Graduate Programs at The University of Texas at El Paso

Graduate School Overview

The University of Texas at El Paso (referred to as UTEP) is a Public, 4 years school located in El Paso, TX. It is classified as a Research University (very high research activity) school by Carnegie Classification and its highest level of offering is Doctor's degree - research/scholarship and professional practice.

The school is accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges (1/1/1936 - Current).

UTEP Directory Information
School Name	The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP)
Address	500 W. University Ave, El Paso, TX 79968-0691
Phone	915-747-5000
Web	https://www.utep.edu
Online Application	https://www.applytexas.org/adappc/gen/c_start.WBX
Financial Info	https://www.utep.edu/student-affairs/financialaid/contact-us/index.html

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at The University of Texas at El Paso is $7,166 for Texas residents and $16,621 for out-of-state students. The school has 3,715 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 23,880 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 185 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice). Among them, 17 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$16,621 $7,166 for Texas Residents
Student Population	3,715
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	185 graduate programs (17 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	19 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at The University of Texas at El Paso is $7,166 for Texas residents and $16,621 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $326 for Texas residents and $851 for out-of-state students.

The University of Texas at El Paso offers the alternative tuition planstuition guarantee, including tuition guarantee.

The University of Texas at El Paso offers the distance education programs. All course works for completing a degree program can be done through online exclusively for graduate programs. In addition, the distance learning courses are offered for students who are not enrolled online exclusively.

On its campus, academic/career services, employment services for students, placement services for completers, on-campus daycare for students' children are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	17 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Army, Air Force) Study abroad Weekend/evening college Teacher certification
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services Employment services for students Placement services for completers On-campus daycare for students' children

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of The University of Texas at El Paso is $7,166 for Texas residents and $16,621 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are stayed same compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	Texas Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$4,941	$1,229	$13,649	$1,229
2019-2020	$5,497	$1,247	$14,766	$1,247
2020-2021	$5,682	$1,274	$14,906	$1,274
2021-2022	$5,865	$1,301	$15,320	$1,301
2022-2023	$5,865	$1,301	$15,320	$1,301

The graduate school tuition & fees of UTEP is average compared to public graduate schools in Texas. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,518 and the Texas graduate tuition is $17,810 (public) / $18,159 (private).

The next table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
The University of Texas at El Paso	$7,166	$16,621
All Graduate Schools	$16,002	$19,518
Public	$11,454	$20,592
Private	$19,594
Texas Graduate Schools	$13,401	$17,909
Public	$8,153	$17,810
Private	$18,159

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $13,852 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at The University of Texas at El Paso. On-campus living costs are increased by 0.90% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $16,572. Off-campus living costs are increased by 0.90% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Living Expenses
	Living On-Campus		Living Off-Campus
	Room & Board	Other Expense	Room & Board	Other Expense
2018-2019	$9,781	$4,232	$9,781	$4,232
2019-2020	$9,496	$4,232	$9,496	$4,232
2020-2021	$9,496	$3,382	$12,192	$4,232
2021-2022	$9,496	$3,382	$12,192	$4,232
2022-2023	$9,582	$3,412	$12,302	$4,270

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $326 for Texas residents and $851 for other students at The University of Texas at El Paso. The graduate tuition per credit hour are stayed same compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Texas Residents	Out-of-State
2018-2019	$328	$813
2019-2020	$361	$876
2020-2021	$316	$828
2021-2022	$326	$851
2022-2023	$326	$851

Next table shows the tuition & fees for law school and/or medical schools at The University of Texas at El Paso.

2022-2023 Law School/Medical School Tuition at The University of Texas at El Paso
	Texas Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
Pharmacy	$7,004	$1,301	$16,458	$1,301

Graduate Programs at UTEP

The University of Texas at El Paso offers 104 graduate programs for Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 1,403 students have completed their study at The University of Texas at El Paso.

Offered Degrees at The University of Texas at El Paso
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	70	9	1,158
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	21	0	133
Doctor's degree - other	2	0	85
Post Bachelor's Degree	10	0	15
Post Master's Degree	1	1	12
Total	104	10	1,403

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at The University of Texas at El Paso by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Family Practice Nurse/Nursing program with 12 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Business Administration and Management program with 97 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Pharmacy program with 50 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at The University of Texas at El Paso
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	✔	12	-
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	✔	8	-
History	✔	3	-
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	✔	3	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✔	1	-

Popular Master's Programs at The University of Texas at El Paso
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Business Administration and Management	✕	97	$52,900
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	✔	83	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✕	72	$46,800
Construction Management	✔	60	-
Systems Engineering	✔	52	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at The University of Texas at El Paso
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Pharmacy	✕	50	-
Physical Therapy/Therapist	✕	35	-
Nursing Practice	✕	21	-
Chemistry	✕	13	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	11	-

The University of Texas at El Paso offers 104 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 1,403 students have completed their graduate studies.

