El Paso Community College is 12.6 miles from Homestead Meadows South
No college sits inside Homestead Meadows South’s boundary, but El Paso Community College’s campus in El Paso, with 19,273 students on campus, is 12.6 miles from the center of town. About 5% of Homestead Meadows South’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 Homestead Meadows South. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Homestead Meadows South
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Homestead Meadows South
Three private colleges within 14.6 miles, and El Paso Community College 12.6 miles away. The nearest public four-year college, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center-El Paso, is 15.9 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 Homestead Meadows South’s median household income ($49,327) 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. *Reported for all the campuses that file together: Western Technical College (2); Pima Medical Institute-El Paso (13).
Questions about college near Homestead Meadows South
Is Homestead Meadows South a college town?
No. About 5 of every 100 Homestead Meadows South residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as Texas (6). The nearest campus, El Paso Community College, is 12.6 miles away in El Paso.
What colleges are near Homestead Meadows South?
Within 15 miles: El Paso Community College (12.6 miles, 19,273 students on campus), Western Technical College (13 miles, 1,148), Pima Medical Institute-El Paso (13.2 miles, 667) and Southwest University at El Paso (14.6 miles, 1,722).
What is the closest community college to Homestead Meadows South, and what does it cost?
El Paso Community College in El Paso, 12.6 miles away. Tuition and fees are $4,080 a year for Texas residents; the federal net price, $3,206, 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 Homestead Meadows South. 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 →