Photo: Kåre Thor Olsen · CC BY-SA 3.0Morehouse College is 11.8 miles from Douglasville
No college sits inside Douglasville’s boundary, but Morehouse College’s campus in Atlanta, with 2,425 students on campus, is 11.8 miles from the center of town, and Atlanta Technical College is 12.3 miles away in Atlanta. About 7% of Douglasville’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 Douglasville. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Douglasville
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Douglasville
10 private colleges within 15 miles, three public colleges within 13.5 miles, and three 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 Douglasville’s median household income ($79,107) 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 Douglasville: 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: Fortis College-Smyrna (5); Georgia State (2); Georgia State University-Perimeter College (2); Herzing University-Atlanta (11); Lincoln College of Technology-Marietta (6).
Questions about college near Douglasville
Is Douglasville a college town?
No. About 7 of every 100 Douglasville residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as Georgia (6). The nearest campus, Morehouse College, is 11.8 miles away in Atlanta.
What colleges are near Douglasville?
16 colleges are within 15 miles. The largest: Georgia State University (13.5 miles, 30,368 students on campus), Georgia Institute of Technology (13.3 miles, 27,011) and Georgia State University-Perimeter College (13.5 miles, 9,537).
What is the closest community college to Douglasville, and what does it cost?
Atlanta Technical College in Atlanta, 12.3 miles away. Tuition and fees are $3,382 a year for Georgia residents; the federal net price, $-914, 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.
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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 Douglasville. 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 →