Electrical Engineering at The University of Texas at El Paso

If you plan to study electrical engineering, take a look at what The University of Texas at El Paso has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UTEP is located in El Paso, Texas and approximately 24,879 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 110 EE majors received their bachelor's degree from UTEP.

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

UTEP Electrical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in EE
• Master’s Degree in EE

UTEP Electrical Engineering Rankings

The EE major at UTEP is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Electrical 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.

In 2021, 10 students received their master’s degree in EE from UTEP. This makes it the #143 most popular school for EE master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of UTEP EE Graduates

The median salary of EE students who receive their bachelor's degree at UTEP is $58,729. This is less than $69,521, which is the national average of all EE majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

EE Student Demographics at UTEP

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

UTEP Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 110 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from UTEP in 2020-2021, 85% were men and 15% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	82
White	6
International Students	18
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UTEP Electrical Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 10 EE students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UTEP, about 90% were men and 10% were women.

In the EE master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 60% of degree recipients. That is 31% 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 EE.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	1
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UTEP also has a doctoral program available in EE. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

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

Careers That EE Grads May Go Into

A degree in EE 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
Electrical Engineers	14,680	$106,260
Electronics Engineers	13,000	$119,260
Architectural and Engineering Managers	12,920	$167,280
Engineers	10,710	$113,370
Aerospace Engineers	6,770	$122,570

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.