South Texas College

South Texas College, doing business as South TX College Starr County Campus #081, is a public Hispanic-serving educational institution in McAllen, Texas that operates as a federal grant recipient (68% of recent awards as prime recipient, 32% as sub-recipient) across workforce development, cybersecurity education, citizenship training, broadband infrastructure, and occupational safety programs. The College is a not-for-profit organization and political subdivision of the State of Texas with no federal contract prime or subcontract awards.

The College's federal grant footprint spans workforce and STEM education, citizenship integration services, and infrastructure modernization. Prime recipient awards include a $467,909 National Science Foundation project grant (CFDA 47.076) running through July 2028 to establish and operate a Cybersecurity Clinic in McAllen that delivers free cybersecurity services to underserved local organizations while providing applied learning to students in cybersecurity and information technology degree programs; a $399,840 Department of Homeland Security Citizenship and Immigration Services award (CFDA 97.010) through September 2027 supporting the College's Citizenship Preparation Institute with citizenship instruction, English language classes, and naturalization application assistance; a $2.85 million Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration grant (CFDA 11.028) awarded in March 2023 supporting broadband connectivity upgrades and analog-to-digital classroom conversion across the Mid-Valley and Starr County campuses; a $1.875 million Economic Development Administration Investments for Public Works award (CFDA 11.300) for construction of a 20,000-square-foot continuing education and training facility for healthcare certification; and a registered apprenticeship program grant from the Economic Development Administration supporting STEM apprenticeship recruitment and training in advanced manufacturing, robotics, broadband expansion, and construction trades. The College also received an Education Stabilization Fund grant of $10.1 million in July 2021 for its CRRSA SAIHE program and a $6.8 million grant in July 2022 for its Student Support and Academic Retention Program, both addressing COVID-19 pandemic impacts on postsecondary students. Recent prime awards also include an occupational safety warehousing training program from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and a commercial driver's license recruitment program from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration awarded in December 2025.

As a sub-recipient, the College participates in federal grant programs flowing through the Texas Workforce Commission and The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Sub-awards include apprenticeship expansion grants, adult education and literacy service provider grants, STEM promotion initiatives, and the South Texas Agricultural Roadmap project, dating back to 2021.

Customer concentration centers on workforce and education agencies. The Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education leads by award count with 15 awards; the Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration accounts for 11 awards; and the Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration holds 6 awards. These three customers represent roughly 67% of the College's recent federal award footprint. Activity has been uneven, peaking at 11 awards in 2024 and declining to 3 in 2025. Three awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing near-term recompete exposure. The College's combined obligated dollars across all awards total $191.6 million, substantially exceeding the combined potential value figure reported in the source, indicating significant historical draw-down against grant awards over the College's extended period as a federal grant recipient.