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El Paso Community College
El Paso Community College is the fastest growing community college in the State of Texas! Take a few minutes to experience what we're all about and you'll discover that EPCC can offer you unique educational opportunities and services designed to help you realize your lifelong goals. We hope you find our website helpful and accessible with all the information you are seeking.
New Mexico State University
New Mexico State University, which began in 1888 as an agricultural college and preparatory school, is a comprehensive institution dedicated to teaching, research, and service at the graduate and undergraduate level. It is the only land-grant institution that is also classified as Hispanic-serving by the federal government and ranked by the Carnegie Foundation in the top research category, Research-Extensive. The university is also home to the state's NASA Space Grant Program. With extension and research sites in every county, New Mexico State is developing distance-education capabilities to extend its reach to all the citizens of the state. It is located in the southern New Mexico city of Las Cruces, which has a population of about 75,000. The region features desert mesas, the farmlands of the Rio Grande Valley, and the Organ Mountains, an extension of the Rocky Mountain chain.
New Mexico State University is accredited by the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, 30 LaSalle Street, Suite 2400, Chicago, Illinois 60602-2504. Telephone: (800) 621-7440.
University of Phoenix/ El Paso Learning Center
University of Phoenix is the largest, private, accredited university in North America. It offers its diverse student population a wide range of undergraduate and graduate degree programs taught by faculty with real-world experience in their field. Programs are available at more than 200 locations across the U.S. as well as online throughout the world.
University of Texas at El Paso
Since its founding in 1914, the University of Texas at El Paso has been a leader in higher education.
In 1966, UTEP – then named Texas Western College – changed the face
of collegiate athletics.
An upstart squad of five African-American players beat Kentucky to win the NCAA basketball championship, breaking color barriers in college sports.
Today, UTEP is changing the face of higher education.
UTEP is the only major research university in the country whose students are predominantly Mexican-American. As Hispanics become the largest minority group, the university is winning national recognition for its innovative teaching methods and programs designed to help students succeed.
The school opened in 1914 as the Texas School of Mining and Metallurgy. The buildings were built to resemble those seen in the city of Lhasa in the Himalayas. The Sun Bowl Stadium on campus is home to the annual Sun Bowl.