The University of Texas at El Paso

El Paso, Texas · Public · Predominantly bachelor's · City: Large

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The average annual net price for first-time, full-time undergraduates receiving federal aid (in-state) is $6,803. 51% of first-time, full-time students completed within 150% of normal time. Students who received federal aid had median earnings of $54,599 ten years after entering. The median federal loan debt of graduates is $16,000.

Average net price
$6,803
per year Verified data
Completion rate
51%
within 150% of normal time Verified data
Median earnings
$54,599
10 years after entry Verified data
Median debt
$16,000
graduates, federal loans Verified data

Cost and net price

In-state tuition and fees$9,772
Out-of-state tuition and fees$25,110
Average cost of attendance$17,245
Books and supplies$1,646
Room and board, on campus$10,996
Average net price, all aided students$6,803
Average net price, family income $0 to $30,000$5,623
Average net price, family income over $110,000$16,291

Net price is the average cost after grants and scholarships for first-time, full-time undergraduates who receive federal aid, at in-state rates. Your price depends on your family finances; use the school's net price calculator for an estimate. Tuition: AcadYr 2025-26, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26. Net price and cost of attendance: AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26.

Admissions and enrollment

Admission rate
100%
SAT range, middle 50% (reading plus math)
860 to 1080
ACT composite range, middle 50%
17 to 22
Undergraduate enrollment
21,005
Graduate enrollment
3,921
Students receiving Pell grants
67%
Student to faculty ratio
21 to 1

Admission rate and enrollment: Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25. SAT and ACT ranges come from IPEDS and may not reflect test-optional policies.

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Graduation, earnings, and debt

Completion within 150% of normal time51%
Completion within normal time23%
First-year retention (full-time)79%
Median federal debt, graduates$16,000
Typical monthly payment on that debt (10 years)$182
Median Parent PLUS debt, completers$12,000
Share earning more than a typical high school graduate, 6 years after entry62%
1 year after completion$44,108
4 years after completion$58,771
6 years after entry$43,226
8 years after entry$48,960
10 years after entry$54,599
Median earnings of former students who received federal aid and are working and not enrolled. Ten years after entry the median is $54,599; the middle half earned $33,859 to $77,259. Cohorts differ by measure; see definitions below.
Measure definitions and cohorts
  • Median earnings of students working and not enrolled 10 years after entry (MD_EARN_WNE_P10): Treasury AY2011-12, AY2012-13 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
  • Median earnings of graduates working and not enrolled 1 year after completing (MD_EARN_WNE_1YR): Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
  • Median earnings of graduates working and not enrolled 4 years after completing (MD_EARN_WNE_4YR): Treasury AY2017-18, AY2018-19 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
  • The median debt for students who have completed (GRAD_DEBT_MDN): NSLDS FY2024, FY2025 pooled cohorts
  • Completion rate for first-time, full-time students at four-year institutions (150% of expected time to completion) (C150_4): Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
  • Average net price for Title IV institutions (public institutions) (NPT4_PUB): AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26

Institution-level earnings cover students who received federal financial aid, including students who did not complete. Debt figures include federal loans only and exclude private loans.

Programs and program-level outcomes

Highest early earnings among programs at The University of Texas at El Paso

Median earnings of graduates working and not enrolled one year after completing, by program. Programs with too few graduates are suppressed for privacy and not shown.

174 programs reported. Program earnings are for graduates of this school's program, which is different from the wages of everyone working in a related occupation.

