The University of Texas at El Paso Teaching Programs

The University of Texas at El Paso is a public institution situated in El Paso, Texas. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

Where Is The University of Texas at El Paso?

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

How Do I Get Into UTEP?

You can apply to UTEP online at: https://www.applytexas.org/adappc/gen/c_start.WBX

Admission Requirements for UTEP

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	1
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	1
Recommendations	3
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into UTEP?

UTEP has the high acceptance rate of 100%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 47% of accepted students are men and 53% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 100%, and the acceptance rate for women is 100%.

Average Test Scores

About 58% of students accepted to UTEP submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 440 and 550. Math scores were between 430 and 540.

UTEP received ACT scores from 3% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 14 and 21. Math scores were between 16 and 0. Composite scores were between 16 and 22.

Can I Afford The University of Texas at El Paso?

The overall average net price of UTEP is $29,176. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. 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 University of Texas at El Paso Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 20,065 undergraduate students at UTEP, with 13,290 being full-time and 6,775 being part-time.

There are also 3,938 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 13,290 full-time undergraduates at UTEP, 44% are male and 56% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of The University of Texas at El Paso students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	93
Black or African American	276
Hispanic or Latino	11,438
White	580
International Students	644
Other Races/Ethnicities	259

Geographic Diversity

Texas students aren't the only ones who study at The University of Texas at El Paso. At this time, 25 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 77 countries are represented at UTEP. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Mexico, Kuwait, and India.

Online Learning at The University of Texas at El Paso

There are 21 bachelor’s degree and 27 master’s degree programs available online at UTEP. In 2022-2023, 10,863 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at UTEP has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 20th most popular in Texas for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The University of Texas at El Paso Teaching Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
General Education	202	15	0	217
Curriculum & Instruction	0	72	5	77
General Educational Leadership & Administration	0	41	11	52
General Special Education	0	18	0	18
Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services	0	14	0	14
Reading Teacher Education	0	3	0	3
English & Language Arts Education	0	1	0	1
Bilingual & Multilingual Education	0	0	0	0
Mathematics Education	0	0	0	0
Music Education	0	0	0	0
Science Education	0	0	0	0
Social Studies Education	0	0	0	0
Early Childhood Education	0	0	0	0
Elementary Education	0	0	0	0
Teacher Education	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	202	164	16	382

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
• Image Credit: By Adrian Garcia under License

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