First-Generation and Transfer Student Programs
First-Generation & Transfer Student Programs is committed to supporting students that identify as a first-generation or transfer student as they pursue their undergraduate degree. We're focused on ensuring that students make the most out of their university experience through mentorship, student success activities, and community building.
Did you know? 44% of undergraduate students at UTSA are first-generation college students and 40% are transfer students.
In 2019, FGTSP was designated a “Program to Watch” by Excelencia in Education. That same year, NASPA named UTSA a top university for its programming efforts to create a supportive and empowering campus for first-generation and transfer students. Our nationally-recognized programs serve as a model for how to embrace, recognize and support these unique populations in ways that increase engagement, encourage retention and positively impact graduation rates.
If you are a first-generation student, please choose the First To Go & Graduate program. If you are a transfer student, please choose the Roadrunner Transition Experience program. If you are both a first-generation and transfer student, please choose whichever program you would like to join.
When you join the FGTSP Familia, you will be paired with a peer mentor who will have the same or similar major as you. Your peer mentor will also be either a first-generation or transfer student depending on which program you join. Mentees meet with their peer mentor 3 or more times a semester.
