Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at El Paso

If you plan to study mechanical 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 the 2020-2021 academic year, 214 students received a bachelor's degree in ME from UTEP.

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

UTEP Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

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

UTEP Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the ME 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 ME major at UTEP is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Mechanical 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
Most Focused Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	32
Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Schools	46
Best Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	132

In 2021, 41 students received their master’s degree in ME from UTEP. This makes it the #58 most popular school for ME master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 11 students who received their doctoral degrees in ME, making the school the #49 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do ME Graduates from UTEP Make?

The median salary of ME students who receive their bachelor's degree at UTEP is $54,748. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $65,190 for all ME students.

ME Student Demographics at UTEP

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

UTEP Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 214 ME students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UTEP, about 82% were men and 18% were women. The typical ME bachelor's degree program is made up of only 17% women. So female students are more repesented at UTEP since its program graduates 1% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 54% more racial-ethnic minorities in its ME 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 ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	173
White	4
International Students	34
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UTEP Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 41 ME students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UTEP, about 83% were men and 17% were women.

In the ME master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 68% of degree recipients. That is 41% 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 ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	27
White	2
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UTEP also has a doctoral program available in ME. In 2021, 11 students 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 ME Grads May Go Into

A degree in ME 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
Mechanical Engineers	20,820	$105,570
Cost Estimators	17,240	$73,950
Architectural and Engineering Managers	12,920	$167,280
Aerospace Engineers	6,770	$122,570
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.