General Psychology at The University of Texas at El Paso

What traits are you looking for in a psychology 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 psychology 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, 241 of them were general psychology majors.

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

UTEP General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology
• Doctorate Degree in Psychology

UTEP General Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology 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 psychology major at UTEP is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Psychology. 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
	19
Best Value General Psychology Schools	544

Earnings of UTEP Psychology Graduates

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at UTEP is $24,153. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $28,637 for all psychology students.

Psychology Student Demographics at UTEP

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

UTEP General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 241 students earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from UTEP. About 81% of these graduates were women and the other 19% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 47% more racial-ethnic minorities in its psychology 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 psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	217
White	11
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UTEP also has a doctoral program available in psychology. In 2021, 1 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology
• Child Development & Psychology

Careers That Psychology Grads May Go Into

A degree in psychology 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
Managers	20,710	$122,130
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	6,680	$73,650
Psychology Professors	3,080	$78,270
Psychologists	740	$90,780

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.