Photo: Jouaienttoi · CC BY-SA 4.0San Antonio is home to 22 colleges, with about 101,000 students on campus
The University of Texas at San Antonio (30,042 students on campus) and Northwest Vista College (13,041) are inside the city. About 7% of San Antonio’s residents are enrolled in college, above 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 San Antonio. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college in San Antonio
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of San Antonio
15 private colleges within 9.7 miles, three public colleges within 10.9 miles, and five 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 San Antonio’s median household income ($65,056) 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 San Antonio: 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: Pima Medical Institute-San Antonio (13); The College of Health Care Professions-San Antonio (7); Concorde Career College-San Antonio (3); Galen College of Nursing-San Antonio (20); Lamson Institute (3); Southern Careers Institute-San Antonio (8); The College of Health Care Professions-South San Antonio (7); Southern Careers Institute-San Antonio (8).
What students study in San Antonio
Share of bachelor’s and associate degrees by field across San Antonio’s 21 colleges, weighted by undergraduates; then the biggest programs.
Biggest programs
College Scorecard: degree shares (PCIP; each college’s six largest fields are kept, the rest count as everything else) and the field-of-study file, median earnings 4 years after graduating.
Questions about college in San Antonio
Is San Antonio a college town?
No. About 7 of every 100 San Antonio residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), above Texas (6). The largest campus in the city, The University of Texas at San Antonio, has 30,042 students on campus.
What colleges are in San Antonio?
The University of Texas at San Antonio, Northwest Vista College, San Antonio College, St Philip's College and 18 more are inside the city.
What is the closest community college to San Antonio, and what does it cost?
San Antonio College in San Antonio, 2 miles away. Tuition and fees are $3,412 a year for Texas residents; the federal net price, $4,585, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does San Antonio College cost if we live in Texas?
Tuition and fees are $3,412 a year in-state and $9,952 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $3,842 (under $30,000 income) to $12,343 (over $110,000), housing and food included.
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 San Antonio. 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 →