Photo: Thomas R Machnitzki ([email protected]) · CC BY 3.0Southwest Tennessee Community College is 5.7 miles from Bartlett
No college sits inside Bartlett’s boundary, but Southwest Tennessee Community College’s campus in Memphis, with 4,503 students on campus, is 5.7 miles from the center of town. About 5% of Bartlett’s residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Tennessee (5%).
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 Bartlett. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Bartlett
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Bartlett
10 private colleges within 14.8 miles, two public colleges within 13.7 miles, and three 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 $75–110k, where Bartlett’s median household income ($102,070) 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 Bartlett: 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-Memphis (2); Remington College-Memphis Campus (12).
Questions about college near Bartlett
Is Bartlett a college town?
No. About 5 of every 100 Bartlett residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as Tennessee (5). The nearest campus, Southwest Tennessee Community College, is 5.7 miles away in Memphis.
What colleges are near Bartlett?
13 colleges are within 15 miles. The largest: the University of Memphis (10.4 miles, 16,642 students on campus), Southwest Tennessee Community College (5.7 miles, 4,503) and The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (13.7 miles, 2,847).
What is the closest community college to Bartlett, and what does it cost?
Southwest Tennessee Community College in Memphis, 5.7 miles away. Tuition and fees are $4,778 a year for Tennessee residents; the federal net price, $4,754, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does the University of Memphis cost if we live in Tennessee?
Tuition and fees are $10,728 a year in-state and $15,384 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $10,607 (under $30,000 income) to $18,691 (over $110,000), housing and food included.
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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 Bartlett. 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 →