Myrtle Hill Plantation House · Photo: Robert F. Menasco · Public domainRemington College-Shreveport Campus is 14.7 miles from Gloster
No college sits inside Gloster’s boundary, but Remington College-Shreveport Campus’s campus in Shreveport, with 342 students on campus, is 14.7 miles from the center of town. About 0% of Gloster’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 Gloster. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Gloster
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Gloster
One private college within 14.7 miles, and Remington College-Shreveport Campus 14.7 miles away. The nearest public four-year college, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport, is 20.2 miles away.
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 Under $30k; the Census has no median household income for Gloster.
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. *Reported for all the campuses that file together: Remington College-Shreveport Campus (12).
Questions about college near Gloster
Is Gloster a college town?
No. About 0 of every 100 Gloster residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as Louisiana (6). The nearest campus, Remington College-Shreveport Campus, is 14.7 miles away in Shreveport.
What colleges are near Gloster?
Within 15 miles: Remington College-Shreveport Campus (14.7 miles, 342 students on campus).
What is the closest community college to Gloster, and what does it cost?
Remington College-Shreveport Campus in Shreveport, 14.7 miles away. Tuition and fees are $16,245 a year for Louisiana residents; the federal net price, $30,758, counts housing and food at full cost.
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 Gloster. 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 →