Industrial Engineering at The University of Texas at El Paso

What traits are you looking for in a IE 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 IE program.

UTEP is located in El Paso, Texas and approximately 24,879 students attend the school each year. Of the 3,981 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from The University of Texas at El Paso in 2021, 76 of them were industrial engineering majors.

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

UTEP Industrial Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IE
• Master’s Degree in IE

UTEP Industrial Engineering Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The IE major at UTEP is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Industrial 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 Industrial Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	78
Best Value Industrial Engineering Schools	87

In 2021, 8 students received their master’s degree in IE from UTEP. This makes it the #60 most popular school for IE master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of UTEP IE Graduates

The median salary of IE students who receive their bachelor's degree at UTEP is $52,972. This is less than $66,838, which is the national average of all IE majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

IE Student Demographics at UTEP

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

UTEP Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 76 IE students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UTEP, about 71% were men and 29% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% more racial-ethnic minorities in its IE 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 IE.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	32
White	0
International Students	43
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UTEP Industrial Engineering Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students graduated with a master's degree in IE from UTEP. About 75% were men and 25% were women.

In the IE master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 63% of degree recipients. That is 38% 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 IE.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	0
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UTEP also has a doctoral program available in IE. 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 IE Grads May Go Into

A degree in IE 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
Industrial Engineers	17,910	$109,880
Architectural and Engineering Managers	12,920	$167,280
Industrial Production Managers	11,510	$122,810
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.