Education

The High Ground is a dynamically resourced region—no surprise considering this region produces a lion’s share of oil, wind and solar energy. However, there’s one more vital energizing resource critical to the High Ground’s success: Leading educational assets that spur economic and professional success even as they enrich the High Ground’s quality of life. And while they transform the lives of residents, High Ground’s higher education assets also empower industry while stimulating local and regional economies.

We don’t just think bigger in the High Ground. We think smarter.

High Ground community colleges: Multi-mission assets for diverse stakeholders.

Graduating career-ready students, providing custom industrial training, offering strategic avenues for workers to upskill or retrain for changing market conditions—the High Ground’s five community colleges are key to the region’s nonstop performance.

Aligning degrees and certificates with labor market demand informs the strategic plan guiding Amarillo College. Since its founding in 1929, the college has grown to encompass six campuses, with an enrollment of 10,000 and programs of study in 9 areas, including STEM, Industry, Business, Computer Information Systems, Health Services and Education.

Clarendon serves students aiming for a traditional four-year degree as well as those interested in training for immediate employment with offerings that include degrees and certifications in Liberal Arts, Career and Technical Education, Agriculture and Allied Health. In addition to the 107-acre main campus in Clarendon, the college operates satellite campuses in Pampa and Childress.

Frank Phillips College serves multiple missions: Its Associate in Arts (AA), Associate in Sciences (AS) and Associate in Applied (AAS) degrees are transferrable to four-year institutions, while certificate programs include Welding Technology, Career and Technical Education, and Farm and Ranch management. The college guides students with start-to-finish holistic advising at its main campus in Borger as well as the Allen Campus in Perryton and the Dalhart Center.

Program offerings are broad here: 41 majors in 17 programs that include transferrable associate degrees, expanding health professions offerings and career technical education programs. The college also offers programs leading to degrees and certificates from the Southwest College for the Deaf. With the main campus located in Big Spring, the college operates satellite campuses in San Angelo and Lamesa.

While noted alumni include legendary singer Roy Orbison and rodeo star Ty Murray, Odessa College is also well-known for the great opportunities it offers all students through three schools: Business and Industry, Health Sciences and Liberal Arts and Education. In addition to a student enrollment of more than 5,000, the college serves the community with basic and continuing education and recreational classes.

Amarillo College

Aligning degrees and certificates with labor market demand informs the strategic plan guiding Amarillo College. Since its founding in 1929, the college has grown to encompass six campuses, with an enrollment of 10,000 and programs of study in 9 areas, including STEM, Industry, Business, Computer Information Systems, Health Services and Education.


Clarendon College

Clarendon serves students aiming for a traditional four-year degree as well as those interested in training for immediate employment with offerings that include degrees and certifications in Liberal Arts, Career and Technical Education, Agriculture and Allied Health. In addition to the 107-acre main campus in Clarendon, the college operates satellite campuses in Pampa and Childress.


Frank Phillips College

Frank Phillips College serves multiple missions: Its Associate in Arts (AA), Associate in Sciences (AS) and Associate in Applied (AAS) degrees are transferrable to four-year institutions, while certificate programs include Welding Technology, Career and Technical Education, and Farm and Ranch management. The college guides students with start-to-finish holistic advising at its main campus in Borger as well as the Allen Campus in Perryton and the Dalhart Center.


Howard College

Program offerings are broad here: 41 majors in 17 programs that include transferrable associate degrees, expanding health professions offerings and career technical education programs. The college also offers programs leading to degrees and certificates from the Southwest College for the Deaf. With the main campus located in Big Spring, the college operates satellite campuses in San Angelo and Lamesa.


Odessa College

While noted alumni include legendary singer Roy Orbison and rodeo star Ty Murray, Odessa College is also well-known for the great opportunities it offers all students through three schools: Business and Industry, Health Sciences and Liberal Arts and Education. In addition to a student enrollment of more than 5,000, the college serves the community with basic and continuing education and recreational classes.


High Ground Universities: Paths to performance and leadership

High Ground universities have always been trail-blazers, from the early 20th century when world-renowned artist Georgia O’Keefe taught art at West Texas A&M to today’s world-class research and innovation ongoing at institutions across the region. Recognized nationally for both academic quality and workplace excellence, these institutions are stepping up to the challenge and opportunities of tomorrow.

Angelo State University: With an enrollment approaching 11,000, ASU offers more than 100 undergraduate and 34 graduate degrees through six colleges spread across the second largest campus in the Texas Tech University System. A great place to launch a career, recognized for its academic excellence as a “best college” by both Princeton Review and U.S. News, ASU is also a great place to pursue a career, named by the Chronicle of Higher Education as a “best college to work for.”

Texas Tech University:  A Carnegie R1 research university with an endowment of over $1 billion and enrollment of more than 40,000, Texas Tech University excels in both quality and quantity of programs. Along with more than 150 undergraduate degrees, the University provides the highest caliber professional training at its law school, medical school, school for health sciences and a new school for veterinary medicine. With National Academy of Science members on staff, Texas Tech is famously rigorous. It is also creative and free-thinking; the Innovation Hub at Research Park is jumpstarting new developments through public-private collaboration. Texas Tech satellite campuses are located in Abilene and Amarillo.

University of Texas Permian Basin. UTPB serves an enrollment of more than 7,600 with 35 undergraduate degree programs and 18 graduate degrees in five schools and colleges. A member of the University of Texas system, the university operates a satellite campus in Midland in addition to its main campus in Odessa.

West Texas A&M. Founded in 1920, WATM has grown to an enrollment of more than 10,000, offering 60 undergraduate degrees, 38 master’s degrees and two doctoral degrees from six colleges and two schools. WATM is also vibrant cultural asset: Acclaimed artist Georgia O’Keefe once headed up the art department at WTAM, and today the University is home to one of the Southwest’s premier art collections and to the Panhandle Plains Historical Museum.


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