Bachelor's degree (58)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Accounting and Related Services
CIP 52.03 · No credentials fully online
146$40,499$17,000
Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering
CIP 14.02 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Anthropology
CIP 45.02 · No credentials fully online
7Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management
CIP 50.10 · No credentials fully online
20$28,211$13,000
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
CIP 26.02 · No credentials fully online
32$24,411$20,250
Biology, General
CIP 26.01 · No credentials fully online
252$27,269$13,709
Business Administration, Management and Operations
CIP 52.02 · No credentials fully online
126$44,057$16,500
Business/Commerce, General
CIP 52.01 · All credentials fully online
7$35,971Suppressed for privacy
Business/Managerial Economics
CIP 52.06 · No credentials fully online
24$39,266$17,250
Chemistry
CIP 40.05 · No credentials fully online
16Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Civil Engineering
CIP 14.08 · No credentials fully online
87$62,525$18,240
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions
CIP 51.10 · No credentials fully online
16$56,486$17,758
Communication and Media Studies
CIP 09.01 · No credentials fully online
27Suppressed for privacy$14,000
Computer and Information Sciences, General
CIP 11.01 · No credentials fully online
176$71,534$17,378
Construction Engineering
CIP 14.33 · No credentials fully online
12Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Criminal Justice and Corrections
CIP 43.01 · All credentials fully online
313$37,036$15,500
Dance
CIP 50.03 · No credentials fully online
9Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
CIP 50.05 · No credentials fully online
11Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology
CIP 26.13 · No credentials fully online
37Suppressed for privacy$17,875
Education, General
CIP 13.01 · All credentials fully online
273Suppressed for privacy$20,625
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering
CIP 14.10 · No credentials fully online
82$72,199$18,500
Engineering, General
CIP 14.01 · No credentials fully online
16Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
English Language and Literature, General
CIP 23.01 · No credentials fully online
43$42,977$21,800
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies
CIP 05.02 · No credentials fully online
12Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Finance and Financial Management Services
CIP 52.08 · No credentials fully online
105$55,245$11,674
Fine and Studio Arts
CIP 50.07 · No credentials fully online
74$27,149$20,950
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences
CIP 40.06 · No credentials fully online
7Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
History
CIP 54.01 · No credentials fully online
50$40,731$16,500
Industrial Engineering
CIP 14.35 · No credentials fully online
42$55,166$11,500
International Business
CIP 52.11 · No credentials fully online
32$41,414$12,125
International Relations and National Security Studies
CIP 45.09 · All credentials fully online
15Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services
CIP 16.01 · No credentials fully online
22$23,338$16,850
Management Information Systems and Services
CIP 52.12 · No credentials fully online
3$50,864Suppressed for privacy
Marketing
CIP 52.14 · No credentials fully online
102$33,653$12,969
Mathematics
CIP 27.01 · No credentials fully online
24$58,874$22,262
Mechanical Engineering
CIP 14.19 · No credentials fully online
154$65,020$14,750
Metallurgical Engineering
CIP 14.20 · No credentials fully online
12Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology
CIP 26.05 · No credentials fully online
23Suppressed for privacy$26,000
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
CIP 30.00 · All credentials fully online
191$42,320$21,802
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other
CIP 30.99 · All credentials fully online
6$53,618$21,930
Music
CIP 50.09 · No credentials fully online
22$59,229$17,334
Natural Resources Conservation and Research
CIP 03.01 · No credentials fully online
16$33,415Suppressed for privacy
Neurobiology and Neurosciences
CIP 26.15 · No credentials fully online
29Suppressed for privacy$13,514
Philosophy
CIP 38.01 · No credentials fully online
8Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Physics
CIP 40.08 · No credentials fully online
17Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Political Science and Government
CIP 45.10 · No credentials fully online
60$35,120$20,937
Psychology, General
CIP 42.01 · No credentials fully online
301$32,667$14,750
Public Health
CIP 51.22 · No credentials fully online
40$30,303$23,679
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication
CIP 09.09 · All credentials fully online
76$38,172$22,792
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication
CIP 09.07 · No credentials fully online
76$29,120$14,592
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
CIP 51.38 · All credentials fully online
392$75,043$16,069
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
CIP 51.23 · No credentials fully online
95$26,786$16,500
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
CIP 23.13 · No credentials fully online
26Suppressed for privacy$10,097
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
CIP 16.09 · No credentials fully online
9Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Security Science and Technology
CIP 43.04 · No credentials fully online
45$30,722$16,667
Social Work
CIP 44.07 · No credentials fully online
45$38,514$14,653
Sociology
CIP 45.11 · No credentials fully online
13Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
CIP 31.05 · No credentials fully online
174$29,912$18,250
Master's degree (66)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Accounting and Related Services
CIP 52.03 · No credentials fully online
43$62,497Suppressed for privacy
Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering
CIP 14.02 · No credentials fully online
0Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Area Studies
CIP 05.01 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Biological and Physical Sciences
CIP 30.01 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Biology, General
CIP 26.01 · No credentials fully online
9Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology
CIP 26.11 · No credentials fully online
6Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Biomedical/Medical Engineering
CIP 14.05 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Business Administration, Management and Operations
CIP 52.02 · All credentials fully online
107$72,447Suppressed for privacy
Business/Managerial Economics
CIP 52.06 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Chemistry
CIP 40.05 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Civil Engineering
CIP 14.08 · No credentials fully online
6Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology
CIP 42.28 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
CIP 51.02 · No credentials fully online
29$68,056Suppressed for privacy
Communication and Media Studies
CIP 09.01 · No credentials fully online
7Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Computational Science
CIP 30.30 · No credentials fully online
6Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Computer Engineering
CIP 14.09 · No credentials fully online
29$106,732Suppressed for privacy
Computer and Information Sciences, General
CIP 11.01 · No credentials fully online
14Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Construction Management
CIP 52.20 · All credentials fully online
44$76,371Suppressed for privacy
Criminal Justice and Corrections
CIP 43.01 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Curriculum and Instruction
CIP 13.03 · Some credentials fully online
39$62,021Suppressed for privacy
Economics
CIP 45.06 · No credentials fully online
8Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Education, General
CIP 13.01 · All credentials fully online
55$58,945Suppressed for privacy
Educational Administration and Supervision
CIP 13.04 · All credentials fully online
18$63,538Suppressed for privacy
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering
CIP 14.10 · No credentials fully online
23Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Engineering, General
CIP 14.01 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
English Language and Literature, General
CIP 23.01 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
CIP 14.14 · No credentials fully online
8Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Finance and Financial Management Services
CIP 52.08 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences
CIP 40.06 · No credentials fully online
8Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Health Professions Education, Ethics, and Humanities
CIP 51.32 · All credentials fully online
8$96,681Suppressed for privacy
History
CIP 54.01 · No credentials fully online
9Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Homeland Security
CIP 43.03 · No credentials fully online
8Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, Other
CIP 43.99
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Industrial Engineering
CIP 14.35 · No credentials fully online
7Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Information Science/Studies
CIP 11.04 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
International Relations and National Security Studies
CIP 45.09 · All credentials fully online
21$57,319Suppressed for privacy
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services
CIP 16.01 · No credentials fully online
8Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Manufacturing Engineering
CIP 14.36 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Materials Engineering
CIP 14.18 · No credentials fully online
8Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Mathematics
CIP 27.01 · No credentials fully online
11Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Mechanical Engineering
CIP 14.19 · No credentials fully online
38$86,970Suppressed for privacy
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
CIP 51.15 · No credentials fully online
32$49,356Suppressed for privacy
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
CIP 30.00 · All credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other
CIP 30.99 · Some credentials fully online
52$59,167Suppressed for privacy
Music
CIP 50.09 · All credentials fully online
16$63,586Suppressed for privacy
Natural Resources Conservation and Research
CIP 03.01 · No credentials fully online
6Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Natural Sciences
CIP 30.18 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Philosophy
CIP 38.01 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Physics
CIP 40.08 · No credentials fully online
8Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Political Science and Government
CIP 45.10 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Public Administration
CIP 44.04 · All credentials fully online
19Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Public Health
CIP 51.22 · No credentials fully online
9Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
CIP 51.38 · Some credentials fully online
105$115,086Suppressed for privacy
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
CIP 51.23 · No credentials fully online
36$72,255Suppressed for privacy
Research and Experimental Psychology
CIP 42.27 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
CIP 23.13 · No credentials fully online
28Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
CIP 16.09 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Social Work
CIP 44.07 · No credentials fully online
49$51,711Suppressed for privacy
Sociology
CIP 45.11 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Special Education and Teaching
CIP 13.10 · All credentials fully online
