The University of Texas at El Paso, commonly abbreviated as UTEP, is a public university located in El Paso, Texas. Founded in 1914 as a mining and metallurgy school, the University gained its current name in 1967.
UTEP is
the largest US university to have a
Mexican-American majority of students
(about 75%)
Physical Campus and Facilities
The
University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP),
located on the bank of the Rio Grande in
El Paso, Texas, is a component university
of the University of Texas System.
The UTEP campus is unique in that the buildings that comprise the physical campus are an architectural compilation of Bhutanese-style fortress-like buildings as well as modern designs.
Since 1967, the University has
expanded to include a large, six-story
library and football stadium that seats
52,000.
Academic Colleges, Programs, and Rankings
UTEP is home to seven academic colleges through which the University’s 70 undergraduate, 75 graduate-level, and 19 doctoral degree programs are administered.
UTEP’s education and business management programs are the most impacted at the University. Each claims 16% and 15% respectively of the total student enrollment.
The University has been recognized and designated by the National Science Foundation as a Model Institution for Excellence. Only six other institutions claim this designation.
The University as a whole has likewise been ranked by Washington Monthly as the 7th best university, behind Stanford and ahead of Harvard. It has also been recognized as the top university that facilitates students’ achievement of the American Dream through affordable, high quality, and accommodating programs.
Financial Aid
Over sixty percent of UTEP students receive some form of financial aid. The University is, therefore, committed to facilitating the affordability of its programs and offers numerous methods by which students can pay for, or have paid for, their education.
General Information
| Admission Office 500 West University Avenue El Paso, TX 79968-0510 (915) 747-5890 Fax: (915) 747-8893 [email protected] Contact: Luisa Havens Director of Admissions | Main Address 500 West University Avenue Academic Advising Center Building Room 127 El Paso, TX 79968 (915) 747-5000 www.utep.edu |
| Size Degree-seeking undergrads: 16,976 Setting | Degrees offered: Bachelor's Master's Doctoral |
| Admissions Considerations Secondary school GPA: Required Secondary school rank: Required Secondary school record: Required Admission test scores (SAT/ACT): Required College-prep program completed: Required TOEFL: Required Undergraduate Admissions Fall | Test Scores: Fall 2011 SAT Critical Reading
SAT Math
ACT Composite
ACT English
ACT Math
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Enrollment Statistics
| Undergraduate Attendance Status  | Undergraduate Student Gender  |
| Undergraduate Student Age  | Undergraduate Student Residence  |
Graduate
Attendance Status
Undergraduate
Race/Ethnicity
Retention and Graduation Rates
| Retention Rates for First-Time Students Pursuing Bachelor's Degrees  | Overall Graduation and Transfer-Out Rates for Students  |
Graduation Rates
for Students Pursuing Bachelor's
Degrees
6-Year
Graduation Rate by Gender for
Students Pursuing Bachelor's
Degrees
6-Year
Graduation Rate by
Race/Ethnicity for Students
Pursuing Bachelor's Degrees
Tuition & Fees
| Estimated Expenses for Academic Year | 2008-'09 | 2009-'10 | 2010-'11 | 2011-'12 | % change 2010-'12 |
| Tuition and fees | $5,786 | $6,121 | $6,223 | $8,020 | +28.88% |
| Books and Supplies | $900 | $1,000 | $1,064 | $1,092 | +2.63% |
| Living Arrangement – On Campus | |||||
| Room and Board | $7,698 | $7,964 | $8,344 | $8,425 | +0.97% |
| Other | $3,240 | $3,316 | $3,484 | $3,588 | +2.99% |
| Living Arrangement – Off Campus | |||||
| Room and Board | $8,580 | $9,959 | $10,504 | $10,814 | +2.95% |
| Other | $3,240 | $3,316 | $3,484 | $3,588 | +2.99% |
| Total Expenses | 2008-'09 | 2009-'10 | 2010-'11 | 2011-'12 | % change 2010-'12 |
| In-state On Campus | $17,624 | $18,401 | $19,115 | $21,125 | +10.52% |
| In-state Off Campus | $18,506 | $20,396 | $21,275 | $23,514 | +10.52% |
| In-state with Family | $6,686 | $7,121 | $7,287 | $9,112 | +25.04% |
| Average Graduate Student Tuition & Fees | |
| Tuition for In-state Students | $4,762 |
| In-state Student Fees | $1,283 |
| Tuition for Out-of-state Students | $11,272 |
| Out-of-state Fees | $1,358 |
Financial Aid
| Full-time Beginning Undergraduate Students | ||||
| Type of Aid | Students | Percent | Amount | Average Per Student |
| All students financial aid | 1,767 | 78% | ||
| Grant or scholarship aid | 1,505 | 66% | $12,399,660 | $8,239 |
| – Federal grants | 1,289 | 57% | $5,865,357 | $4,550 |
| – Pell grants | 1,283 | 56% | $5,204,244 | $4,056 |
