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The University of Texas at El Paso Overview

The University of Texas at El Paso is a public institution situated in El Paso, Texas. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

What Is The University of Texas at El Paso Known For?

3,867 Undergraduate Awards
$29,176 Avg Cost After Aid
100% Acceptance Rate
  • The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at UTEP.
  • In a recent academic period69% of the faculty were full-time.
  • After graduation, UTEP bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $50,923 a year. That's about 25% more than their peers at other schools.

Where Is The University of Texas at El Paso?

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Contact details for UTEP are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 500 W. University Ave, El Paso, TX 79968-0691
Phone: 915-747-5000
Website: www.utep.edu

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How Do I Get Into UTEP?

You can apply to UTEP online at: https://www.applytexas.org/

Admission Requirements for UTEP

Submission Required?
High School GPA 1
High School Rank 1
High School Transcript 1
College Prep Program 1
Recommendations 3
SAT or ACT Scores 5
TOEFL 1

How Hard Is It To Get Into UTEP?

100% Acceptance Rate
53% Of Accepted Are Women
58% Submit SAT Scores
UTEP has the high acceptance rate of 100%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 47% of accepted students are men and 53% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 100%, and the acceptance rate for women is 100%.

Average Test Scores

About 58% of students accepted to UTEP submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 440 and 550. Math scores were between 430 and 540.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for The University of Texas at El Paso  ( 440 to 550 )
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800

SAT Math Scores for The University of Texas at El Paso  ( 430 to 540 )
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800
UTEP received ACT scores from 3% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 14 and 21. Math scores were between 16 and 0. Composite scores were between 16 and 22.

ACT English Scores for The University of Texas at El Paso  ( 14 to 21 )
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ACT Composite Scores for The University of Texas at El Paso  ( 16 to 22 )
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Can I Afford The University of Texas at El Paso?

$29,176 Net Price
20% Take Out Loans
The overall average net price of UTEP is $29,176. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At UTEP, approximately 20% of students took out student loans averaging $4,735 a year. That adds up to $18,940 over four years for those students.

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The University of Texas at El Paso Undergraduate Student Diversity

14,632 Full-Time Undergraduates
55% Women
89% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 21,117 undergraduate students at UTEP, with 14,632 being full-time and 6,485 being part-time.

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There are also 3,762 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 14,632 full-time undergraduates at UTEP, 45% are male and 55% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of The University of Texas at El Paso students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 107
Black or African American 330
Hispanic or Latino 12,455
White 708
International Students 754
Other Races/Ethnicities 278

Geographic Diversity

Texas students aren't the only ones who study at The University of Texas at El Paso. At this time, 25 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 77 countries are represented at UTEP. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Mexico, Kuwait, and India.

The University of Texas at El Paso Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Bachelor’s Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Nursing 354 14 145 11 524
General Biology 272 3 7 11 293
General Education 269 0 20 0 289
General Psychology 266 4 0 6 276
Criminal Justice & Corrections 254 0 14 0 268
Business Administration & Management 132 0 109 9 250
Mechanical Engineering 156 0 45 12 213
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 139 0 38 32 209
Interdisciplinary Studies 206 0 0 0 206
Computer Information Systems 189 0 16 0 205
Accounting 128 0 61 0 189
Health & Physical Education 145 0 4 0 149
Finance & Financial Management 98 0 0 0 98
Electrical Engineering 75 0 19 0 94
Civil Engineering 77 0 6 5 88
Social Work 55 0 31 0 86
Marketing 85 0 0 0 85
Political Science & Government 62 3 9 0 74
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 70 0 0 0 70
History 46 2 14 6 68
Public Relations & Advertising 67 0 0 0 67
Educational Administration 0 0 55 11 66
Systems Engineering 0 0 59 0 59
Writing Studies 23 0 32 3 58
Fine & Studio Arts 57 0 0 0 57
Curriculum & Instruction 0 0 48 8 56
Construction Management 0 0 53 0 53
General English Literature 46 0 6 0 52
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 0 0 0 52 52
Industrial Engineering 30 0 16 0 46
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 45 0 0 0 45
Mathematics 36 0 8 0 44
Public Health 39 0 4 0 43
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 3 0 40 0 43
Music 21 0 22 0 43
Communication Sciences 0 12 29 0 41
Business/Managerial Economics 28 0 11 0 39
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 35 0 0 0 35
Mental & Social Health Services 0 0 33 0 33
International Relations & National Security 14 0 19 0 33
Teacher Education Grade Specific 0 0 32 0 32
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 27 0 0 4 31
International Business 31 0 0 0 31
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 25 0 5 0 30
Bioethics/Medical Ethics 0 0 29 0 29
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 29 0 0 0 29
Computer Engineering 0 0 25 0 25
Sociology 16 0 9 0 25
Physics 10 0 13 0 23
Chemistry 13 0 1 8 22
Geological & Earth Sciences 7 0 9 6 22
Security Science and Technology 22 0 0 0 22
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology 21 0 0 0 21
Public Administration 0 0 21 0 21
Environmental Engineering 0 0 8 12 20
Communication & Media Studies 16 0 2 0 18
Metallurgical Engineering 18 0 0 0 18
Computational Science 0 0 3 14 17
Natural Resources Conservation 11 0 5 0 16
Philosophy 10 0 5 0 15
Arts & Media Management 15 0 0 0 15
Statistics 0 1 13 0 14
Special Education 0 0 13 0 13
General Engineering 11 0 2 0 13
Homeland Security 0 0 13 0 13
Student Counseling 0 0 12 0 12
Construction Engineering 12 0 0 0 12
Romance Languages 4 0 8 0 12
Manufacturing Engineering 0 0 11 0 11
Materials Engineering 0 0 5 6 11
Anthropology 11 0 0 0 11
Child Development & Psychology 0 0 10 0 10
General Business/Commerce 9 0 0 0 9
Biomedical Engineering 0 0 6 3 9
Computer Science 0 0 0 8 8
Drama & Theater Arts 8 0 0 0 8
Ethnic Studies 7 0 0 0 7
Management Information Systems 6 0 0 0 6
Dance 6 0 0 0 6
Information Science 0 0 5 0 5
Electrical and Computer Engineering. 0 0 0 5 5
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics 0 0 4 0 4
Teacher Education Subject Specific 0 0 4 0 4
Area Studies 0 0 4 0 4
Health Sciences & Services 0 0 0 4 4
Biological & Physical Science 0 0 2 0 2
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 0 0 1 0 1
Natural Sciences 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 3,867 39 1,253 236 5,395

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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