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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?

3,834 Undergraduate Awards
$29,176 Avg Cost After Aid
100% Acceptance Rate
  • The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at UTEP.
  • For the 2017-2018 academic year, 69% of the faculty were full-time.

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The University of Texas at El Paso Rankings

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at UTEP.

Rank Ranking Name Share
#1 Most Popular Construction Management Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#5 Best Value Writing Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#14 Best Value Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#15 Best Value History Doctor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#15 Best Value History Doctor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#17 Best Value English Language & Literature Doctor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#20 Most Popular Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#35 Most Popular Law Enforcement & Firefighting Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#87 Best Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#96 Best Value Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards UTEP has earned from around the web.

Rank Ranking Name Source
#1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Molecular Biochemistry College Factual
#1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Theatre/Theatre Arts Management College Factual
#3 Best Value Colleges for Other History College Factual
#9 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for History College Factual
#12 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for English Language & Literature College Factual
#43 Best Value Colleges for Writing Studies College Factual

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
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UTEPMiners
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/utepnews

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?

100% Acceptance Rate
53% Of Accepted Are Women
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%.

Can I Afford The University of Texas at El Paso?

$29,176 Net Price
27% Take Out Loans
10.5% Loan Default Rate
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 27% of students took out student loans averaging $4,491 a year. That adds up to $17,964 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at UTEP is 10.5%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.

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.

Online Learning at The University of Texas at El Paso

21,559 Took All Classes Online
23,960 Took At Least One Class Online
220.8% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
There are 3 bachelor’s degree and 7 master’s degree programs available online at UTEP. In 2019-2020, 23,960 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.

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This school is the 14th most popular in Texas for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of UTEP

The following table shows how UTEP is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major Tuition for In-State Students Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Construction Management #1 #10
Systems Engineering #7 #7
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies #10 #19
Homeland Security #10 #25
Ethnic Studies #10 #22
International Relations & National Security #10 #13
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies #19 #25
Engineering #31 #64
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies #31 #70
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies #31 #88
Health & Physical Education #31 #79
Social Sciences #31 #70
General Education #45 #72
Curriculum & Instruction #61 #109

Online Affordability Rankings of UTEP Rankings

The following table shows how UTEP is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are mostly online.

Major Tuition for In-State Students Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Construction Management #1 #4
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies #7 #25
Writing Studies #7 #13
International Relations & National Security #7 #15
Social Sciences #10 #40
Health & Physical Education #10 #18
Interdisciplinary Studies #13 #32
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies #13 #13
English Language & Literature #13 #22
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies #29 #50
Nursing #42 #102

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.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of UTEP majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major 1-Year Growth Rate
Construction Management 20%
Health & Physical Education 6%
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies 6%
Social Sciences 5%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at UTEP ranks compared to all other mostly online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at UTEP.

Major Growth Rate Rank
International Relations & National Security #1
Health & Physical Education #1
Interdisciplinary Studies #2
Writing Studies #3
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies #4
Construction Management #7
English Language & Literature #9
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies #13
Social Sciences #28
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies #32
Nursing #53
Health Professions #133
Business, Management & Marketing #169

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%.

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 347 14 171 10 542
General Biology 268 1 9 11 289
Criminal Justice & Corrections 283 0 0 0 283
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 197 0 81 0 278
Interdisciplinary Studies 253 0 0 0 253
Business Administration & Management 151 1 80 11 243
Mechanical Engineering 198 0 35 7 240
General Psychology 204 3 0 11 218
Accounting 135 0 45 0 180
Health & Physical Education 169 0 8 0 177
Finance & Financial Management 143 0 0 0 143
Computer Information Systems 120 0 15 0 135
Electrical Engineering 105 0 11 0 116
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 46 0 39 26 111
Civil Engineering 85 0 8 7 100
Marketing 96 0 0 0 96
Public Relations & Advertising 85 0 0 0 85
Social Work 36 0 49 0 85
Curriculum & Instruction 0 0 75 7 82
Industrial Engineering 69 0 6 0 75
Fine & Studio Arts 74 0 0 0 74
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 62 0 0 0 62
Public Health 46 0 9 0 55
History 41 2 5 7 55
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 52 0 0 0 52
Political Science & Government 47 0 5 0 52
General English Literature 45 0 6 0 51
Mathematics 39 0 9 0 48
Computer Engineering 0 0 46 0 46
Construction Management 0 0 44 0 44
International Relations & National Security 7 0 37 0 44
Educational Administration 0 0 32 9 41
Writing Studies 9 0 26 5 40
Metallurgical Engineering 38 0 0 0 38
Geological & Earth Sciences 19 0 11 6 36
Sociology 29 0 7 0 36
Management Information Systems 34 0 0 0 34
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 27 0 5 0 32
Business/Managerial Economics 26 0 4 0 30
Communication Sciences 0 6 24 0 30
Music 21 0 8 0 29
Natural Resources Conservation 23 0 2 0 25
Physics 12 0 13 0 25
Arts & Media Management 21 0 0 0 21
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology 20 0 0 0 20
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 20 0 0 0 20
Chemistry 12 0 2 5 19
Public Administration 0 0 19 0 19
Communication & Media Studies 13 0 5 0 18
Mental & Social Health Services 0 0 18 0 18
Special Education 0 0 17 0 17
Romance Languages 17 0 0 0 17
Philosophy 14 0 2 0 16
Biomedical Engineering 0 0 8 7 15
International Business 14 0 0 0 14
General Engineering 13 0 1 0 14
Materials Engineering 0 0 9 5 14
Anthropology 14 0 0 0 14
Systems Engineering 0 0 13 0 13
Environmental Engineering 0 0 8 4 12
General Business/Commerce 11 0 0 0 11
Computational Science 0 0 7 4 11
Teacher Education Subject Specific 0 0 10 0 10
Student Counseling 0 0 9 0 9
Ethnic Studies 9 0 0 0 9
Homeland Security 0 0 9 0 9
Child Development & Psychology 0 0 9 0 9
Statistics 0 1 7 0 8
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 0 0 0 6 6
Electrical and Computer Engineering. 0 0 0 6 6
Health Sciences & Services 0 0 0 6 6
Dance 6 0 0 0 6
Computer Science 0 0 0 5 5
Construction Engineering 5 0 0 0 5
Manufacturing Engineering 0 0 4 0 4
Area Studies 0 0 4 0 4
Natural Sciences 0 0 4 0 4
Information Science 0 0 3 0 3
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 0 0 3 0 3
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics 0 0 2 0 2
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 2 0 0 0 2
Biological & Physical Science 0 0 2 0 2
Drama & Theater Arts 2 0 0 0 2
General Education 0 0 0 0 0
Multilingual Education 0 0 0 0 0
Teacher Education Grade Specific 0 0 0 0 0
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 3,834 28 1,100 165 5,127

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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