The University of Texas at El Paso College Portrait
The University of Texas at El Paso500 West University Avenue El Paso, TX 79968
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- Students
Find out more about the characteristics of students who attend UTEP.
- Admissions
See how many students applied, accepted, and enrolled at UTEP. Learn more about students’ high school preparation and test scores.
- College Costs & Financial Aid
Learn about costs to attend UTEP and how much financial aid is typically awarded.
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- Classes and Campus Life
Learn more about professors, where students live, and campus safety at UTEP.
- Student Experiences
Discover ways to be actively involved in your education at UTEP – inside and outside the classroom.
- Majors, Graduation and Next Steps
See which majors are most popular at UTEP and what recent graduates plan to do after earning their bachelor's degree.
- Student Success & Progress
Discover how many students who start at UTEP finish their bachelor's degree and how long it takes.
- Student Learning Outcomes
Figure out what learning gains to expect in critical thinking, writing, and other important subjects at UTEP.
Student Learning at The University of Texas at El Paso
All colleges and universities use multiple approaches to measure student learning. Many of these are specific to particular disciplines, many are coordinated with accrediting agencies, and many are based on outcomes after students have graduated.
Students who are actively involved in their own learning and development are more likely to be successful in college. The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) has consistently demonstrated a strong focus on student engagement and success. UTEP is profiled as a model institution in engaging students and promoting success by researchers from the Center for Postsecondary Research at Indiana University. UTEP is one of twenty institutions featured in the book Student Success in College (Kuh et al., 2005), where descriptions of UTEP programs were provided as concrete examples for other institutions to learn from to promote student success on their own campuses. In this book, the researchers note that UTEP is “nationally recognized for its student-centric philosophy, effective use of active and collaborative learning techniques, and its innovative first-year student programs
Learning Assessment Examples
Pilot Project to Measure Core Learning Outcomes
Colleges and universities participating in the College Portrait measure the typical improvement in students' abilities to think, reason, and write using one of three tests. This is part of a pilot project to better understand and compare what students learn between their freshman and senior years at different colleges and universities.
- Results from the Collegiate Learning Assessment
The Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA) measures critical thinking, analytic reasoning, problem solving, and written communication using a performance task and an analytic writing task. The scores from the tasks are reported separately below.
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Performance Task Results for First-time, Full-time Students
The increase in learning on the performance task is well above what would be expected at an institution testing students of similar academic abilities.
Freshman Score: 990
Senior Score: 1120
CLA score range: 400 to no maximum score.
Average EEA scores for tested students
Freshman Score: 888
Senior Score: 936
Analytic Writing Task Results for First-time, Full-time Students
The increase in learning on the analytic writing task is well above what would be expected at an institution testing students of similar academic abilities.
Freshman Score: 1028
Senior Score: 1153
CLA score range: 400 to no maximum score.
Average EEA scores for tested students
Freshman Score: 905
Senior Score: 908