The University of North Texas Health Science Center is 14.1 miles from Azle
No college sits inside Azle’s boundary, but the University of North Texas Health Science Center’s campus in Fort Worth, with 1,975 students on campus, is 14.1 miles from the center of town, and Tarrant County College District is 15.1 miles away in Fort Worth. About 3% of Azle’s residents are enrolled in college, below Texas (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 Azle. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Azle
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Azle
One private college within 14.3 miles, and one public college within 14.1 miles.
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 $48–75k, where Azle’s median household income ($68,514) 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 Azle: 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: The College of Health Care Professions-Fort Worth (7).
Questions about college near Azle
Is Azle a college town?
No. About 3 of every 100 Azle residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), below Texas (6). The nearest campus, the University of North Texas Health Science Center, is 14.1 miles away in Fort Worth.
What colleges are near Azle?
Within 15 miles: the University of North Texas Health Science Center (14.1 miles, 1,975 students on campus) and The College of Health Care Professions-Fort Worth (14.3 miles, 1,025).
What is the closest community college to Azle, and what does it cost?
Tarrant County College District in Fort Worth, 15.1 miles away. Tuition and fees are $1,863 a year for Texas residents; the federal net price, $4,337, 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 Azle. 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 →