Photo: Djetelina at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0College of the Mainland is 7.8 miles from Bacliff
No college sits inside Bacliff’s boundary, but College of the Mainland’s campus in Texas City, with 4,279 students on campus, is 7.8 miles from the center of town. About 5% of Bacliff’s residents are enrolled in college, about the same as 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 Bacliff. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Bacliff
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Bacliff
One private college within 14.5 miles, one public college within 8.3 miles, and two 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 $48–75k, where Bacliff’s median household income ($51,458) 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 Bacliff: 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 Bacliff
Is Bacliff a college town?
No. About 5 of every 100 Bacliff residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as Texas (6). The nearest campus, College of the Mainland, is 7.8 miles away in Texas City.
What colleges are near Bacliff?
Within 15 miles: College of the Mainland (7.8 miles, 4,279 students on campus), the University of Houston-Clear Lake (8.3 miles, 6,808), San Jacinto Community College (12.9 miles, 22,089) and Texas Chiropractic College Foundation Inc (14.5 miles, 267).
What is the closest community college to Bacliff, and what does it cost?
College of the Mainland in Texas City, 7.8 miles away. Tuition and fees are $2,310 a year for Texas residents; the federal net price, $1,342, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does College of the Mainland cost if we live in Texas?
Tuition and fees are $2,310 a year in-state and $4,140 from out of state.
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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 Bacliff. 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 →