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==Education== [[File:Engineering building area.jpg|thumb|right|[[UTEP]]'s College of Engineering building]] [[File:Medical Sciences Building II.jpg|thumb|right|[[Paul L. Foster School of Medicine]] within [[Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso Campus|Texas Tech University HSC at El Paso's]] campus]] El Paso is home to the [[University of Texas at El Paso]], a Tier 1 doctoral research university and the largest public university in the region. UTEP was ranked as the 7th best university in Washington Monthly's 2013 National University Rankings, just behind Stanford and ahead of Harvard.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/college_guide/rankings_2013/national_university_rank.php |title=2013 National University Rankings |work=Washington Monthly |date=August 27, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130913080710/http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/college_guide/rankings_2013/national_university_rank.php |archive-date=September 13, 2013}}</ref> Also, the university's School of Engineering is the nation's top producer of Hispanic engineers with M.S. and Ph.D. degrees.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.utsystem.edu/blog/2013/04/03/utep-tops-national-rankings-producing-hispanic-engineers |title=UTEP tops national rankings for producing Hispanic engineers |publisher=The University of Texas System |date=April 3, 2013 |access-date=July 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727105950/http://www.utsystem.edu/blog/2013/04/03/utep-tops-national-rankings-producing-hispanic-engineers |archive-date=July 27, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> El Paso is also home to [[Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso]], [[Paul L. Foster School of Medicine]], Texas Tech College of Architecture at El Paso,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.depts.ttu.edu/elpaso/arch/ |title= BS in Architecture, El Paso |publisher= Texas Tech University |date=Nov 27, 2020 |access-date=November 27, 2020}}</ref> [[Brightwood College]], [[Park University]], Southwest University, [[Webster University]] and the [[University of Phoenix]]. Also due to its proximity, many El Paso students attend [[New Mexico State University]] where the school offers in-state tuition to El Paso County residents.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://aces.nmsu.edu/academics/elpaso.html |title=El Paso Resident Tuition |publisher=New Mexico State University |access-date=July 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140629085054/http://aces.nmsu.edu/academics/elpaso.html |archive-date=June 29, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[El Paso Community College]]'s boundary includes all of El Paso County.<ref>{{cite web|title=El Paso County Community College District Service Area|url=https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.130.htm|website=Texas Education Code, Section 130.178|access-date=September 17, 2023}}</ref> There are several technical schools and [[For-profit education|for profit schools]]. El Pasoans also have access to the [[DoΓ±a Ana Community College]] with campuses in Sunland Park, Anthony and Chaparral, New Mexico: This community college is a part of the [[New Mexico State University]] system. El Paso area students attend public schools in four school districts that cover portions of the city limits: [[El Paso Independent School District]], [[Ysleta Independent School District]], [[Socorro Independent School District]] and [[Canutillo Independent School District]]; there are nine independent school districts in the county.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st48_tx/schooldistrict_maps/c48141_el_paso/DC20SD_C48141.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st48_tx/schooldistrict_maps/c48141_el_paso/DC20SD_C48141.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: El Paso County, TX|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2022-06-29}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st48_tx/schooldistrict_maps/c48141_el_paso/DC20SD_C48141_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> Numerous accredited private preparatory schools also serve El Paso students. These include various pre-high school religious (Christian, Jewish) affiliates and Montessori schools, [[Cathedral High School (Texas)|Cathedral High School]], [[Loretto Academy (El Paso, Texas)|Loretto Academy]], [[Father Yermo High School]], [[Lydia Patterson Institute]], Faith Christian Academy, El Paso Jewish Academy, Rose of Sharon Christian Academy, Zion Lutheran Day School and Radford School. The University of El Paso offers the country's only bilingual M.F.A. creative writing program.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gleibermann |first1=Erik |title=Seeking a Voice, via a Bilingual M.F.A., in Writing and in Life |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/02/education/edlife/bilingual-mfa-writing.html |access-date= June 23, 2019 |agency=The New York Times |newspaper=The New York Times |date=November 2, 2017}}</ref> El Paso is home to bi-national economic development groups; the Hub of Human Innovation and Technology Hub. The industry groups' tertiary vocational programs, give workforce training in automation, robotics and AI technology.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hub of Human Innovation |title=INCUBATION |url=http://hubep.org/services/incubation/ |website=Hub of Human Innovation |access-date=June 23, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://t-hub.mx/en/industria |website=Technology Hub |title=Programs |access-date=June 23, 2019}}</ref> ===Public libraries=== The [[El Paso Public Library]] serves the needs of the public in El Paso. It consists of 12 branches, a bookmobile, a mobile computer classroom and a mobile outreach unit (Kidsmobile). It also has multiple outreach services available.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elpasolibrary.org/index.php |title=El Paso Library |access-date=August 22, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130825074331/http://www.elpasolibrary.org/index.php |archive-date=August 25, 2013}}</ref>
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