The University of Texas at El Paso is dedicated to the advancement of the El Paso region through education, creative and artistic production, and the generation, interpretation, application and dissemination of knowledge. UTEP embraces its role as an intellectual, cultural and socioeconomic asset to the region, offering programs to meet human resource needs and contribute to the quality of life.
As a public university, UTEP is committed to providing access and opportunity to the people of the El Paso region and the State of Texas. UTEP’s mission of ensuring access is coupled with a commitment to excellence reflected in rigorous programs, which prepare students to make significant contributions to their professions, their communities and the world.
As a research/doctoral institution, UTEP fosters a climate of scholarly inquiry, with a special focus on applying innovative interdisciplinary approaches to explore and address major issues that confront the multicultural, U.S.-Mexico border region.
UTEP Goals:
1. Learning and Teaching:
To prepare UTEP students to meet lifelong intellectual, ethical, and career challenges and to be the leaders of the 21st century.
2. Research, Scholarship and Artistic Production:
To create, interpret, evaluate, apply, and disseminate knowledge; to encourage the addition of perspectives based on UTEP's geographic and social setting; and to contribute to the formation of a broader intellectual and artistic foundation for the 21st century.
3. Public Service:
To work in partnership with public and private agencies, institutions, and organizations, including business and industry, to improve the quality of life in our region and world by providing appropriate University expertise and leadership.
4. Administration:
To support the achievement of UTEP's mission in learning, teaching, research, scholarship, artistic production, and public service through responsive, effective, and efficient administrative and staff services.
The University of Texas at El Paso, popularly known as UTEP, is a public, coeducational university, and it is a member of the University of Texas System. The school is located on the northern bank of the Rio Grande, in El Paso, Texas, and is the largest university in the nation with a majority Mexican-American student population. Founded in 1914 as The Texas State School of Mines and Metallurgy, a mineshaft still exists on the mountainous, desert campus. It is composed of buildings of Bhutanese architecture, with massive sloping walls and overhanging roofs. In the mid-1950s, UTEP, then called Texas Western College, became the first college in a Southern state to integrate its intercollegiate athletic teams. Although the campus population was less than 1% African-American, in 1966, basketball coach Don Haskins and his Texas Western team thrilled portions of the nation by winning the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship with an all-black starting lineup, thus breaking an unspoken barrier and transforming the history of college basketball (although Loyola had won the NCAA tournament in 1963 with four African Americans in its starting lineup). By 1967, the Board of Regents authorized that the name of the college be changed from Texas Western College to its present name. Currently there are some 19,842 students enrolled at UTEP. About 73 percent of UTEP's student population is Hispanic. UTEP is the country’s only doctoral research intensive university with a student body that’s predominantly Mexican American.
The historic 1966 Texas Western College win over The University of Kentucky for the NCAA basketball championship was depicted in the Disney/Jerry Bruckheimer movie Glory Road, which was released on January 13, 2006 and in the national bestselling 2005 book "Glory Road" written by Don Haskins and Dan Wetzel. Glory Road lies between the two basketball arenas on the campus, stretching from Mesa Street to Sun Bowl Drive.
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| Percent of Students International: | 11% |
| On-Campus Housing Available: | Yes |
| Percent of Students Living On-Campus: | 3% |
| Freshman Students Required to Live on Campus: | No |
| Member of: | NAA, NCAA |
| Sports Include: |
Football (Western Athletic Conference) Basketball (Western Athletic Conference) Track (Western Athletic Conference) |
| Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) | In-State | Out-of-State | |
Published Tuition and Fees: |
$ 4,000 | $ 10,674 | |
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 3,930 | $ 12,210 | |
Required Fees for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 958 | $ 1,008 | |
| Financial Aid | Avg. Amount Received | % of Students Receiving Aid | |
Federal Grants: |
$ 3,184 | 54% | |
State and Local Grants: |
$ 2,808 | 31% | |
Institutional Grants: |
$ 1,929 | 34% | |
Student Loans: |
$ 2,474 | 29% | |
Any Aid: |
74% |
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I got Admit in UTEP for MS in Bioinformatics for Fall 2006, I just want to enquire and inquire about the University and Bioinformatics department there, and job oppurtunities after graduation??? Please guide me friends, i also got admits for MS in Boinformatics at IUPUI(Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis) and at NEU(North Eastern University) Boston, But as doig graduation there is expensive , i just shifted to UTEP, ok U give ur suggestion and advice????? Thank You. Regards ----Kranthi
31 months ago
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On the undergraduate level, US News & World Report ranks UTEP in the fourth tier of National Universities. There are only four tiers. It is described as a large urban school that is less selective than the average university. Graduate programs are often more selective and better than undergraduate programs. UTEP does have doctoral programs.
IUPUI has similar rankings. It is also less selective.
Northeastern, on the other hand, is a first tier school. It is more selective, and ranked 115.
In terms of the education you will get, Northeastern dominates the other two. But you have to consider other factors. Costs are important. But look into what kinds of jobs you can get when you are done. The more expensive school in the short run might be the one that pays off the most.
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