Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0Northeast Lakeview College is 2.9 miles from Selma
No college sits inside Selma’s boundary, but Northeast Lakeview College’s campus in Universal City, with 6,030 students on campus, is 2.9 miles from the center of town. About 6% of Selma’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 Selma. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Selma
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Selma
Three private colleges within 13.2 miles, and three 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 Selma’s median household income ($97,066) 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 Selma: 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 Selma
Is Selma a college town?
No. About 6 of every 100 Selma residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as Texas (6). The nearest campus, Northeast Lakeview College, is 2.9 miles away in Universal City.
What colleges are near Selma?
Within 15 miles: Northeast Lakeview College (2.9 miles, 6,030 students on campus), the University of the Incarnate Word (12.2 miles, 5,928), Oblate School of Theology (12.6 miles, 147), Trinity University (13.2 miles, 2,684), St Philip's College (14.5 miles, 8,500) and San Antonio College (14.6 miles, 11,515).
What is the closest community college to Selma, and what does it cost?
Northeast Lakeview College in Universal City, 2.9 miles away. Tuition and fees are $3,412 a year for Texas residents; the federal net price, $5,029, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does St Philip's 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 $3,677 (under $30,000 income) to $11,885 (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 Selma. 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 →