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EDINBURG — Starting the 2024 fall semester Monday, the UTRGV Edinburg campus buzzed with the yearly return of college students back to school.

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in its ninth year posted the institution’s highest first day enrollment ever with 34,343 students and the largest incoming freshman class of 6,962.

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Students are seen at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley’s game room on Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, at the Edinburg campus. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])
Students linger outside the student union on Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley campus in Edinburg. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])
Students are seen inside the student union on Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley campus in Edinburg. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])
Students are seen outside the student union on Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley campus in Edinburg. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])
A student sits under an umbrella on Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley campus in Edinburg. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])
Students are seen outside the student union on Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley campus in Edinburg. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])
Students are seen on Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley campus in Edinburg. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])
Students are seen outside the student union on Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley campus in Edinburg. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])
Students eat and socialize at the food court inside the student union on Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley campus in Edinburg. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])
Students eat and socialize at the food court inside the student union on Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley campus in Edinburg. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])

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