Photo: Smarty9108 · CC BY-SA 4.0The College of Health Care Professions-Fort Worth is 2.4 miles from Haltom City
No college sits inside Haltom City’s boundary, but The College of Health Care Professions-Fort Worth’s campus in Fort Worth, with 1,025 students on campus, is 2.4 miles from the center of town, and Remington College-Fort Worth Campus is 2.7 miles away in North Richland Hills. About 4% of Haltom City’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 Haltom City. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Haltom City
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Haltom City
Eight private colleges within 14.8 miles, two public colleges within 11 miles, and two community colleges.
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 $48–75k, where Haltom City’s median household income ($59,057) 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 Haltom City: 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: The College of Health Care Professions-Fort Worth (7); Remington College-Fort Worth Campus (12); Texas Christian University (2); Lincoln College of Technology-Grand Prairie (8).
Questions about college near Haltom City
Is Haltom City a college town?
No. About 4 of every 100 Haltom City residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), below Texas (6). The nearest campus, The College of Health Care Professions-Fort Worth, is 2.4 miles away in Fort Worth.
What colleges are near Haltom City?
11 colleges are within 15 miles. The largest: Tarrant County College District (5.7 miles, 35,078 students on campus), The University of Texas at Arlington (11 miles, 31,253) and Texas Christian University (9.2 miles, 12,462).
What is the closest community college to Haltom City, and what does it cost?
Remington College-Fort Worth Campus in North Richland Hills, 2.7 miles away. Tuition and fees are $16,071 a year for Texas residents; the federal net price, $25,913, 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 Haltom City. 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 →