Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Chattanooga College Medical Dental and & Technical Careers is 9.6 miles from Soddy-Daisy
No college sits inside Soddy-Daisy’s boundary, but Chattanooga College Medical Dental and & Technical Careers’s campus in Chattanooga, with 311 students on campus, is 9.6 miles from the center of town, and Chattanooga State Community College is 11.7 miles away in Chattanooga. About 3% of Soddy-Daisy’s residents are enrolled in college, below 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 Soddy-Daisy. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Soddy-Daisy
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Soddy-Daisy
One private college within 9.6 miles, and Chattanooga State Community College 11.7 miles away. The nearest public four-year college, The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, is 16.5 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 $75–110k, where Soddy-Daisy’s median household income ($75,113) 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.
Questions about college near Soddy-Daisy
Is Soddy-Daisy a college town?
No. About 3 of every 100 Soddy-Daisy residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), below Tennessee (5). The nearest campus, Chattanooga College Medical Dental and & Technical Careers, is 9.6 miles away in Chattanooga.
What colleges are near Soddy-Daisy?
Within 15 miles: Chattanooga College Medical Dental and & Technical Careers (9.6 miles, 311 students on campus) and Chattanooga State Community College (11.7 miles, 4,824).
What is the closest community college to Soddy-Daisy, and what does it cost?
Chattanooga State Community College in Chattanooga, 11.7 miles away. Tuition and fees are $4,772 a year for Tennessee residents; the federal net price, $5,283, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga cost if we live in Tennessee?
Tuition and fees are $10,448 a year in-state and $18,512 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $9,876 (under $30,000 income) to $19,137 (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 Soddy-Daisy. 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 →