About Texas Tech Health El Paso

Texas Tech Health El Paso serves 108 counties in West Texas and is dedicated to preparing the next generation of health care professionals. Established as an independent university in the Texas Tech University System in 2013, Texas Tech Health El Paso is a unique destination for medical, nursing, biomedical sciences and dental education.

Focusing on excellence in health care education, research and clinical service, Texas Tech Health El Paso has graduated more than 3,000 health care professionals and biomedical researchers over the past decade.

Texas Tech Health El Paso is one of five universities in the Texas Tech University System and is home to the following schools:

The Texas Tech Health El Paso campus in South-Central El Paso is located in a major international metropolitan area home to nearly 3 million residents. The Borderplex connects two countries, the United States and Mexico, and three states: Texas, New Mexico and Chihuahua, Mexico.

4 schools educating medical, dental, nursing and research students in one location in the heart of El Paso, Texas.
3,052 graduates who serve our border region and the nation as highly-skilled physicians, nurses and researchers.
$864M+

Our annual regional economic impact is over $864.2 million.

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We are home to the future Fox Cancer Center – the first comprehensive cancer center in far West Texas.