UTEP Career Outcomes: $59K Median Earnings (2026)

How much do UTEP graduates earn?

The reported median is $58,771 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $65,610 as its benchmark; the difference is -$6,839 per year.

Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $58,771. That is at the 46th percentile nationally, and $6,839 below the $65,610 median for comparable institutions (same type and size).

Graduates earn about $13,572 more than expects for similar students. That places the gap at the 89th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

The part the model attributes to the factors it measures adds $4,022. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain adds $9,550. Azimuth places the university at the 60th percentile for return.

Earnings vary considerably with field of study. Earnings scenarios for the university's program mix range from a downside of $43,822 to an upside of $89,891 four years after completion.

Computer and Information Sciences graduates earn a median of $103,286, the highest among the university's programs, while Electrical Engineering graduates earn $94,122. The largest program, Nursing, with 376 degrees awarded, shows median earnings of $89,077.

An estimated 30.1% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure derived from the institution's program mix rather than observed enrollment. Because four-year earnings figures capture only those working and not enrolled, the median earnings understate the eventual earnings of the sizable share of completers who pursue advanced degrees.

How could earnings differ from the median?

Earnings four years after completion

Planning rangeReported median

Lower estimate: $43,822
Median · reported: $58,771
Higher estimate: $89,891

Downside shows a lower-earning scenario based on the college’s mix of programs; upside shows a higher-earning scenario. Typical is the school’s reported median four years after completion. These are planning scenarios, not a forecast of your salary or percentiles of individual graduates.

Why the downside matters explores the risk hidden by medians, using older ten-year entrant data. Read about the move to four-year earnings.

Do UTEP graduates earn more than expected?

Azimuth models what we would expect graduates to earn based on who the college enrolls, how selective it is and its local economy. The difference between that expectation and reported earnings is what Azimuth calls value added.

UTEP graduates’ reported earnings are $13,572 above that expectation, the 89th percentile for this measure. Unlike a peer comparison, it adjusts for who enrolls.

The breakdown separates the contribution attributed to observed factors from the remaining difference. Neither component establishes how much attending UTEP caused a student to earn. Read how expected earnings are estimated.

Which fields at UTEP report the highest earnings?

The University of Texas at El Paso awards bachelor's degrees across 36 fields with published four-year earnings, and Azimuth ranks 29 of them nationally. The highest-earning program, Computer and Information Sciences, shows a median of $103,286 four years after completion, alongside 165 degrees awarded.

Electrical Engineering follows at $94,122 with 66 degrees awarded. Nursing, the university's largest program with 376 degrees awarded, reaches a median of $89,077 and holds an Azimuth national rank of #115.

Mechanical Engineering reports $88,393 on 199 degrees awarded. In contrast, Biology and Psychology show more moderate medians of $49,396 and $42,190, respectively, on 297 and 282 degrees awarded.

Azimuth ranks 29 bachelor's programs at The University of Texas at El Paso. The largest, Nursing, awarded 376 degrees and holds a national rank of #115 with median earnings of $89,077 four years after completion.

Security Science and Technology awarded 28 degrees, holds a national rank of #22, and has median earnings of $42,459. The highest-earning program is Computer and Information Sciences, where graduates earn a median of $103,286 four years after completion.

Electrical Engineering and Metallurgical Engineering also show strong medians, at $94,122 and $89,131 respectively.

Further analysis

The highest-earning program, Computer and Information Sciences, reaches $103,286, while Psychology, the lowest-earning among the largest programs, sits at $42,190. Earnings scenarios grounded in the university's program mix show a downside of $43,822, a typical outcome of $58,771, and an upside of $89,891.

Among 4,428 federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled, the median four years after completion for The University of Texas at El Paso is $58,771. The median is below that of comparable institutions (same type and size) by $6,839.

The peer median is $65,610, placing the university in the 46th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. For earnings beyond expectations, the university ranks in the 89th percentile nationally, as its graduates earn about $13,572 more than the model expects for similar students.

Earnings scenarios based on the university's program mix span from $43,822 on the downside to $89,891 on the upside, with a typical scenario of $58,771. Graduate-school continuation is estimated at 30.1% of programs' graduates, a figure the model derives from program mix rather than observed enrollment.

Data & methodology

Sources and reporting periods: methodology.

Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.

Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.

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