1,158 students have earned/completed Master's program.
85 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.
15 students have earned/completed Post-Bachelor's program.
12 students have earned/completed Post-Master's program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Environmental Science	✕	3	-
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Latin American Studies	✕	8	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Communication	✕	6	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	10	-
Information Science/Studies	✕	3	-
Education [+]	✔ (1 completers)	164 completers	-
Education	✕	15	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✕	72	$46,800
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	41	$50,200
Special Education and Teaching	✕	18	$45,000
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	14	$46,600
English/Language Arts Teacher Education	✕	1	-
Music Teacher Education	✕	0	-
Reading Teacher Education	✔	3	-
Engineering [+]	✔ (1 completers)	217 completers	-
Engineering	✕	3	-
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	✕	6	-
Civil Engineering	✕	10	-
Computer Engineering	✕	13	-
Computer Software Engineering	✕	23	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	21	-
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	✕	10	-
Materials Engineering	✕	5	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	44	-
Systems Engineering	✔	52	-
Industrial Engineering	✕	15	-
Manufacturing Engineering	✕	15	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Linguistics	✕	7	-
Spanish Language and Literature	✕	6	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✔ (1 completers)	38 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	5	-
Creative Writing	✔	28	-
Rhetoric and Composition	✕	5	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	3	-
Bioinformatics	✕	8	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	15 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	6	-
Statistics	✕	9	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	55 completers	-
Biological and Physical Sciences	✕	3	-
Natural Sciences	✕	2	-
Computational Science	✕	8	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	✔	42	$42,400
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	✕	7	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Philosophy	✕	4	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	15 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	0	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	4	-
Geophysics and Seismology	✕	1	-
Physics	✕	10	-
Psychology [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Experimental Psychology	✕	6	-
Clinical Psychology	✕	3	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	23 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	✕	11	-
Homeland Security	✕	12	-
Human Services [+]	✕	50 completers	-
Public Administration	✕	14	$45,500
Social Work	✕	36	$46,700
Social Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	42 completers	-
National Security Policy Studies	✔	32	-
Political Science and Government	✕	3	-
Sociology	✕	7	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Music	✕	13	-
Music Performance	✕	0	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (3 completers)	222 completers	-
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	✕	25	-
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor	✕	37	-
Public Health	✕	13	-
Community Health and Preventive Medicine	✕	0	-
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	✕	17	-
Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling/Counselor	✕	6	-
Nursing Education	✔	24	-
Nursing Administration	✔	17	-
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	✔	83	-
Business [+]	✔ (1 completers)	224 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	97	$52,900
Accounting	✕	51	$52,700
Business/Managerial Economics	✕	16	-
Finance	✕	0	-
Construction Management	✔	60	-
History [+]	✕	6 completers	-
History	✕	6	-
	Total	1,158

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Computer Science	✕	4	-
Education [+]	✕	16 completers	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✕	5	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	11	-
Engineering [+]	✕	28 completers	-
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	✕	2	-
Civil Engineering	✕	2	-
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	✕	9	-
Materials Engineering	✕	4	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	9	-
Electrical and Computer Engineering	✕	2	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Rhetoric and Composition	✕	11	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	8	-
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology	✕	3	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Mathematics and Statistics	✕	0	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Computational Science	✕	6	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	17 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	13	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	4	-
Psychology [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Psychology	✕	5	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	21 completers	-
Nursing Practice	✕	21	-
Business [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	4	-
History [+]	✕	3 completers	-
History (other)	✕	3	-
	Total	133

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	85 completers	-
Pharmacy	✕	50	-
Physical Therapy/Therapist	✕	35	-
	Total	85

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Engineering [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Engineering	✕	0	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	1	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Statistics	✕	0	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	0	-
Psychology [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Psychology	✕	0	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Political Science and Government	✕	0	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	✕	8	-
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	✕	3	-
Business [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	0	-
History [+]	✕	3 completers	-
History	✕	3	-
	Total	15

Post-Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔	12 completers	-
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	✔	12	-
	Total	12

Graduate Student Population at UTEP

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 3,938 students enrolled into The University of Texas at El Paso graduate schools where it has total 23,880 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 1,536 full-time and 2,402 part-time graduate students. By gender, 1,692 male and 2,246 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	3,938	1,692	2,246
Full-time	1,536	701	835
Part-tme	2,402	991	1,411

The next table summarizes the students population by race/ethnicity.

There are 509 White (12.93%), 128 Black/African American (3.25%), 2,593 Hispanic (65.85%), 81 Asian (2.06%), and 627 students with other races. 552 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	3,938	1,692	2,246
American Indian/Native American	9	4	5
Asian	81	35	46
Black/African American	128	56	72
Hispanic	2,593	1,019	1,574
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6	2	4
White	509	221	288
Two More	3	0	3
Un-Known	57	22	35
Non-resident Alien	552	333	219

The University of Texas at El Paso offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 1,452 graduate students (36.87% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 491 graduate students (12.47% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	3,938
Enrolled Online Exclusively	1,452
Enrolled Some Online Courses	491
Not in Online Courses	1,995

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at The University of Texas at El Paso. 848 students are aged 20 to 24 (21.53% of total students), 1 students are aged below 20 (0.03%), 202 students are aged above 50 (5.13%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at The University of Texas at El Paso.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	3,938	1,692	2,246
Age 18-19	1	0	1
Age 20-21	62	12	50
Age 22-24	786	333	453
Age 25-29	1,217	561	656
Age 30-34	695	325	370
Age 35-39	469	194	275
Age 40-49	506	190	316
Age 50-64	188	71	117
Over 64	14	6	8

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