Photo: S.C. Air National Guard · Public domainThe University of Holy Cross is 6.2 miles from New Orleans Station
No college sits inside New Orleans Station’s boundary, but the University of Holy Cross’s campus in New Orleans, with 603 students on campus, is 6.2 miles from the center of town, and Nunez Community College is 9.7 miles away in Chalmette. About 8% of New Orleans Station’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 New Orleans Station. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from New Orleans Station
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of New Orleans Station
Seven private colleges within 12.3 miles, three public colleges within 14.1 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 New Orleans Station’s median household income ($59,474) 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 New Orleans Station: 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.
Questions about college near New Orleans Station
Is New Orleans Station a college town?
No. About 8 of every 100 New Orleans Station residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as Louisiana (6). The nearest campus, the University of Holy Cross, is 6.2 miles away in New Orleans.
What colleges are near New Orleans Station?
12 colleges are within 15 miles. The largest: Tulane University of Louisiana (9.7 miles, 11,335 students on campus), Delgado Community College (11.9 miles, 6,925) and the University of New Orleans (14.1 miles, 5,729).
What is the closest community college to New Orleans Station, and what does it cost?
Nunez Community College in Chalmette, 9.7 miles away. Tuition and fees are $4,255 a year for Louisiana residents; the federal net price, $12,529, counts housing and food at full cost.
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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 New Orleans Station. 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 →