Editing Laredo, Texas (section)

===Colleges and universities===
Laredo is home to [[Laredo College]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.laredo.edu/cms/index_400.aspx|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120805054924/http://www.laredo.edu/cms/index_400.aspx|url-status=dead|title=Laredo Community College |website=www.laredo.edu|archive-date=August 5, 2012}}</ref> and [[Texas A&M International University]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tamiu.edu|title=TAMIU Home|first=Rory|last=King|website=Tamiu.edu|access-date=August 27, 2017}}</ref> (TAMIU). The [[University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://laredo.uthscsa.edu/|title=UT Health San Antonio – Regional Campus Laredo|website=laredo.uthscsa.edu|access-date=June 3, 2020|archive-date=March 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301102800/http://laredo.uthscsa.edu/|url-status=dead}}</ref> has a campus in Laredo.

Laredo College is a two-campus institution which offers two-year [[Associate Degree|Associate's]] degrees. The main campus is at the western end of downtown Laredo near the [[Rio Grande]], on the site of the former Fort McIntosh. This fort played a major role in the development of Laredo, as it protected the community from Indian raids in its early history. Several of the old buildings at the fort were converted into classrooms, but after renovation programs nearly all of the campus structures are now modern. The smaller, newer second campus, [[Laredo College South Campus]], is in south Laredo along [[U. S. Route 83]].

[[File:TA&MIU.jpg|thumb|left|Texas A&M International University Library]]
[[Texas A&M International University]], one of the member schools of the [[Texas A&M University System]], offers [[Bachelor's degree|bachelor's]], [[Master Degree|master's]], and doctoral degrees. On April 22, 2004,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tamiu.edu/newsinfo/4-22-04/article1.shtml|title=Texas A&M International University|website=Tamiu.edu|access-date=August 27, 2017|archive-date=August 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828012943/http://www.tamiu.edu/newsinfo/4-22-04/article1.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board in Austin, Texas approved Texas A&M International University to grant its first PhD in International Business Administration.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tamiu.edu/coba/phd/index.shtml |title=Texas A&M; International University - College of Business Administration Ph.D. International Business Administration |access-date=June 17, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907195537/http://www.tamiu.edu/coba/phd/index.shtml |archive-date=September 7, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tamiu.edu/catalog/current/phd-ib.shtml|title=Texas A&M International University|website=Tamiu.edu|access-date=August 27, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828061945/http://www.tamiu.edu/catalog/current/phd-ib.shtml|archive-date=August 28, 2017}}</ref> TAMIU's College of Business Administration has been named an outstanding business school in ''The Princeton Review's'' "Best 282 Business Schools", 2007 Edition, and ranked third in the nation for the category: "Greatest Opportunity for Minority Students."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tamiu.edu/newsinfo/dyk.shtml|title=Fast Facts|website=Tamiu.edu|access-date=August 27, 2017}}</ref> The university's campus is in Northeast Laredo along [[Texas State Highway Loop 20|Loop 20]]. The university was an extension of Texas A&I-Kingsville and later the former Laredo State University. Prior to its current location along [[Bob Bullock]] Loop 20, the university was housed with the Laredo College downtown campus.

The University of Texas Health Science Center campus is in East Laredo near [[U.S. Highway 59 (Texas)|U.S. Highway 59]] and the Laredo Medical Center. The campus is an extension university from UTHSC in San Antonio, Texas. The university offers doctoral degrees in the medical and dental fields.