Student Population at UTEP

How many students at UTEP? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 25,039 students have enrolled in The University of Texas at El Paso with 21,118 undergraduate and 3,921 graduate students.

By gender, 11,230 male and 13,809 female students are attending the school.

It has fewer students compared to similar colleges (34,856 students on average - public Research University (very high research activity)).

2,333 students are enrolled exclusively, and 9,127 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

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Student Population by Gender

The University of Texas at El Paso has a total of 25,039 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 21,118 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 3,921 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 11,230 male and 13,809 female students (the male-female ratio is 45:55) are attending the school.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total25,03921,1183,921
Men11,2309,5831,647
Women13,80911,5352,274

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 1,208 White, 542 Black, and 224 Asian students out of a total of 25,039 are attending at The University of Texas at El Paso. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

The University of Texas at El Paso is not very diverse with a diversity index of 27.6% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution has limited racial and ethnic diversity in its student population.

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American432518
Asian224116108
Black542301241
Hispanic21,2659,21712,048
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders321517
White1,208633575
Two or more races1677790
Race Unknown1909199
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American352015
Asian1569066
Black402231171
Hispanic18,5918,25310,338
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders281414
White838460378
Two or more races1607387
Race Unknown1335479
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American853
Asian682642
Black1407070
Hispanic2,6749641,710
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders413
White370173197
Two or more races743
Race Unknown573720

Student Age Distribution

By age, UTEP has 336 students under 18 years old and 23 students over 65 years old. There are 18,331 students under 25 years old, and 6,708 students over 25 years old out of 25,039 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 336 students are younger than 18 and 3 students are older than 65. UTEP has 17,407 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 3,711 students aged 25 and over.

It has 924 graduate students aged under 25 and 2,997 students aged 25 and over.

Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18336190146
18-196,7643,6823,082
20-215,8573,3172,540
22-245,3742,9012,473
25-293,2691,7511,518
30-341,453805648
35-39798451347
40-49856507349
50-64309195114
Over 65231013
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18336190146
18-196,7603,6803,080
20-215,7773,2582,519
22-244,5342,4042,130
25-292,0761,079997
30-34780436344
35-39390225165
40-49345189156
50-641177344
Over 65312
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
18-19422
20-21805921
22-24840497343
25-291,193672521
30-34673369304
35-39408226182
40-49511318193
50-6419212270
Over 6520911

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At The University of Texas at El Paso, 2,333 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 9,127 students are enrolled in some online courses.

2,058 students who live in Texas or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 275 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students25,0392,3339,127
Undergraduate21,1181,3358,778
Graduate3,921998349
Online Student Population by Locality
Texas ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students2,05823738
Undergraduate1,2625815
Graduate79617923

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 21,118 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,591 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 7.53%.1,049 students have transferred in as full-time status and 542 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time14,245
Transfer-in Full-time1,049
Regular Part-time5,282
Transfer-in Part-time542

UTEP Enrollment Frequently Asked Questions

For the academic year 2024-2025, 25,039 students are enrolled at UTEP.
21,118 undergraduate and 3,921 graduate students are enrolled at UTEP.
11,230 male (44.85%) and 13,809 female (55.15%) students are attending UTEP.
1,368 international students (5.46%) are enrolled at UTEP, including 775 undergraduate and 593 graduate students.
UTEP has a student population that is quite diverse with no single group in majority: 1,208 White (4.82%), 542 Black (2.16%), and 224 Asian (0.89%) students are enrolled.
336 students are under 18 and 23 students are over 65 years old.
2,333 students are enrolled exclusively online, and 9,127 students take some online courses.

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