Editing Harlingen, Texas (section)

===Universities and colleges===
In 1967, a branch of [[Texas State Technical College]] was established in Harlingen. The two-year technical state college currently offers more than 30 programs to over 5,000 students.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tstc.edu/campuses/harlingen|title= Campuses – Texas State Technical College in Harlingen|website= tstc.edu| publisher= Texas State Technical College | access-date=June 22, 2018}}</ref>

In 2002, the [[University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio]] opened the Regional Academic Health Center (RAHC) Medical Education Division in Harlingen. In 2012, the UT System Board of Regents approved the merger of the [[University of Texas at Brownsville]] and the [[University of Texas-Pan American]] to form the [[University of Texas Rio Grande Valley]] (UTRGV) and the [[University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine]], the latter using resources from the RAHC.

The [[University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine]] welcomed its first students in the summer of 2016.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.utrgv.edu/school-of-medicine/our-story/index.htm|title=UTRGV – Our Story|website= utrgv.edu| publisher= University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | access-date=June 22, 2018}}</ref> UTRGV's psychiatry program and Institute for Neurosciences are based in Harlingen.<ref>{{cite news | url= https://www.valleymorningstar.com/2016/05/13/utrgv-school-of-medicine-accredited-for-its-first-psychiatry-program/ | title= UTRGV School of Medicine accredited for its first psychiatry program | first= Danya | last= Perez-Hernandez | website= valleymorningstar.com | date= May 13, 2016 | access-date= May 7, 2019 | archive-date= May 7, 2019 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190507205539/https://www.valleymorningstar.com/2016/05/13/utrgv-school-of-medicine-accredited-for-its-first-psychiatry-program/ | url-status= dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.valleymorningstar.com/news/local_news/investment-dollars-flow-to-city-s-medical-district/article_78b5a482-4b57-11e8-998c-439f37b6a980.html|title=Investment dollars flow to city's medical district|website=valleymorningstar.com|access-date=June 22, 2018}}{{Dead link|date=July 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

[[Southern Careers Institute]] has a campus located in Harlingen as well.