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.