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The University of Texas at El Paso was awarded 283 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is registered nursing.
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UTEP is ranked #1,072 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list.
UTEP is also ranked #56 out of 115 schools in Texas.
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Because it has a high acceptance rate of 100%, some consider UTEP to be a safety school. But don't just assume that admittance is in the bag. Make sure to spend enough time on your application so that it is in tip-top shape.
The student to faculty ratio is often used as a measure to gauge how much access students will have to their professors - the lower the number, the better. At The University of Texas at El Paso, this rate is 20 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at The University of Texas at El Paso is 70%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at The University of Texas at El Paso is 70%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
When we say that a student has graduated on time, we mean that they have finished their bachelor's degree within four years. The on-time graduation rate at UTEP is 13%. That's lower than the national rate of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 21,117 undergraduates at UTEP with 14,632 being full-time and 6,485 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $7,505 | $8,495 | $10,682 | $13,058 | $15,754 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of UTEP, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At UTEP, approximately 21% of students took out student loans averaging $4,503 a year. That adds up to $18,012 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at UTEP is 7.1%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.
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Contact details for UTEP are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 500 W. University Ave, El Paso, TX 79968-0691 |
| Phone: | 915-747-5000 |
| Website: | www.utep.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/UTEPMiners |
| Twitter: | http://www.twitter.com/utepnews |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 297 | $58,760 |
| General Biology | 278 | $21,716 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 256 | $28,359 |
| General Psychology | 241 | $24,153 |
| Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies | 237 | $41,719 |
| Health & Physical Education | 202 | $23,496 |
| Interdisciplinary Studies | 183 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 170 | $33,263 |
| Accounting | 163 | $31,362 |
| Computer Science | 163 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 14,902 students took at least one online class at The University of Texas at El Paso. This is a decrease from the 23,960 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 14,902 | 3,739 |
| 2019-2020 | 23,960 | 21,559 |
| 2018-2019 | 10,039 | 2,226 |
| 2017-2018 | 9,827 | 2,299 |
| 2016-2017 | 9,764 | 2,259 |
Learn more about online learning at The University of Texas at El Paso.
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Footnotes
*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.
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