Photo: Michael Rivera · CC BY-SA 4.0Coastal Pines Technical College is 9.3 miles from Blackshear
No college sits inside Blackshear’s boundary, but Coastal Pines Technical College’s campus in Waycross, with 3,170 students on campus, is 9.3 miles from the center of town. About 4% of Blackshear’s residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Georgia (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 Blackshear. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Blackshear
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Blackshear
It is public. Every other college is more than 15 miles from Blackshear.
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 $30–48k, where Blackshear’s median household income ($40,670) 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.
Questions about college near Blackshear
Is Blackshear a college town?
No. About 4 of every 100 Blackshear residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as Georgia (6). The nearest campus, Coastal Pines Technical College, is 9.3 miles away in Waycross.
What colleges are near Blackshear?
Within 15 miles: Coastal Pines Technical College (9.3 miles, 3,170 students on campus).
What is the closest community college to Blackshear, and what does it cost?
Coastal Pines Technical College in Waycross, 9.3 miles away. Tuition and fees are $3,268 a year for Georgia residents; the federal net price, $-126, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does South Georgia State College cost if we live in Georgia?
Tuition and fees are $3,314 a year in-state and $10,274 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $7,553 (under $30,000 income) to $13,749 (over $110,000), housing and food included.
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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 Blackshear. 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 →