Photo: Loadmaster (David R. Tribble) This image was made by Loadmaster (David R. Tribble). Email the author: David R. Tribble Also see my personal gallery at Google Photos · CC BY-SA 3.0Southwestern Adventist University is 5.7 miles from Cleburne
No college sits inside Cleburne’s boundary, but Southwestern Adventist University’s campus in Keene, with 675 students on campus, is 5.7 miles from the center of town, and Tarrant County College District is 28.1 miles away in Fort Worth. About 3% of Cleburne’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 Cleburne. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Cleburne
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Cleburne
One private college within 5.7 miles. The nearest public four-year college, University of North Texas Health Science Center, is 27.4 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 and the nearest public four-year college. Pick your family’s income.
Starts at $48–75k, where Cleburne’s median household income ($70,656) 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: 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 Cleburne
Is Cleburne a college town?
No. About 3 of every 100 Cleburne residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), below Texas (6). The nearest campus, Southwestern Adventist University, is 5.7 miles away in Keene.
What colleges are near Cleburne?
Within 15 miles: Southwestern Adventist University (5.7 miles, 675 students on campus).
What is the closest community college to Cleburne, and what does it cost?
Tarrant County College District in Fort Worth, 28.1 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 Cleburne. 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 →