Photo: TheLionHasSeen · CC BY-SA 4.0Remington College-Shreveport Campus is 9.9 miles from Greenwood
No college sits inside Greenwood’s boundary, but Remington College-Shreveport Campus’s campus in Shreveport, with 342 students on campus, is 9.9 miles from the center of town. About 1% of Greenwood’s residents are enrolled in college, below 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 Greenwood. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Greenwood
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Greenwood
Two private colleges within 13.8 miles, two public colleges within 14.8 miles, and two 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 $48–75k, where Greenwood’s median household income ($64,063) 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 Greenwood: 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 Greenwood
Is Greenwood a college town?
No. About 1 of every 100 Greenwood residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), below Louisiana (6). The nearest campus, Remington College-Shreveport Campus, is 9.9 miles away in Shreveport.
What colleges are near Greenwood?
Within 15 miles: Remington College-Shreveport Campus (9.9 miles, 342 students on campus), Southern University at Shreveport (10.8 miles, 2,365), Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport (12.1 miles, 995), Centenary College of Louisiana (13.8 miles, 648) and Louisiana State University-Shreveport (14.8 miles, 1,974).
What is the closest community college to Greenwood, and what does it cost?
Remington College-Shreveport Campus in Shreveport, 9.9 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.
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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 Greenwood. 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 →