Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at El Paso

Every mechanical engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the ME program at The University of Texas at El Paso stacks up to those at other schools.

UTEP is located in El Paso, Texas and has a total student population of 24,879. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 41 students received their master's degree in ME.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Mechanical Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

UTEP Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in ME
• Doctorate Degree in ME

UTEP Mechanical Engineering Rankings

There were 11 students who received their doctoral degrees in ME, making the school the #49 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

ME Student Demographics at UTEP

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the ME majors at The University of Texas at El Paso.

UTEP Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 41 students who graduated with a master’s in ME from UTEP in 2021, 83% were men and 17% were women.

In the ME master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 68% of degree recipients. That is 51% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas at El Paso with a master's in ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	27
White	2
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• General Engineering
• Electrical and Computer Engineering.
• Materials Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
• Manufacturing Engineering

Careers That ME Grads May Go Into

A degree in ME can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TX, the home state for The University of Texas at El Paso.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Mechanical Engineers	20,820	$105,570
Cost Estimators	17,240	$73,950
Architectural and Engineering Managers	12,920	$167,280
Aerospace Engineers	6,770	$122,570
Engineering Professors	3,890	$123,200

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
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Adrian Garcia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.