14$64,197Suppressed for privacy
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
CIP 31.05 · Some credentials fully online
11Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Statistics
CIP 27.05 · No credentials fully online
8Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Student Counseling and Personnel Services
CIP 13.11 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Systems Engineering
CIP 14.27 · All credentials fully online
38$104,018Suppressed for privacy
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
CIP 13.12 · All credentials fully online
53Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
CIP 13.13 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Graduate certificate (25)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Biology, General
CIP 26.01 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Business Administration, Management and Operations
CIP 52.02
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Chemistry
CIP 40.05 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
CIP 51.02 · No credentials fully online
11Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Construction Engineering
CIP 14.33
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Education, General
CIP 13.01
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering
CIP 14.10
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Engineering, General
CIP 14.01 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
English Language and Literature, General
CIP 23.01
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies
CIP 05.02
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Geography and Cartography
CIP 45.07
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
History
CIP 54.01 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Homeland Security
CIP 43.03
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
International Relations and National Security Studies
CIP 45.09
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Mechanical Engineering
CIP 14.19
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Political Science and Government
CIP 45.10 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Psychology, General
CIP 42.01 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Public Administration
CIP 44.04 · All credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
CIP 51.38 · Some credentials fully online
25Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
CIP 23.13
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Special Education and Teaching
CIP 13.10 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Statistics
CIP 27.05 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Systems Engineering
CIP 14.27
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
CIP 13.12
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
CIP 13.13 · Some credentials fully online
1Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Doctoral degree (23)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Biology, General
CIP 26.01 · No credentials fully online
12Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Biomedical/Medical Engineering
CIP 14.05 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Business Administration, Management and Operations
CIP 52.02 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Chemistry
CIP 40.05 · No credentials fully online
15Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Civil Engineering
CIP 14.08 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Computational Science
CIP 30.30 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Computer Science
CIP 11.07 · No credentials fully online
6Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Curriculum and Instruction
CIP 13.03 · No credentials fully online
7Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology
CIP 26.13 · No credentials fully online
7Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Educational Administration and Supervision
CIP 13.04 · Some credentials fully online
11Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Electrical and Computer Engineering
CIP 14.47 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
CIP 14.14 · No credentials fully online
12Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences
CIP 40.06 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
CIP 51.00 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
History
CIP 54.01 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Materials Engineering
CIP 14.18 · No credentials fully online
6Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Mechanical Engineering
CIP 14.19 · No credentials fully online
7Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration
CIP 51.20
$125,589Suppressed for privacy
Psychology, General
CIP 42.01 · No credentials fully online
9Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
CIP 51.38 · No credentials fully online
12$136,161Suppressed for privacy
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
CIP 51.23
$79,302Suppressed for privacy
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
CIP 23.13 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Statistics
CIP 27.05 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Professional degree (JD, MD, and similar) (2)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration
CIP 51.20 · No credentials fully online
41Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
CIP 51.23 · No credentials fully online
33Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most Recent Field of Study Data. Varies by measure; see measure definitions. Published October 15, 2026. Retrieved October 18, 2026. Methodology.
UNITID 228796, OPEID 003661. Data unavailable means the Department of Education did not publish the figure or suppressed it for privacy. Report a data issue.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most Recent Institution-Level Data. Varies by measure; see measure definitions. Published October 15, 2026. Retrieved October 18, 2026. Methodology.