Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0Concorde Career College-Grand Prairie is 8.4 miles from Cedar Hill
No college sits inside Cedar Hill’s boundary, but Concorde Career College-Grand Prairie’s campus in Grand Prairie, with 285 students on campus, is 8.4 miles from the center of town, and Dallas College is 15.8 miles away in Dallas. About 6% of Cedar Hill’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 Cedar Hill. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Cedar Hill
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Cedar Hill
Five private colleges within 13.9 miles, and two public colleges within 13.5 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 $75–110k, where Cedar Hill’s median household income ($101,909) 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 Cedar Hill: 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: Lincoln College of Technology-Grand Prairie (8).
Questions about college near Cedar Hill
Is Cedar Hill a college town?
No. About 6 of every 100 Cedar Hill residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as Texas (6). The nearest campus, Concorde Career College-Grand Prairie, is 8.4 miles away in Grand Prairie.
What colleges are near Cedar Hill?
7 colleges are within 15 miles. The largest: The University of Texas at Arlington (13.5 miles, 31,253 students on campus), Dallas Baptist University (8.7 miles, 3,479) and the University of North Texas at Dallas (10.4 miles, 2,889).
What is the closest community college to Cedar Hill, and what does it cost?
Dallas College in Dallas, 15.8 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.
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 Cedar Hill. 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 →