Dr. Luther C. and Lucy Hurt Fischer House · Photo: Rheave · CC BY-SA 3.0Oglethorpe University is 1.9 miles from Chamblee
Interactive College of Technology-Chamblee (529 students on campus) is inside the city, and Oglethorpe University (1,521) is 1.9 miles from the center, just over the line in Brookhaven. About 6% of Chamblee’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 Chamblee. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college in Chamblee
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Chamblee
24 private colleges within 14.3 miles, three public colleges within 13.3 miles, and six 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 $75–110k, where Chamblee’s median household income ($84,452) 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 Chamblee: 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: Interactive College of Technology-Chamblee (4); Chamberlain University-Georgia (15); Emory University (2); Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Atlanta (2); Georgia State (2); Georgia State University-Perimeter College (2); Herzing University-Atlanta (11); Lincoln College of Technology-Marietta (6); Fortis College-Smyrna (5).
What students study in Chamblee
Share of bachelor’s and associate degrees by field at Interactive College of Technology-Chamblee, weighted by undergraduates; then the biggest programs.
College Scorecard: degree shares (PCIP; each college’s six largest fields are kept, the rest count as everything else) and the field-of-study file, median earnings 4 years after graduating.
Questions about college in Chamblee
Is Chamblee a college town?
No. About 6 of every 100 Chamblee residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as Georgia (6). The largest campus in the city, Interactive College of Technology-Chamblee, has 529 students on campus.
What colleges are in Chamblee?
Interactive College of Technology-Chamblee is inside the city. Oglethorpe University is 1.9 miles from the center, in Brookhaven, Chamberlain University-Georgia is 3.6 miles from the center, in Sandy Springs, and Georgia Piedmont Technical College is 7.4 miles away in Clarkston.
What is the closest community college to Chamblee, and what does it cost?
Georgia Piedmont Technical College in Clarkston, 7.4 miles away. Tuition and fees are $3,386 a year for Georgia residents; the federal net price, $13,761, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does Georgia Institute of Technology cost if we live in Georgia?
Tuition and fees are $12,058 a year in-state and $34,484 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $7,666 (under $30,000 income) to $17,396 (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 Chamblee. 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 →