Texas Christian University is 6.1 miles from Benbrook
No college sits inside Benbrook’s boundary, but Texas Christian University’s campus in Fort Worth, with 12,462 students on campus, is 6.1 miles from the center of town, and Tarrant County College District is 9.2 miles away in Fort Worth. About 4% of Benbrook’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 Benbrook. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Benbrook
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Benbrook
Four private colleges within 13 miles, one public college within 7.4 miles, and Tarrant County College District 9.2 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 Benbrook’s median household income ($86,292) 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 Benbrook: 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: Texas Christian University (2); The College of Health Care Professions-Fort Worth (7).
Questions about college near Benbrook
Is Benbrook a college town?
No. About 4 of every 100 Benbrook residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), below Texas (6). The nearest campus, Texas Christian University, is 6.1 miles away in Fort Worth.
What colleges are near Benbrook?
Within 15 miles: Texas Christian University (6.1 miles, 12,462 students on campus), The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (6.7 miles, 1,351), the University of North Texas Health Science Center (7.4 miles, 1,975), Tarrant County College District (9.2 miles, 35,078), Texas Wesleyan University (11.3 miles, 2,171) and The College of Health Care Professions-Fort Worth (13 miles, 1,025).
What is the closest community college to Benbrook, and what does it cost?
Tarrant County College District in Fort Worth, 9.2 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 Benbrook. 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 →