Social Sciences at The University of Texas at El Paso

What traits are you looking for in a social sciences 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 social sciences program.

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 Social Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

UTEP Social Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences
• Master’s Degree in Social Sciences

Online Classes Are Available at UTEP

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UTEP offers distance education options for social sciences at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

UTEP Social Sciences Rankings

The social sciences major at UTEP is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Social Sciences. 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.

Social Sciences Student Demographics at UTEP

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

UTEP Social Sciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of social sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 57% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 52% more racial-ethnic minorities in its social sciences 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 social sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	92
White	5
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UTEP Social Sciences Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 78% of social sciences master's degrees went to men and 22% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 44% men graduate in social sciences each year. UTEP does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 35% more men than average.

In the social sciences master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 78% of degree recipients. That is 37% 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 social sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	26
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Social Sciences

The following social sciences concentations are available at The University of Texas at El Paso. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at The University of Texas at El Paso. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Political Science & Government	51
International Relations & National Security	38
Sociology	36
Anthropology	14

Related Majors

• Philosophy & Religious Studies
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Foreign Languages & Linguistics
• History
• English Language & Literature

Careers That Social Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in social sciences 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
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	29,560	$78,200
Managers	20,710	$122,130
Urban and Regional Planners	2,270	$69,070
Social Scientists	1,970	$80,430

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.