Photo: Rey Valls · CC BY 3.0Galen Health Institutes-Miami Campus is 4.2 miles from Southwest Ranches
No college sits inside Southwest Ranches’ boundary, but Galen Health Institutes-Miami Campus’s campus in Pembroke Pines, with 635 students on campus, is 4.2 miles from the center of town, and Broward College is 15.2 miles away in Fort Lauderdale. About 7% of Southwest Ranches’ residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Florida (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 Southwest Ranches. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Southwest Ranches
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Southwest Ranches
17 private colleges within 14.5 miles. The nearest public four-year college, Broward College, is 15.2 miles away.
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 and the nearest public four-year college. Pick your family’s income.
Starts at Over $110k, where Southwest Ranches’ median household income ($161,051) 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: 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: Universal Technical Institute-South Florida Miramar (6); CBT Technology Institute-Hialeah (3).
Questions about college near Southwest Ranches
Is Southwest Ranches a college town?
No. About 7 of every 100 Southwest Ranches residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as Florida (6). The nearest campus, Galen Health Institutes-Miami Campus, is 4.2 miles away in Pembroke Pines.
What colleges are near Southwest Ranches?
17 colleges are within 15 miles. The largest: Nova Southeastern University (8 miles, 15,478 students on campus), St. Thomas University (11.5 miles, 4,588) and Florida National University (13.3 miles, 2,205).
What is the closest community college to Southwest Ranches, and what does it cost?
Broward College in Fort Lauderdale, 15.2 miles away. Tuition and fees are $2,830 a year for Florida residents; the federal net price, $14,506, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does Broward College cost if we live in Florida?
Tuition and fees are $2,830 a year in-state and $8,952 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $13,467 (under $30,000 income) to $20,368 (over $110,000), housing and food included.
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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 Southwest Ranches. 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 →