Photo: Jim Evans · CC BY-SA 4.0San Jacinto Community College is 4 miles from La Porte
No college sits inside La Porte’s boundary, but San Jacinto Community College’s campus in Pasadena, with 22,089 students on campus, is 4 miles from the center of town. About 6% of La Porte’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 La Porte. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from La Porte
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of La Porte
One private college within 6.1 miles, one public college within 6.6 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 $75–110k, where La Porte’s median household income ($80,753) 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 La Porte: 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 La Porte
Is La Porte a college town?
No. About 6 of every 100 La Porte residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as Texas (6). The nearest campus, San Jacinto Community College, is 4 miles away in Pasadena.
What colleges are near La Porte?
Within 15 miles: San Jacinto Community College (4 miles, 22,089 students on campus), Texas Chiropractic College Foundation Inc (6.1 miles, 267), Lee College (6.2 miles, 6,817) and the University of Houston-Clear Lake (6.6 miles, 6,808).
What is the closest community college to La Porte, and what does it cost?
San Jacinto Community College in Pasadena, 4 miles away. Tuition and fees are $2,490 a year for Texas residents; the federal net price, $12,143, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does San Jacinto Community College cost if we live in Texas?
Tuition and fees are $2,490 a year in-state and $6,690 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $10,868 (under $30,000 income) to $20,279 (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 La Porte. 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 →