The Health Sciences Center is located on the Texas Tech University campus and is surrounded by abundant affordable housing. The cost of living in Lubbock is very low. The student population in the department is evenly divided between men and women. International representatives have included students from Turkey, India, China, and other countries. Student Outcomes Following graduation, graduates traditionally move to other universities as postdoctoral fellows where their research training continues on a more independent level.
Students are also prepared to go directly into industrial and governmental positions.
Most students have continued their careers in academic science. Location The Health Sciences Center is located in Lubbock, Texas, midway between Dallas and Albuquerque. Lubbock consistently ranks high in the top seventy-five places to live by Money magazine. With more than 250 days of sunshine per year and mild winters, Lubbock is a very comfortable place to live with plenty of recreational and cultural opportunities. The University and The Department Texas Tech has approximately 25,000 students.