This is where world-class companies meet small town business environment—where you have greater access to city leadership, and competition is healthy but not overwhelming.

Here, where academia meets industry, our universities and top global companies are working hand-in-hand to cultivate a highly-skilled, diverse, and driven talent pipeline. Our military and veteran community is also a huge part of our workforce story, generating its own unique stream of specialty-trained workers. In 2020 over 19,000 service members transitioned out of Fort Bliss in El Paso. And, because we’re home to the NASA White Sands Test Facility and Spaceport America (the first purpose-built commercial spaceport in the world) even the sky isn’t the limit. UTEP (University of Texas at El Paso) enrolls over 25,000 students in 166 bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral programs in 10 colleges and schools. UTEP is ranked No. 1 in the U.S. for its success in both competitive research and student social mobility producing a highly skilled workforce annual.