Welcome to Metropolitan Amarillo
Residents of the Amarillo area have access to some of the finest educational facilities and resources in Texas, from responsive local school districts to postgraduate opportunities in highly respected colleges and universities. Parents who are interested in exploring alternative educational environments will find a selection of private and religiously affiliated schools. Two-year associate transfer degrees, certificates, and career training are available locally at Amarillo College. Consistently rising to meet the future with investments in innovation, the college has most recently added a 12,000-square-foot STEM Research Center and greenhouse. Serving a student enrollment of 10,000, Amarillo College maintains four campus locations in metropolitan Amarillo and auxiliary centers in surrounding rural counties. Texas Tech University (TTU), with its architecturally stunning flagship campus in Lubbock, located its Health Sciences Center in Amarillo.

The caliber of healthcare available to residents is equally impressive, beginning with an array of acclaimed resources clustered on the 430-acre Harrington Regional Medical Campus (HRMC). Distinguished as the first designated city hospital district in Texas, HRMC is home to scores of leading-edge resources that include the city’s two premier hospitals and the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. Metropolitan Amarillo is well-served by two major healthcare systems, BSA Health System and Northwest Texas Healthcare. The latter is recognized for heart, emergency, stroke, and children’s care but also provides the lead trauma center for the top 26 Panhandle counties.