 in Spring 2024 and 31,510 in Spring 2025.
Maggie Hinojosa, senior vice president for Strategic Enrollment and Student Affairs, said there is a slight decrease from fall to spring semesters.
“The fall is always where you have the largest enrollment,” Hinojosa said. “In fall, we were at around 34,000 and so, for spring, we’re at 31,500. So, you don’t technically increase from fall to spring.”
Census Day was Wednesday.
According to Hinojosa, there are currently 26,652 undergraduate students and 4,837 graduate and professional degree students, which include master’s, doctoral, School of Medicine and School of Podiatric Medicine students.
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“Typically in the spring, we don’t have a huge transfer number … less than a hundred students that are transferred,” she said. “You don’t get a lot of mid-year transfers. Typically, transfers are going to happen in the fall.”
Frida Martinez, a social work junior, said the student population is getting too big for campus and its facilities.
“I think one of the major problems over the last couple of years has been parking space and … it makes us late for class,” Martinez said. “I definitely do think that they don’t have to accept every student that applies here … just because it is pretty hectic here in the morning, sometimes.”
Christian De La Garza, a civil engineering junior, said he feels the university is not that populated.
“I always see empty spaces in my classrooms or in my online classes,” De La Garza said. “There’s always room for more people. I see it more here [on] the Edinburg campus than [on] the Brownsville campus because they have smaller classes, so it looks more compact. But here in Edinburg … I see more empty spaces.”
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Alejandra Rojas, a psychology freshman, said there are a lot of students but plenty of space.
“I think there just needs to be more parking space, like, more availability for people to park,” Rojas said.
Derek Rios, a computer science senior, said space is more of a problem on the Brownsville campus than on the Edinburg campus.
“I think in some aspects … in some classes, in certain hours, you can’t find a spot or trying to find a facility to sit in is worse in Brownsville,” Rios said.
Hinojosa said the university shows continuous support to the students throughout their entire academic journey.
“From admitting them, to helping them register, assisting with financial assistance, to providing them services through our Dean of Students office, there is just a variety of avenues in which we support our students,” she said. “There isn’t a single area that doesn’t do that.”
