Photo: Chillin662 · CC BY-SA 4.0Concorde Career College-Southaven is 10.5 miles from Walls
No college sits inside Walls’ boundary, but Concorde Career College-Southaven’s campus in Southaven, with 114 students on campus, is 10.5 miles from the center of town, and Northwest Mississippi Community College is 23.5 miles away in Senatobia. About 1% of Walls’ residents are enrolled in college, below Mississippi (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 Walls. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Walls
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Walls
Two private colleges within 14.1 miles, and Remington College-Memphis Campus 14.1 miles away. The nearest public four-year college, University of Mississippi, is 52.6 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 Walls’ median household income ($58,920) 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: Concorde Career College-Southaven (2); Remington College-Memphis Campus (12).
Questions about college near Walls
Is Walls a college town?
No. About 1 of every 100 Walls residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), below Mississippi (6). The nearest campus, Concorde Career College-Southaven, is 10.5 miles away in Southaven.
What colleges are near Walls?
Within 15 miles: Concorde Career College-Southaven (10.5 miles, 114 students on campus) and Remington College-Memphis Campus (14.1 miles, 391).
What is the closest community college to Walls, and what does it cost?
Northwest Mississippi Community College in Senatobia, 23.5 miles away. Tuition and fees are $3,740 a year for Mississippi residents; the federal net price, $7,911, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does the University of Mississippi cost if we live in Mississippi?
Tuition and fees are $9,772 a year in-state and $28,600 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $8,945 (under $30,000 income) to $21,313 (over $110,000), housing and food included.
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 Walls. 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 →