The Lubbock MSA (Metropolitan Statistical Area) consists of Lubbock, Crosby and Lynn Counties. The Lubbock CSA (Combined Statistical Area) consists of Lubbock, Hale (Plainview Micro Statistical Area), Hockley (Levelland Micro Statistical Area), Crosby, and Lynn Counties with a 2021 population of 378,409. This leads many to call Lubbock the "Hub City" with much to offer.
Texas Tech University
Texas Tech University is a public research university in Lubbock, Texas. A major contributor to the Hub City, it was established on February 10, 1923, and called until 1969 Texas Technological College. It is the main institution of the four- institution Texas Tech University System. The university's student enrollment is the seventh-largest in Texas.
The university offers degrees in more than 150 courses of study through 13 colleges and hosts 60 research centers and institutes. Texas Tech University has awarded over 200,000 degrees since 1927, including over 40,000 graduate and professional degrees. The Carnegie Foundation classifies Texas Tech as having "highest research activity". Research projects in the areas of epidemiology,pulsed power,grid computing,nanophotonics,atmospheric sciences, and wind energy are among the most prominent at the university.
The Spanish Renaissance-themed campus, described by author James Michener as "the most beautiful west of the Mississippi until you get to Stanford", has been awarded the Grand Award for excellence in grounds-keeping, and has been noted for possessing a public art collection among the ten best in the United States.
| 6,635 Employees | 40,662 Students |
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) is a multi-campus institution based in the Hub City with additional campuses located in Abilene, Amarillo, Dallas, El Paso and the Permian Basin. TTUHSC serves more than 100 counties in the western portion of Texas. The university is a separate institution from Texas Tech University; both universities are among four universities that are part of the Texas Tech University System.
| 5,017 Employees | 1,844 Students |
Covenant Health System
Covenant Health System is a Hub city health care provider which serves West Texas and Eastern New Mexico. It has 1,300 beds in its five primary acute-care and specialty hospitals; it also manages a dozen affiliated community hospitals.
More than 700 physicians treat over 38,000 annual admissions, and over 100,000 emergency room visits through a number of specialty treatment centers. Covenant Heart and Vascular Institute, Covenant NeuroScience Institute, Joe Arrington Cancer Research and Treatment Center, and Women's Hospital. The health system has a school of nursing, school of radiography, and school of surgical technology.
Covenant Health announced March 24, 2019 a $450 million building and renovation plan for the Lubbock hospital system.
Consistently ranked as a top-tier healthcare provider regionally, Covenant Health is embarking on a capital improvement project called “Keeping the Covenant” to bring the latest in facility design and advanced technology to better serve the people of the West Texas and Eastern New Mexico region.
The construction project will provide the community with state-of-the art facilities designed from patient/family-centered design elements.
| 5,570 Employees |
University Medical Center
University Medical Center in Lubbock is a public, non-profit 500-bed hospital. UMC is the primary hospital of the MC Health System and is owned by the taxpayers of Lubbock County. It serves as the primary teaching hospital for the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC).
UMC had the first Level 1 Trauma Center in West Texas, the John A. Griswold Trauma Center, and it is still the only Level 1 Trauma Center in the region. Lubbock's 911 Emergency Medical Service is provided through University Medical Center, serving over 300,000 people (city and county) with MICU (paramedic-staffed) ambulances. UMC EMS responds to over 31,000 911 calls per year through a priority dispatch system.
| 4,375 Employees |
Lubbock Business Park
Amazon, O’Reilly Auto Parts Distribution Center, WesTX Packaging Company, Standard Sales, Monsanto’s Cotton Research Megasite, Verizon Wireless and The Texas Department of Public Safety regional headquarters, which features a state-of-the-art forensic crime lab, currently reside in the Lubbock Business Park. The Business Park also houses the parts manufacturing world headquarters for Lummus Corporation and Republic National Distributing Company.
| $292M Investment | 586 Contiguous Acres | IDP Zoning |