| – Other federal grants | 776 | 34% | $661,113 | $852 |
| State/local government grant or scholarships | 834 | 37% | $4,204,944 | $5,042 |
| Institutional grants or scholarships | 948 | 42% | $2,329,359 | $2,457 |
| Student loan aid | 773 | 34% | $3,587,046 | $4,640 |
| – Federal student loans | 773 | 34% | $3,493,662 | $4,520 |
| – Other student loans | 16 | 1% | $93,384 | $5,837 |
All Degrees and Programs
| Program Completions for Most Recent Year | BA/BS | MA/MS | PhD | AA/AS | CERT |
| Total of All Education Programs | 3210 | 888 | 50 | – | – |
| Area, Gender, Cultural, Ethnic, and Group Studies | 7 | 7 | – | – | – |
| Hispanic-american, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-american/chicano Studies | 5 | – | – | – | – |
| Latin American Studies | 2 | 7 | – | – | – |
| Biology and Biomedical Sciences | 215 | 17 | 6 | – | – |
| Bioinformatics | – | 8 | – | – | – |
| Biology and Biological Sciences, General | 160 | 9 | – | – | – |
| Biophysics | – | – | – | – | – |
| Microbiology | 55 | – | – | – | – |
| Molecular Biochemistry | – | – | – | – | – |
| Pathology/experimental Pathology | – | – | 6 | – | – |
| Business, Administration, Management, Marketing, etc. | 638 | 132 | 2 | – | – |
| Accounting | 101 | 11 | – | – | – |
| Business Administration and Management | 139 | 117 | – | – | – |
| Business/commerce | 68 | – | – | – | – |
| Business/managerial Economics | 22 | 4 | – | – | – |
| Finance | 104 | – | – | – | – |
| International Business/trade/commerce | – | – | 2 | – | – |
| Management Information Systems | 48 | – | – | – | – |
| Marketing/marketing Management | 134 | – | – | – | – |
| Operations Management and Supervision | 22 | – | – | – | – |
| Communication and Journalism Programs | 145 | – | – | – | – |
| Advertising | 29 | – | – | – | – |
| Digital Communication and Media/multimedia | – | – | – | – | – |
| Journalism | 21 | – | – | – | – |
| Mass Communication/media Studies | 53 | – | – | – | – |
| organizational Communication | 27 | – | – | – | – |
| Speech Communication and Rhetoric | 15 | – | – | – | – |
| Computing and Information Sciences | 43 | 17 | 3 | – | – |
| Computer and Information Sciences | 43 | 8 | – | – | – |
| Computer Science | – | – | 3 | – | – |
| Information Science/studies | – | 9 | – | – | – |
| Education | 435 | 307 | 2 | – | – |
| Art Teacher Education | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Bilingual and Multilingual Education | 171 | – | – | – | – |
| Counselor Education/school Counseling and Guidance Services | – | 55 | – | – | – |
| Curriculum and Instruction | – | 149 | – | – | – |
| Early Childhood Education and Teaching | – | – | – | – | – |
| Education | – | 8 | – | – | – |
| Educational Leadership and Administration | – | 55 | 2 | – | – |
| Elementary Education and Teaching | 131 | – | – | – | – |
| English/language Arts Teacher Education | 12 | – | – | – | – |
| Health Teacher Education | – | 4 | – | – | – |
| Mathematics Teacher Education | 18 | – | – | – | – |
| Music Teacher Education | – | 3 | – | – | – |
| Reading Teacher Education | 7 | 17 | – | – | – |
| Science Teacher Education/general Science Teacher Education | 20 | – | – | – | – |
| Social Studies Teacher Education | – | – | – | – | – |
| Special Education and Teaching | 35 | 15 | – | – | – |
| Teacher Education, Multiple Levels | 41 | – | – | – | – |
| Engineering | 269 | 117 | 16 | – | – |
| Civil Engineering | 50 | 13 | 1 | – | – |
| Computer Engineering | – | – | 5 | – | – |
| Construction Engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 99 | 30 | – | – | – |
| Engineering | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Environmental/environmental Health Engineering | – | 2 | 5 | – | – |
| Industrial Engineering | 36 | 20 | – | – | – |
| Manufacturing Engineering | – | 13 | – | – | – |
| Materials Engineering | – | 9 | 5 | – | – |
| Mechanical Engineering | 70 | 20 | – | – | – |
| Metallurgical Engineering | 14 | – | – | – | – |
| Systems Engineering | – | 9 | – | – | – |
| English Language, Composition and Literature/letters | 91 | 21 | 4 | – | – |
| Creative Writing | 18 | 7 | – | – | – |
| English Language and Literature | 73 | 10 | – | – | – |
| Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing | – | 4 | – | – | – |
| Rhetoric and Composition | – | – | 4 | – | – |
| Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | 37 | 6 | – | – | – |
| Applied Linguistics | – | – | – | – | – |
| French Language and Literature | 5 | – | – | – | – |
| Hispanic and Latin American Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | – | – | – | – | – |
| Linguistics | 9 | 3 | – | – | – |
| Spanish Language and Literature | 23 | 3 | – | – | – |
| Health Services and Allied Health Sciences | 378 | 86 | – | – | – |
