Texas State Technical College is 14.4 miles from Mount Calm
No college sits inside Mount Calm’s boundary, but Texas State Technical College’s campus in Waco, with 7,673 students on campus, is 14.4 miles from the center of town. About 6% of Mount Calm’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 Mount Calm. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Mount Calm
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Mount Calm
It is public. Every other college is more than 15 miles from Mount Calm.
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 Mount Calm’s median household income ($49,934) 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.
Questions about college near Mount Calm
Is Mount Calm a college town?
No. About 6 of every 100 Mount Calm residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as Texas (6). The nearest campus, Texas State Technical College, is 14.4 miles away in Waco.
What colleges are near Mount Calm?
Within 15 miles: Texas State Technical College (14.4 miles, 7,673 students on campus).
What is the closest community college to Mount Calm, and what does it cost?
Texas State Technical College in Waco, 14.4 miles away. Tuition and fees are $7,212 a year for Texas residents; the federal net price, $13,508, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does Navarro College cost if we live in Texas?
Tuition and fees are $3,008 a year in-state and $6,578 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $14,283 (under $30,000 income) to $18,257 (over $110,000), housing and food included.
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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 Mount Calm. 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 →