Photo: Judahdavis · Public domainFortis College is 2.9 miles from Mission Bend
No college sits inside Mission Bend’s boundary, but Fortis College’s campus in Houston, with 357 students on campus, is 2.9 miles from the center of town, and Houston Community College is 17.7 miles away in Houston. About 7% of Mission Bend’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 Mission Bend. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Mission Bend
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Mission Bend
13 private colleges within 14.8 miles. The nearest public four-year college, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, is 15.8 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 Mission Bend’s median household income ($67,282) 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: Fortis College (4); American InterContinental University-Houston (3); The College of Health Care Professions-Southwest Houston (7); Chamberlain University-Texas (15); Pima Medical Institute-Houston (13); The College of Health Care Professions-Northwest (7); College of Health Care Professions (7).
Questions about college near Mission Bend
Is Mission Bend a college town?
No. About 7 of every 100 Mission Bend residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as Texas (6). The nearest campus, Fortis College, is 2.9 miles away in Houston.
What colleges are near Mission Bend?
13 colleges are within 15 miles. The largest: Houston Christian University (9 miles, 3,012 students on campus), The College of Health Care Professions-Northwest (14.7 miles, 2,201) and Chamberlain University-Texas (11.8 miles, 1,890).
What is the closest community college to Mission Bend, and what does it cost?
Houston Community College in Houston, 17.7 miles away. Tuition and fees are $2,040 a year for Texas residents; the federal net price, $5,737, 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 Mission Bend. 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 →