Southern University at Shreveport is 4.9 miles from Blanchard
No college sits inside Blanchard’s boundary, but Southern University at Shreveport’s campus in Shreveport, with 2,365 students on campus, is 4.9 miles from the center of town. About 7% of Blanchard’s residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Louisiana (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 Blanchard. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Blanchard
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Blanchard
Two private colleges within 14.7 miles, one public college within 11 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 Blanchard’s median household income ($75,069) 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 Blanchard: 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: Remington College-Shreveport Campus (12).
Questions about college near Blanchard
Is Blanchard a college town?
No. About 7 of every 100 Blanchard residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as Louisiana (6). The nearest campus, Southern University at Shreveport, is 4.9 miles away in Shreveport.
What colleges are near Blanchard?
Within 15 miles: Southern University at Shreveport (4.9 miles, 2,365 students on campus), Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport (11 miles, 995), Centenary College of Louisiana (12.1 miles, 648), Bossier Parish Community College (14.4 miles, 2,710) and Remington College-Shreveport Campus (14.7 miles, 342).
What is the closest community college to Blanchard, and what does it cost?
Southern University at Shreveport in Shreveport, 4.9 miles away. Tuition and fees are $4,958 a year for Louisiana residents; the federal net price, $11,049, counts housing and food at full cost.
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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 Blanchard. 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 →