Making Smiles Happen
48%
HISPANIC
STUDENT BODY
The first federally designated Hispanic-Serving health sciences center on the U.S.-Mexico border. Focused on strengthening programs and educational opportunities for a student body that’s 48% Hispanic.
FOUR
Endowed Schools
A first for any institution in the Texas Tech University System.
$634M
of Economic
Impact
In 2013, the annual economic impact was $227 million.
2,135
Student
Graduates
Future physicians, nurses and biomedical researchers.
2X
Enrollment Increase
From 424 to 855 – admissions
have more than doubled.
33,000
PATIENTS ACROSS
27 COUNTIES
TTUHSC El Paso has impacted nearly 33,000 patients from 27 West Texas counties by providing life-saving breast and colorectal cancer screenings in underserved communities.
62%
Graduate Diversity
Majority of graduates in 2020
and 2021 were Hispanic.
29%
Increase in
Physicians
TTUHSC El Paso contributes to more El Paso County physicians.
1,100
Hispanic
Graduates
Have entered the health care workforce across the nation.
45%
Increase
of RNs
More graduates provide needed nurses in El Paso County.
Hunt School of Dental Medicine, Class of 2025 - Helping others with anxiety is a new passion for this dental student.
Foster School of Medicine, Class of 2023 - El Pasoan Hani Michael Annabi represents TTUHSC El Paso on the TTU System Board of Regents
Foster School of Medicine, Class of 2024 - Received a Medical Student Research Grant from the American Academy of Neurology to research chronic migraines at the Mayo Clinic.
Hunt School of Dental Medicine, Class of 2025 - Helping others with anxiety is a new passion for this dental student.
Texas Tech Health El Paso is a Hispanic-serving institution focused on educating the next generation of diverse health care leaders while also addressing health disparities and empowering the underserved.
DIVERSIFYING
HEALTH CARE
1.) Texas Tech Health El Paso is the only health sciences center on the U.S.-Mexico border designated as a Title V Hispanic-Serving Institution. 2.) In 2020 and 2021, 62% of Texas Tech Health El Paso graduates were Hispanic, adding to a diverse workforce in health care. 3.) In 2008, prior to the opening of the Foster School of Medicine, El Paso County’s average number of physicians per 100,000 people was 75% less than the national average. Ten years later, that shortage has been reduced to 60% after the medical school’s opening. 4.) Before the opening of the Hunt School of Nursing, El Paso County faced a 40% shortage of nurses when compared to the national average. Today, 10 years after the school’s opening, that shortage has been reduced to 20%. 5.) In El Paso County, there’s only one dentist for every 4,840 residents, compared to the national average of one dentist for every 1,638. Because most graduating dentists establish their practices in proximity to their dental schools, the Hunt School of Dental Medicine will alleviate the severe shortage of dentists in the Borderland. 6.) In 2021, 35% of the Foster School of Medicine’s graduating class identified as Hispanic, contributing to the country’s growing need for Hispanic physicians. Currently, less than 6% of physicians in the U.S. are Hispanic. 7.) Texas' First Dental School in Over 50 years - In 2021, Texas Tech Health El Paso opened the Hunt School of Dental Medicine, the only dental school on the U.S.-Mexico border and the first in Texas in over 50 years. 8.) 22% of the Foster School of Medicine’s class of 2025, the school’s largest class to date, are native El Pasoans, and 28% come from counties on the U.S.-Mexico border. 9.) 87% of Hunt School of Nursing students are native El Pasoans and 80% identify as Hispanic. 10.) 42% of the Hunt School of Dental Medicine’s inaugural class hails from West Texas and border regions of Texas that often lack access to high-quality oral health care. 11.) Texas Tech Health El Paso has extended its global footprint over 8,000 miles past county lines with partner universities in Vietnam, Poland, Croatia and Bulgaria.
MENTAL WELLNESS CARE FOR
200,000
CHILDREN
Texas Tech Health El Paso has expanded access to adolescent mental health care for residents from El Paso to Eagle Pass, an area where more than 200,000 children reside.
The Texas Tech Health El Paso Child Psychiatry Access Network (CPAN) and Texas Child Health Access Through Telemedicine (TCHATT) programs serve 16 Counties along the West Texas border from El Paso County through Maverick County.
ADOLESCENT
MENTAL HEALTH
CPAN - In 2020, the Texas Tech Health El Paso Department of Psychiatry launched the region’s Child Psychiatry Access Network. CPAN is a telephone hotline that primary care physicians can use to assist with diagnosing and treating child and adolescent patients with psychiatric symptoms. • 812 consults • 728 patients enrolled • 396 primary care physicians enrolled • 79 clinics enrolled • Covers approximately 200,000 children TCHATT - Texas Tech Health El Paso serves as the West Texas hub for the Texas Child Health Access Through Telemedicine program, which provides mental and behavioral health services to children and adolescents in public school districts. Through TCHATT, Texas Tech Health El Paso’s Department of Psychiatry provides rapid assessment, therapy sessions, resource referrals and psychoeducation to school officials, children and families in areas of Texas often underserved and underinsured. • 4,033 counseling sessions conducted • 1,401 patients enrolled • 22 independent school districts and 2 charter schools • Reaches from El Paso to Val Verde County in Del Rio, TX