Photo: YSSYguy · CC BY-SA 4.0Lone Star College System is 10 miles from Porter Heights
No college sits inside Porter Heights’ boundary, but Lone Star College System’s campus in The Woodlands, with 48,736 students on campus, is 10 miles from the center of town. About 10% of Porter Heights’ 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 Porter Heights. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Porter Heights
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Porter Heights
Four private colleges within 14.8 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 Porter Heights’ median household income ($87,804) 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 Porter Heights: 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: Universal Technical Institute of Texas Inc. (5); Fortis Institute (4).
Questions about college near Porter Heights
Is Porter Heights a college town?
No. About 10 of every 100 Porter Heights residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as Texas (6). The nearest campus, Lone Star College System, is 10 miles away in The Woodlands.
What colleges are near Porter Heights?
Within 15 miles: Lone Star College System (10 miles, 48,736 students on campus), Florida Career College-Houston (10.4 miles, 264), Universal Technical Institute of Texas Inc. (11.7 miles, 1,823), Fortis Institute (14.8 miles, 332) and Remington College-North Houston Campus (14.8 miles, 163).
What is the closest community college to Porter Heights, and what does it cost?
Lone Star College System in The Woodlands, 10 miles away. Tuition and fees are $3,330 a year for Texas residents; the federal net price, $11,252, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does Lone Star College System cost if we live in Texas?
Tuition and fees are $3,330 a year in-state and $9,390 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $10,657 (under $30,000 income) to $14,572 (over $110,000), housing and food included.
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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 Porter Heights. 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 →