Four independent school districts and a variety of private schools and prestigious colleges and universities make Lubbock an education haven. Twenty-six percent of the area’s residents age 25 and older have earned a bachelor’s degree or higher.

The Lubbock Independent School District (LISD), established in 1907, encompasses a majority of the city. Accredited by the Texas Education Agency, LISD's mission guarantees that every student experiences maximum academic and personal success by capitalizing on the unique educational, medical, agricultural, technological, cultural, and human resources of our community.

Lubbock is home to Texas Tech University (TTU) and its medical counterpart, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC), as well as Lubbock Christian University, Wayland Baptist University, South Plains College and several vocational training programs. These schools, serving more than 40,000 students annually, have a significant economic impact on this community.

One of the state’s largest universities, TTU opened its doors in 1923 and enrolled 28,200 undergrad, graduate and law school students in 2005. The university is a nationally recognized center for research and offers 150 undergraduate, 100 master and 50 doctoral degrees through its 10 colleges, a law school, and graduate school.

 TTUHSC is the region’s largest health care educational institution and a recognized leader in training primary care physicians. More than 1,300 students are enrolled in the Schools of Medicine, Nursing, Allied Health, Pharmacy and Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. TTUHSC also supports a world-renowned pain institute and is a leading researcher in geriatrics, cancer, infertility and rural health. The TTUHSC’s main campus is located in Lubbock, with satellite campuses in Amarillo, El Paso and Odessa.

Lubbock is also home to Lubbock Christian University (LCU), a private four-year institution that offers 35 bachelors’ degree programs in a wide range of fields and nine masters’ degree programs in Bible, Nursing, Behavioral Sciences and education. 

The WBU Lubbock campus is the only university in Lubbock where it is possible to complete all work toward a bachelor’s degree through evening classes. The Bachelor of Science in Occupational education degree was started in 1974, followed by the Master of Business Administration and Master of education degree programs in 1988-89. The Master of Arts in Management and Master of Arts in Religion were added in 1999 and the Bachelor of Business Administration and Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies started in 2001.

South Plains College (SPC) is a comprehensive, two-year community college that enrolls about 9,300 students in college-level credit courses and serves more than 5,000 students annually.