Chamberlain University-Louisiana is 13.9 miles from New Sarpy
No college sits inside New Sarpy’s boundary, but Chamberlain University-Louisiana’s campus in Jefferson, with 498 students on campus, is 13.9 miles from the center of town, and Delgado Community College is 16.7 miles away in New Orleans. About 0% of New Sarpy’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 New Sarpy. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from New Sarpy
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of New Sarpy
Two private colleges within 13.9 miles. The nearest public four-year college, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans, is 18 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 $48–75k, where New Sarpy’s median household income ($51,989) 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: 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: Herzing University-New Orleans (11).
Questions about college near New Sarpy
Is New Sarpy a college town?
No. About 0 of every 100 New Sarpy residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), below Louisiana (6). The nearest campus, Chamberlain University-Louisiana, is 13.9 miles away in Jefferson.
What colleges are near New Sarpy?
Within 15 miles: Chamberlain University-Louisiana (13.9 miles, 498 students on campus) and Herzing University-New Orleans (13.9 miles, 127).
What is the closest community college to New Sarpy, and what does it cost?
Delgado Community College in New Orleans, 16.7 miles away. Tuition and fees are $4,279 a year for Louisiana residents; the federal net price, $9,747, 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 New Sarpy. 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 →