Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Dalton State College is 5.9 miles from Tunnel Hill
No college sits inside Tunnel Hill’s boundary, but Dalton State College’s campus in Dalton, with 4,265 students on campus, is 5.9 miles from the center of town, and Georgia Northwestern Technical College is 44.3 miles away in Rome. About 4% of Tunnel Hill’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 Tunnel Hill. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Tunnel Hill
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Tunnel Hill
Two private colleges within 14.8 miles, and one public college within 5.9 miles.
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 Tunnel Hill’s median household income ($56,536) 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 Tunnel Hill: 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: Miller-Motte College-Chattanooga (22).
Questions about college near Tunnel Hill
Is Tunnel Hill a college town?
No. About 4 of every 100 Tunnel Hill residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as Georgia (6). The nearest campus, Dalton State College, is 5.9 miles away in Dalton.
What colleges are near Tunnel Hill?
Within 15 miles: Dalton State College (5.9 miles, 4,265 students on campus), Southern Adventist University (13.3 miles, 2,956) and Miller-Motte College-Chattanooga (14.8 miles, 236).
What is the closest community college to Tunnel Hill, and what does it cost?
Georgia Northwestern Technical College in Rome, 44.3 miles away. Tuition and fees are $3,300 a year for Georgia residents; the federal net price, $5,720, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does Dalton State College cost if we live in Georgia?
Tuition and fees are $3,336 a year in-state and $10,656 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $3,962 (under $30,000 income) to $10,055 (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 Tunnel Hill. 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 →