Social Sciences at The University of Texas at El Paso

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

UTEP is located in El Paso, Texas and approximately 24,879 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 48 students received their master's degree in social sciences.

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

UTEP Social Sciences Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Social Sciences

Online Classes Are Available at UTEP

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UTEP offers distance education options for social sciences at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

UTEP Social Sciences Rankings

Social Sciences Student Demographics at UTEP

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

UTEP Social Sciences Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 58% of social sciences master's degrees went to men and 42% went to women.

In the social sciences master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 58% of degree recipients. That is 35% 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 social sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	21
White	14
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Concentrations Within Social Sciences

The following social sciences concentations are available at The University of Texas at El Paso. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from The University of Texas at El Paso. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
International Relations & National Security	32
Sociology	10
Political Science & Government	7

Related Majors

• Communication & Journalism
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• History
• Psychology
• Education

Careers That Social Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in social sciences 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
High School Teachers	110,420	$58,190
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	29,560	$78,200
Managers	20,710	$122,130
Urban and Regional Planners	2,270	$69,070
Social Scientists	1,970	$80,430

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.