| Audiology/audiologist and Speech-language Pathology/pathologist | – | 13 | – | – | – |
| Clinical Laboratory Science/medical Technology/technologist | 15 | – | – | – | – |
| Clinical Nurse Specialist | – | 11 | – | – | – |
| Community Health and Preventive Medicine | – | – | – | – | – |
| Family Practice Nurse/nursing | – | 20 | – | – | – |
| Nurse Midwife/nursing Midwifery | – | – | – | – | – |
| Nursing Administration | – | 8 | – | – | – |
| Occupational Therapy/therapist | – | 8 | – | – | – |
| Physical Therapy/therapist | – | 20 | – | – | – |
| Public Health Education and Promotion | 39 | – | – | – | – |
| Public Health | – | 6 | – | – | – |
| Public Health/community Nurse/nursing | – | – | – | – | – |
| Registered Nursing/registered Nurse | 324 | – | – | – | – |
| Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling/counselor | – | – | – | – | – |
| History | 87 | 9 | – | – | – |
| History | 87 | 8 | – | – | – |
| History, Other | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services | 132 | 5 | – | – | – |
| Criminal Justice/safety Studies | 132 | – | – | – | – |
| Homeland Security | – | 5 | – | – | – |
| Human Services | 41 | 14 | – | – | – |
| Public Administration | – | 14 | – | – | – |
| Social Work | 41 | – | – | – | – |
| Mathematics and Statistics | 37 | 19 | – | – | – |
| Applied Mathematics | – | – | – | – | – |
| Mathematics | 37 | 12 | – | – | – |
| Statistics | – | 7 | – | – | – |
| Multi-/interdisciplinary Studies | 223 | 75 | – | – | – |
| Computational Science | – | – | – | – | – |
| Multi-/interdisciplinary Studies, Other | 223 | 72 | – | – | – |
| Natural Sciences | – | 3 | – | – | – |
| Natural Resources and Conservation | 7 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Environmental Science | 7 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies | 99 | 4 | – | – | – |
| Kinesiology and Exercise Science | 99 | 4 | – | – | – |
| Physical Sciences | 34 | 20 | 8 | – | – |
| Chemistry | 21 | 8 | 5 | – | – |
| Geology and Earth Science | 9 | 1 | 3 | – | – |
| Geophysics and Seismology | – | 3 | – | – | – |
| Physics | 4 | 8 | – | – | – |
| Psychology | 111 | 8 | 9 | – | – |
| Clinical Psychology | – | 6 | – | – | – |
| Experimental Psychology | – | 2 | – | – | – |
| Psychology | 111 | – | 9 | – | – |
| Social Sciences | 77 | 12 | – | – | – |
| Anthropology | 7 | – | – | – | – |
| Political Science and Government | 50 | 6 | – | – | – |
| Sociology | 20 | 6 | – | – | – |
| Visual and Performing Arts | 104 | 11 | – | – | – |
| Art History, Criticism and Conservation | – | – | – | – | – |
| Art/art Studies | 29 | – | – | – | – |
| Ceramic Arts and Ceramics | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Dance | 5 | – | – | – | – |
| Drama and Dramatics/theatre Arts | 9 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Drawing | 3 | – | – | – | – |
| Fine/studio Arts | – | – | – | – | – |
| Graphic Design | 14 | – | – | – | – |
| Keyboard Instruments | – | – | – | – | – |
| Metal and Jewelry Arts | 3 | – | – | – | – |
| Music Management | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Music Performance | 4 | 9 | – | – | – |
| Music Theory and Composition | 3 | – | – | – | – |
| Music | 17 | – | – | – | – |
| Musical Theatre | 2 | – | – | – | – |
| Painting | 6 | – | – | – | – |
| Printmaking | 3 | – | – | – | – |
| Sculpture | 2 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Theatre/theatre Arts Management | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Voice and Opera | 1 | – | – | – | – |
first majors only.
program is not offered at this award
level.
Admissions Information
| Application Fee College has an application fee: No | Enrollment Rates Percent applicants admitted: 99% |
Undergraduate Majors
| Area, Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Studies Hispanic-American Studies B Arts, Visual & Performing Arts B Arts B Arts B B B Biological & Biomedical B Business, Management, & B Economics B B Information Systems B Management B Management B Communications & Journalism B B B Computer & Information Sciences – General B Education – General B Education B Engineering Engineering B – General B Engineering B Engineering B Engineering B English Language & Foreign Language & Literature B B Health Professions & Health Services B Pathology/Audiology B History Liberal Arts & Sciences Mathematics – General B B Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies Sciences B Natural Resources & Science B Parks, Recreation & Fitness Fitness B Philosophy & Religion B Physical Sciences B B Psychology – General B Public Administration & Security & Protective Social Sciences B Science/Government B B | Degree levels for each major are designated by the following letters:
B = Bachelor's degree C = Certificate or diploma |
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