Southern Careers Institute-Brownsville is 7.6 miles from Rancho Viejo
No college sits inside Rancho Viejo’s boundary, but Southern Careers Institute-Brownsville’s campus in Brownsville, with 637 students on campus, is 7.6 miles from the center of town, and Texas Southmost College is 10.2 miles away in Brownsville. About 6% of Rancho Viejo’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 Rancho Viejo. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Rancho Viejo
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Rancho Viejo
Two private colleges within 13.8 miles, and Texas Southmost College 10.2 miles away. The nearest public four-year college, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, is 42.7 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 $75–110k, where Rancho Viejo’s median household income ($90,714) 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: Southern Careers Institute-Brownsville (8); Southern Careers Institute-Harlingen (8).
Questions about college near Rancho Viejo
Is Rancho Viejo a college town?
No. About 6 of every 100 Rancho Viejo residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as Texas (6). The nearest campus, Southern Careers Institute-Brownsville, is 7.6 miles away in Brownsville.
What colleges are near Rancho Viejo?
Within 15 miles: Southern Careers Institute-Brownsville (7.6 miles, 637 students on campus), Texas Southmost College (10.2 miles, 7,111) and Southern Careers Institute-Harlingen (13.8 miles, 437).
What is the closest community college to Rancho Viejo, and what does it cost?
Texas Southmost College in Brownsville, 10.2 miles away. Tuition and fees are $3,148 a year for Texas residents; the federal net price, $3,085, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley cost if we live in Texas?
Tuition and fees are $9,987 a year in-state and $19,827 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $3,785 (under $30,000 income) to $13,782 (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 Rancho Viejo. 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 →