The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary is 7.3 miles from Crowley
No college sits inside Crowley’s boundary, but The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s campus in Fort Worth, with 1,351 students on campus, is 7.3 miles from the center of town, and Tarrant County College District is 12.6 miles away in Fort Worth. About 5% of Crowley’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 Crowley. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Crowley
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Crowley
Four private colleges within 12.5 miles, one public college within 12 miles, and Tarrant County College District 12.6 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 Crowley’s median household income ($95,030) 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 Crowley: 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).
Questions about college near Crowley
Is Crowley a college town?
No. About 5 of every 100 Crowley residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as Texas (6). The nearest campus, The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, is 7.3 miles away in Fort Worth.
What colleges are near Crowley?
Within 15 miles: The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (7.3 miles, 1,351 students on campus), Texas Christian University (9.2 miles, 12,462), Texas Wesleyan University (11.8 miles, 2,171), the University of North Texas Health Science Center (12 miles, 1,975), Southwestern Adventist University (12.5 miles, 675) and Tarrant County College District (12.6 miles, 35,078).
What is the closest community college to Crowley, and what does it cost?
Tarrant County College District in Fort Worth, 12.6 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.
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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 Crowley. 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 →