Lubbock Christian University (LCU) is a private Christianuniversity associated with the Churches of Christ and located in Lubbock, Texas. Chartered originally as part of a grade school called Lubbock Christian School in 1954, the institution branched off as a junior college – Lubbock Christian College – in 1957. LCC became a senior college in 1972, then transitioned to university status in fall of 1987. A fall 2015 count showed 1,958 students enrolled at Lubbock Christian University, of which 462 are graduate students.