Arkansas Ordnance Plant Guard House · Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 3.0The University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College is 8.9 miles from Gibson
No college sits inside Gibson’s boundary, but the University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College’s campus in North Little Rock, with 2,253 students on campus, is 8.9 miles from the center of town. About 3% of Gibson’s residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Arkansas (5%).
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 Gibson. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Gibson
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Gibson
Three private colleges within 11.9 miles, two public colleges within 13.6 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 $48–75k, where Gibson’s median household income ($66,496) 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 Gibson: 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.
Questions about college near Gibson
Is Gibson a college town?
No. About 3 of every 100 Gibson residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as Arkansas (5). The nearest campus, the University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College, is 8.9 miles away in North Little Rock.
What colleges are near Gibson?
Within 15 miles: the University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College (8.9 miles, 2,253 students on campus), Shorter College (9.9 miles, 287), the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (11.5 miles, 2,164), Philander Smith University (11.7 miles, 841), Arkansas Baptist College (11.9 miles, 373) and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (13.6 miles, 5,059).
What is the closest community college to Gibson, and what does it cost?
University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College in North Little Rock, 8.9 miles away. Tuition and fees are $6,300 a year for Arkansas residents; the federal net price, $14,327, counts housing and food at full cost.
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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 Gibson. 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 →