Chickasaw Shipyard Village Historic District · Photo: Cecouchman · CC BY-SA 3.0The University of Mobile is 3.3 miles from Chickasaw
No college sits inside Chickasaw’s boundary, but the University of Mobile’s campus in Mobile, with 1,761 students on campus, is 3.3 miles from the center of town, and Bishop State Community College is 5.5 miles away in Mobile. About 5% of Chickasaw’s residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Alabama (6%).
From the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard, June 2026; IPEDS fall 2023 enrollment) and the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, 2020–24. Straight-line distances from the center of Chickasaw. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Chickasaw
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Chickasaw
Three private colleges within 7.9 miles, one public college within 7.9 miles, and two community colleges.
Degree-granting colleges with 100 or more students on campus (fall 2023 enrollment, minus students who study only online). Admitted: share of applicants offered a place. Net price: the average a year after grants, for students on federal aid. Graduate: within 6 years (4-year colleges) or 3 (2-year). Earnings: median, 10 years after starting.
What would your family pay?
The average a year after grants, for families on federal aid, at the colleges within 15 miles. Pick your family’s income.
Starts at $30–48k, where Chickasaw’s median household income ($46,559) falls.
The average a year after grants and scholarships, for first-time, full-time students on federal aid, from the College Scorecard. Your own price depends on your aid package; every college has a net price calculator. For community colleges the net price counts housing and food at full cost, so tuition is shown beside it. “—”: not reported for that income.
Do students finish, and does it pay?
Each dot is a college within 15 miles of Chickasaw: across is the share who graduate, up is what they earn ten years after starting.
Graduation: first-time, full-time students within 6 years (4-year colleges) or 3 years (2-year). Earnings: median, 10 years after starting, for students who got federal aid. *Reported for all the campuses that file together: Remington College-Mobile Campus (12).
Questions about college near Chickasaw
Is Chickasaw a college town?
No. About 5 of every 100 Chickasaw residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as Alabama (6). The nearest campus, the University of Mobile, is 3.3 miles away in Mobile.
What colleges are near Chickasaw?
Within 15 miles: the University of Mobile (3.3 miles, 1,761 students on campus), Bishop State Community College (5.5 miles, 2,858), Spring Hill College (6.3 miles, 828), the University of South Alabama (7.9 miles, 9,804) and Remington College-Mobile Campus (7.9 miles, 244).
What is the closest community college to Chickasaw, and what does it cost?
Bishop State Community College in Mobile, 5.5 miles away. Tuition and fees are $5,340 a year for Alabama residents; the federal net price, $5,397, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does the University of South Alabama cost if we live in Alabama?
Tuition and fees are $10,116 a year in-state and $19,092 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $12,657 (under $30,000 income) to $25,322 (over $110,000), housing and food included.
Neighbors talk college
Students, parents, alumni and the neighbors next door.
Colleges: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023 enrollment). “On campus” is fall enrollment minus students who study only online. Distances are straight-line from the center of Chickasaw. Residents in college, age, rent and poverty (including poverty without college students, table B14006): U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24. Colleges are described, not graded; the College town label marks towns where 15% or more of residents are enrolled. How TownRatings describes colleges →