Engineering at The University of Texas at El Paso

What traits are you looking for in a engineering school? To help you decide if The University of Texas at El Paso is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's engineering program.

UTEP is located in El Paso, Texas and approximately 24,879 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 511 students received a bachelor's degree in engineering from UTEP.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

UTEP Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
• Master’s Degree in Engineering
• Doctorate Degree in Engineering

UTEP Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the engineering progam at UTEP compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The engineering major at UTEP is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	172

In 2021, 170 students received their master’s degree in engineering from UTEP. This makes it the #84 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 26 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #113 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at UTEP

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering majors at The University of Texas at El Paso.

UTEP Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 511 engineering students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UTEP, about 78% were men and 22% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 46% more racial-ethnic minorities in its engineering bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas at El Paso with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	370
White	14
International Students	115
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

UTEP Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 170 engineering students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UTEP, about 71% were men and 29% were women.

In the engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 67% of degree recipients. That is 39% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas at El Paso with a master's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	105
White	14
International Students	41
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UTEP also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 26 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Engineering

Engineering majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from The University of Texas at El Paso. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering	266
Electrical Engineering	120
Civil Engineering	88
Industrial Engineering	84
Systems Engineering	38
Computer Engineering	33
Metallurgical Engineering	23
Environmental Engineering	13
Biomedical Engineering	12
Manufacturing Engineering	10
General Engineering	8
Construction Engineering	5
Materials Engineering	4
Electrical and Computer Engineering.	3

Related Majors

• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Physical Sciences
• Computer & Information Sciences
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TX, the home state for The University of Texas at El Paso.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Software Applications Developers	71,260	$108,760
Systems Software Developers	28,720	$110,740
Civil Engineers	24,460	$102,990
Mechanical Engineers	20,820	$105,570
Petroleum Engineers	19,260	$169,010

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
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Adrian Garcia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.