Chemistry at The University of Texas at El Paso

If you plan to study chemistry, 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 has a total student population of 24,879. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 19 students received a bachelor's degree in chemistry from UTEP.

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

UTEP Chemistry Degrees Available

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

UTEP Chemistry Rankings

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

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.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The chemistry major at UTEP is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Chemistry. 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 Value Chemistry Graduate Certificate Schools	2
	86
Most Popular Chemistry Master’s Degree Schools	181

In 2021, 3 students received their master’s degree in chemistry from UTEP. This makes it the #182 most popular school for chemistry master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in chemistry, making the school the #121 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Chemistry Student Demographics at UTEP

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

UTEP Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 58% of chemistry bachelor's degrees went to men and 42% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	0
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UTEP Chemistry Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 chemistry majors earned their master's degree from UTEP. Of these graduates, 33% were men and 67% were women.

In the chemistry master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 67% 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 chemistry.

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

UTEP also has a doctoral program available in chemistry. In 2021, 7 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Geological & Earth Sciences
• Physics

Careers That Chemistry Grads May Go Into

A degree in chemistry 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
High School Teachers	110,420	$58,190
Chemists	5,160	$87,490
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	4,170	$80,880
Natural Sciences Managers	2,620	$127,270
Chemistry Professors	1,700	$95,070

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.