UTEP earned 46 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 1 in the top 1%, 8 in the top 5%, 10 in the top 10% and 27 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #8 of 731 in Most Popular for General Education, a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 46 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 1 / 8
Highest placement: #8 of 731, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 14
Placements this edition: 369
Badge cutoff: a top 15% placement in a ranking
Source: IPEDS 2025; College Scorecard July 2026; College Factual rankings 2027. Data as of: July 2026.
How Many Ranking Badges Has The University of Texas at El Paso Earned?
The University of Texas at El Paso holds 46 ranking badges across 14 fields of study, 9 of them in the top 5% or better; each badge is an award for placing in the top 15% of a ranking. Each ranking is recalculated when updated data becomes available. The current ranking cycle is 2027 edition. For every ranking, the check mark shows the top tier achieved. Read about our data sources and methodologies. To use these badges in your college’s communications, administrators can contact us.
Count by Award Level
Award Level
Badges
Top 1%
1
Top 5%
8
Top 10%
10
Top 15%
27
Total
46
What Is The University of Texas at El Paso Known For?
The University of Texas at El Paso is best known for Health Professions: 6 of its 46 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include General Education, Music and Communication Sciences.
How Does The University of Texas at El Paso Rank in Athletics?
The University of Texas at El Paso earned no athletics badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s sports rankings is #267 of 930 in Basketball (top 29%).
How Does The University of Texas at El Paso Rank for Online Students?
The University of Texas at El Paso earned no online-program badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s online-program rankings is #33 of 122 in Most Popular Online for Other Interdisciplinary Studies (top 28%).
How Does The University of Texas at El Paso Rank for Veterans?
The University of Texas at El Paso earned no veterans badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #748 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans (top 16%).
College Factual’s rankings are drawn from U.S. Department of Education data, 2027 edition. The University of Texas at El Paso appears in 369 of the College Factual rankings covered on this page.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), serves as the core of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
by our College Data Analytics Team