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?

• The student loan default rate at UTEP is 3%, which is significantly lower than the national rate of 10.1%. That's great news for students who are worrying about paying off their student loans.
• The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at UTEP.
• In <nil>, 70% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from UTEP with a bachelor's degree make about $47,101 a year. That's 15% more than those who graduate from other schools.

Where Is The University of Texas at El Paso?

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

How Do I Get Into UTEP?

You can apply to UTEP online at: https://www.applytexas.org/adappc/gen/c_start.WBX

Admission Requirements for UTEP

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Required
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Required
Recommendations	Neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	Recommended
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into UTEP?

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 44% of accepted students are men and 56% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 100%, and the acceptance rate for women is 100%.

Can I Afford The University of Texas at El Paso?

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 21% of students took out student loans averaging $4,503 a year. That adds up to $18,012 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at UTEP is 2.7%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

The University of Texas at El Paso Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 20,065 undergraduate students at UTEP, with 13,290 being full-time and 6,775 being part-time.

There are also 3,938 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 13,290 full-time undergraduates at UTEP, 44% are male and 56% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	93
Black or African American	276
Hispanic or Latino	11,438
White	580
International Students	644
Other Races/Ethnicities	259

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.

Online Learning at The University of Texas at El Paso

There are 21 bachelor’s degree and 27 master’s degree programs available online at UTEP. In 2020-2021, 14,902 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at UTEP has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 24th most popular in Texas for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of UTEP

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at The University of Texas at El Paso was 220.8%. This is the #264 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at UTEP regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Adrian Garcia under License

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