Connect to Success
The University of Texas at El Paso can get you where you need to go with UTEP Connect—our suite of fully online programs for working professionals and students with busy schedules.
Look Toward Tomorrow
Whether you have a full-time job, family obligations, or you’re unable to be on campus during certain times of the day, our online degrees and certificates can help you pursue your education in a more convenient format.
Completing a degree or pursuing a new one can connect you to new opportunities in your life, education, and career. Here’s your roadmap to get started – and how we can help support you every step of the way.
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Undergraduate Degrees
Get started on or complete an affordable online degree to get you where you need to be.
Graduate Degrees
Start a high-quality online graduate degree to advance toward your long-term career goals.
Graduate Certificates
Earn an online graduate certificate and become a more in-demand job candidate in your field.
Connect to Your Degree
Returning Students
At UTEP, our goal is to connect students of all types to the education they want. We understand that students sometimes need to pause their education for reasons outside their control. That’s why we’re ready to welcome them back when they decide the time is right to return.
Whether you’re back to finish what you started or earn additional credentials in the form of an online bachelor’s, online master’s, or certificate program, we know that you can succeed at UTEP.
Affordable Degrees
Earn a quality education at a competitive cost. Financial aid and scholarships are available to help even more.
Flexible Format
Benefit from convenient and flexible class formats designed to help you cross the finish line at your own pace.
Student Support
Earn the same degree as your on-campus peers with unique support services, just for online students.
Transfer Students
UTEP connects transfer students (and students with an associate degree) to success by making online learning accessible in security studies, media advertising, multidisciplinary studies and beyond. At UTEP, online students receive the same education as their on-campus peers, with additional resources for juggling busy schedules. Here, you can leverage your unique background to focus or broaden your education and complete your degree.
Undergraduate students who begin their academic career elsewhere and subsequently transfer to UTEP work with an enrollment counselor to create a plan for success moving forward. Contact Us to Learn More
Affordable Degrees
Earn a quality education at a competitive cost. Financial aid and scholarships are available to help even more.
Flexible Format
Benefit from convenient and flexible class formats designed to help you cross the finish line at your own pace.
Outcomes-Oriented
Apply your efforts to a curriculum that will prepare you with coveted skill and help you earn an in-demand job.
Working Professionals
Need an advanced degree to reach the next level in your career? At UTEP, we understand the value in furthering your education as you maintain your current career. Your return on investment (ROI) is greater when you can work as you go to school – and our online programs help you do that. Connect to success with an online degree or certificate that allows you to make an important career shift or gain the additional knowledge and experience you need to move up in your current organization. Choose from our online master’s degree options or explore how a graduate certificate can help you refine your skill set.
Flexible Format
Benefit from convenient and flexible class formats designed to help you cross the finish line at your own pace.
Relevant Coursework
Complete valuable coursework, directly related to the work you want to do in the real world.
High-Quality Education
Our online programs are of the same quality and rigor as face-to-face programs, and taught by the same faculty.
Military & Veterans
UTEP has a top-notch reputation as a military-friendly school. We welcome military-affiliated students to our programs and our Military Student Success Center (MSSC) aims to help personnel in any branch of the service to reach their educational goals. We also offer the lowest out-of-pocket tuition cost of any national research university, making it more feasible for you to earn an online bachelor’s in security studies, an online master’s in defense and strategic studies, and more. The MSSC serves the military-affiliated community of El Paso and Fort Bliss, and also connects long-distance online students to the resources they need to succeed. Contact Us to Learn More
Affordable Degrees
Earn a quality education at a competitive cost. Financial aid and scholarships are available to help even more.
Relevant Coursework
Complete valuable coursework, directly related to the work you want to do in the real world.
Student Support
Earn the same degree as your on-campus peers with unique support services, just for online students.
Connect to Your Future
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