Anthropology at The University of Texas at El Paso

If you plan to study anthropology, 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, 14 students received a bachelor's degree in anthropology from UTEP.

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

UTEP Anthropology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology

UTEP Anthropology Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The anthropology major at UTEP is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Anthropology. 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 Popular Anthropology Schools	233
Best Value Anthropology Schools	297

Anthropology Student Demographics at UTEP

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

UTEP Anthropology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of anthropology bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical anthropology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% men. So male students are more repesented at UTEP since its program graduates 24% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 40% more racial-ethnic minorities in its anthropology 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 anthropology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UTEP also has a doctoral program available in anthropology. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Sociology
• International Relations & National Security
• Political Science & Government

Careers That Anthropology Grads May Go Into

A degree in anthropology 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
Anthropology and Archeology Professors	380	$87,570
Anthropologists and Archeologists	280	$71,590

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.