The RSTEF Story

The South Texas Higher Education Authority was founded in 1974 as a higher education student loan secondary market Authority. For over 45 years, the Authority served the community by helping hundreds of thousands of students and their families achieve the dream of higher education by providing low-cost financing and funding millions of dollars in scholarships. In May 2019, the Authority transitioned into the Rio-South Texas Education and Community Development Foundation and adopted a new mission “to ensure residents acquire skills and knowledge and have access to economic opportunities to enable them to pursue meaningful careers and live prosperous lives in Rio South Texas”.