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UTEP Featured in The College Tour, Now on Amazon Prime Video

Award-winning series shares authentic student stories while highlighting the college experience

EL PASO, TEXAS (Oct. 15, 2024) – The Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso is featured in season 12 of The College Tour, a groundbreaking series now streaming on Amazon Prime Video. The episode serves as a vehicle to help students across the world connect with UTEP.

Alex Boylan, host and producer of The College Tour, visited the UTEP campus over the summer to record an episode of the program about the Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é and several of its students. The College Tour is a groundbreaking series, now streaming on Amazon Prime Video, that travels the country telling the story of individual colleges and universities through the diverse lens of their students, giving the viewer an intimate portrayal of life on campus.
Alex Boylan, host and producer of The College Tour, visited the UTEP campus over the summer to record an episode of the program about the Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é and several of its students. The College Tour is a groundbreaking series, now streaming on Amazon Prime Video, that travels the country telling the story of individual colleges and universities through the diverse lens of their students, giving the viewer an intimate portrayal of life on campus.

“UTEP is one of the best stories in higher education today,” said UTEP Vice President for Marketing and Communications Lucas Roebuck. “The College Tour program is telling our amazing story of access to excellent education and the uniqueness of El Paso to new audiences around the world.”

Hosted by Alex Boylan, one of the show’s producers and a past winner of The Amazing Race TV series, The College Tour travels the country telling the story of each college and university through the diverse lens of its students, giving the viewer an intimate portrayal of life on campus.

The program enables prospective students and their families to make informed decisions about their future, without having to travel, by highlighting the many resources and opportunities available at UTEP that are helping students thrive.

“UTEP offers students an extraordinary experience, and we’re so excited to share that on The College Tour,” said Alex Boylan. “For students, choosing which college to attend is a monumental decision, and this episode gives prospective students a first-hand look at what makes the Home of the Miners so special.”

About The College Tour

The College Tour is a groundbreaking TV series that takes the viewer on an intimate journey through campuses across the country, telling each school’s story through the diverse lens of its students. Hosted by The Amazing Race winner Alex Boylan, The College Tour brings equity to college readiness by providing a platform to access comprehensive and meaningful information regarding higher education anytime and anywhere, free of charge. The College Tour is available on Amazon Prime Video and at .

About The Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso 

The Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso is America’s leading Hispanic-serving university. Located at the westernmost tip of Texas, where three states and two countries converge along the Rio Grande, 84% of our 25,000 students are Hispanic, and more than half are the first in their families to go to college. UTEP offers 170 bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degree programs at the only open-access, top-tier research university in America.

Last Updated on October 15, 2024 at 12:00 AM | Originally published October 15, 2024

By MC Staff UTEP Marketing and Communications