The University of North Texas at Dallas is 7.3 miles from Bear Creek Ranch
No college sits inside Bear Creek Ranch’s boundary, but the University of North Texas at Dallas’s campus in Dallas, with 2,889 students on campus, is 7.3 miles from the center of town, and Dallas College is 14.4 miles away in Dallas. About 6% of Bear Creek Ranch’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 Bear Creek Ranch. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Bear Creek Ranch
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Bear Creek Ranch
Three private colleges within 14.9 miles, one public college within 7.3 miles, and Dallas College 14.4 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 Bear Creek Ranch’s median household income ($81,250) 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 Bear Creek Ranch: 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 Bear Creek Ranch
Is Bear Creek Ranch a college town?
No. About 6 of every 100 Bear Creek Ranch residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as Texas (6). The nearest campus, the University of North Texas at Dallas, is 7.3 miles away in Dallas.
What colleges are near Bear Creek Ranch?
Within 15 miles: the University of North Texas at Dallas (7.3 miles, 2,889 students on campus), Paul Quinn College (8.3 miles, 205), Nelson University (11.9 miles, 1,053), Dallas College (14.4 miles, 40,731) and Dallas Baptist University (14.9 miles, 3,479).
What is the closest community college to Bear Creek Ranch, and what does it cost?
Dallas College in Dallas, 14.4 miles away. Tuition and fees are $2,730 a year for Texas residents; the federal net price, $3,214, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does the University of North Texas at Dallas cost if we live in Texas?
Tuition and fees are $9,595 a year in-state and $21,894 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $4,713 (under $30,000 income) to $16,040 (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 Bear Creek Ranch. 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 →