Tarrant County College District is 3.8 miles from River Oaks
No college sits inside River Oaks’ boundary, but Tarrant County College District’s campus in Fort Worth, with 35,078 students on campus, is 3.8 miles from the center of town. About 4% of River Oaks’ 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 River Oaks. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from River Oaks
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of River Oaks
Six private colleges within 14.3 miles, one public college within 2.5 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 $48–75k, where River Oaks’ median household income ($63,500) 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 River Oaks: 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: Texas Christian University (2); The College of Health Care Professions-Fort Worth (7); Remington College-Fort Worth Campus (12).
Questions about college near River Oaks
Is River Oaks a college town?
No. About 4 of every 100 River Oaks residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as Texas (6). The nearest campus, the University of North Texas Health Science Center, is 2.5 miles away in Fort Worth.
What colleges are near River Oaks?
8 colleges are within 15 miles. The largest: Tarrant County College District (3.8 miles, 35,078 students on campus), Texas Christian University (5 miles, 12,462) and Texas Wesleyan University (7.5 miles, 2,171).
What is the closest community college to River Oaks, and what does it cost?
Tarrant County College District in Fort Worth, 3.8 miles away. Tuition and fees are $1,863 a year for Texas residents; the federal net price, $4,337, counts housing and food at full cost.
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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 River Oaks. 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 →