Gaston College is 3.7 miles from Ranlo
No college sits inside Ranlo’s boundary, but Gaston College’s campus in Dallas, with 2,695 students on campus, is 3.7 miles from the center of town. About 3% of Ranlo’s residents are enrolled in college, below North Carolina (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 Ranlo. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Ranlo
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Ranlo
One private college within 5.3 miles, one public college within 13.6 miles, and Gaston College 3.7 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. Pick your family’s income.
Starts at $75–110k, where Ranlo’s median household income ($78,033) 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 Ranlo: 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 Ranlo
Is Ranlo a college town?
No. About 3 of every 100 Ranlo residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), below North Carolina (6). The nearest campus, Gaston College, is 3.7 miles away in Dallas.
What colleges are near Ranlo?
Within 15 miles: Gaston College (3.7 miles, 2,695 students on campus), Belmont Abbey College (5.3 miles, 1,480) and Carolinas College of Health Sciences (13.6 miles, 351).
What is the closest community college to Ranlo, and what does it cost?
Gaston College in Dallas, 3.7 miles away. Tuition and fees are $3,186 a year for North Carolina residents; the federal net price, $6,592, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does Carolinas College of Health Sciences cost if we live in North Carolina?
Tuition and fees are $18,882 a year in-state and $18,882 from out of state.
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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 Ranlo. 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 →