Environmental Engineering at The University of Texas at El Paso

If you are interested in studying environmental engineering, you may want to check out the program at The University of Texas at El Paso. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UTEP is located in El Paso, Texas and has a total student population of 24,879.

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

UTEP Environmental Engineering Degrees Available

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

UTEP Environmental Engineering Rankings

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.

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in environmental engineering, making the school the #15 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Environmental Engineering Student Demographics at UTEP

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

UTEP Environmental Engineering Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students earned a master's degree in environmental engineering from UTEP. About 50% of these graduates were women and the other 50% were men.

In the environmental engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 70% of degree recipients. That is 43% 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 environmental engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	1
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

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

Careers That Environmental Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in environmental 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
Architectural and Engineering Managers	12,920	$167,280
Engineering Professors	3,890	$123,200
Health and Safety Engineers	3,640	$104,580
Environmental Engineers	3,230	$102,660

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.