Why choose Texas Tech Health El Paso?

The Foster School of Medicine is training physicians who understand the region’s unique health challenges. In its largest class to date, 22% of the class of 2025 are native El Pasoans, and 28% come from U.S.-Mexico border counties.

Since the school’s opening in 2008, El Paso County’s physician shortage has improved from 75% below the national average to 60%. Texas Tech Physicians of El Paso continues to bridge this gap, providing over $31 million in uncompensated care and 200,000+ clinic visits annually.

The school is also increasing diversity in medicine—21% of its 2022 graduates identified as Hispanic, compared to less than 6% of physicians nationwide.

With 81% of its students from El Paso and 100% from Texas, the Francis Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences nurtures local talent while increasing diversity in STEM. More than half of its students identify as Hispanic, contributing to a more inclusive biomedical research field.

Students train in a research environment focused on critical health issues affecting the U.S.-Mexico border, including cancer, diabetes, and heart disease—driving discoveries that directly benefit the community.