Editing Brownsville, Texas (section)

===Colleges and universities===
[[File:The UT SPH Bronwsville Regional Campus.jpg|thumb|UT School of Public Health in 2006]]

Six colleges and universities are located within the Brownsville boundaries. The [[University of Texas Rio Grande Valley]], part of the [[University of Texas System|University of Texas system]], was founded in 2014 after the merger of the [[University of Texas at Brownsville]] and [[University of Texas–Pan American]]. It is the 10th-largest university in Texas, having 25,137 undergraduates, 3,068 graduate students, and 439 professionals enrolled in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=UTRGV Enrollment Profile Fall 2018 |url=https://www.utrgv.edu/sair/data-reports/fall-2018-student-profile.pdf |website=University of Texas Rio Grande Valley |access-date=January 2, 2019 |archive-date=January 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103161218/https://www.utrgv.edu/sair/data-reports/fall-2018-student-profile.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017, ''[[The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education]]'' ranked the university third in the country in awarding bachelor's degrees to Hispanic students.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.utrgv.edu/en-us/about-utrgv/news/press-releases/2017/august-30-utrgv-ranks-third-in-the-nation-in-awarding-bachelor-s-degrees-to-hispanic-students-top-10-in-other-rankings/index.htm|title=UTRGV ranks third in the nation in awarding bachelor's degrees to Hispanic students; top 10 in other rankings|website=www.utrgv.edu|access-date=October 18, 2017|archive-date=November 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171101142400/http://www.utrgv.edu/en-us/about-utrgv/news/press-releases/2017/august-30-utrgv-ranks-third-in-the-nation-in-awarding-bachelor-s-degrees-to-hispanic-students-top-10-in-other-rankings/index.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Texas Southmost College]] is a [[community college]] located near the southern border of Brownsville. As of 2018, it had a total enrollment of 7,132.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sanchez |first1=Jesus |title=TSC sets new enrollment record for second straight year |url=https://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/local/tsc-sets-new-enrollment-record-for-second-straight-year/article_5f7f5500-bbc1-11e8-856a-fba92cb36b59.html |access-date=January 3, 2019 |work=The Brownsville Herald |date=September 18, 2018 |archive-date=September 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919091855/https://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/local/tsc-sets-new-enrollment-record-for-second-straight-year/article_5f7f5500-bbc1-11e8-856a-fba92cb36b59.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Students usually transfer to the neighboring University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.<ref>{{cite web|title=Texas Southmost College |url=http://www.tsc.edu/Pages/default.aspx |publisher=TSC |access-date=June 5, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618200410/http://www.tsc.edu/Pages/default.aspx |archive-date=June 18, 2012}}</ref> The city operates three vocational schools. These include the South Texas Vocational Technical Institute,<ref>{{cite web|title=South Texas Vocational Technical Institute|url=http://www.stvt.edu/|publisher=South Texas Vocational Technical Institute|access-date=June 5, 2012|archive-date=June 16, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616022239/http://www.stvt.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Brightwood College]] campus (formerly known as Kaplan College),<ref>{{cite web|title=Brightwood College in Brownsville, TX|url=https://www.brightwood.edu/locations/brownsville-tx/|publisher=[[Brightwood College]]|access-date=June 12, 2016|archive-date=July 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701101959/https://www.brightwood.edu/locations/brownsville-tx/|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Southern Careers Institute]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Southern Careers Institute|url=http://www.scitexas.edu/locations/brownsville/|publisher=Southern Careers Institute|access-date=March 11, 2014|archive-date=March 29, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329062833/http://www.scitexas.edu/locations/brownsville/|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston]], School of Public Health (UTSPH), is one of five regional campuses established by the Regional Academic Health Center program in 2001; it is located on the Brownsville campus of the University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley. The campus offers a PhD program in epidemiology and a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) in health promotion, the only program of its kind available in South Texas. The campus directs its attention to health concerns in the Rio Grande Valley, including [[diabetes]], [[obesity]], and [[cardiovascular disease]]. It also centers its concerns on genetics and its relationship to infectious and chronic disease.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sph.uth.tmc.edu/brownsville |title=University of Texas School of Public Health–Brownsville |publisher=Sph.uth.tmc.edu |access-date=September 21, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100908041445/http://www.sph.uth.tmc.edu/brownsville |archive-date=September 8, 2010}}</ref>