Civil Engineering at The University of Texas at El Paso

Every civil engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the civil eng program at The University of Texas at El Paso stacks up to those at other schools.

UTEP is located in El Paso, Texas and approximately 24,879 students attend the school each year.

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

UTEP Civil Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Eng
• Master’s Degree in Civil Eng

UTEP Civil Engineering Rankings

The civil eng major at UTEP is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Civil 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.

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in civil eng, making the school the #71 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Civil Eng Student Demographics at UTEP

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

UTEP Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 64% of civil eng bachelor's degrees went to men and 36% went to women. The typical civil eng bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% women. So female students are more repesented at UTEP since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 49% more racial-ethnic minorities in its civil eng 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 civil eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	59
White	4
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UTEP Civil Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of civil eng master's degrees went to men and 33% went to women.

In the civil eng master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 67% of degree recipients. That is 35% 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 civil eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	1
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Civil Engineering

Civil 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
General Civil Engineering	88

Related Majors

• Electrical and Computer Engineering.
• Materials Engineering
• Construction Engineering
• General Engineering
• Manufacturing Engineering

Careers That Civil Eng Grads May Go Into

A degree in civil eng 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
Civil Engineers	24,460	$102,990
Petroleum Engineers	19,260	$169,010
Architectural and Engineering Managers	12,920	$167,280
Engineers	10,710	$113,370
Engineering Professors	3,890	$123,200

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.