Colleges Near Altoona
There are no colleges in Altoona, but 47 are within 100 miles, enrolling 304,469 students combined.
The closest option is Snead State Community College in Boaz, 13.6 miles from Altoona (about 16-23 minutes by car). Altoona (pop. 933) is in Alabama.
The University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee ranks #89 nationally. Georgia Highlands College in Rome has the lowest tuition at $3,120 per year.
Results are sorted by distance from Altoona. Browse public and private 2-year and 4-year schools near Altoona. For a more affordable start, see community colleges near Altoona.
John C Calhoun State Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Tanner, AL
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- 56 miles from Altoona
Calhoun State is a public community college known for undergraduate nursing and industrial technology programs. The main campus is in Tanner near Decatur in northern Alabama.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $7,388
Bevill State Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Jasper, AL
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- 57 miles from Altoona
Bevill State is a public community college known for associate programs in nursing and industrial technology. Students attend classes across multiple campuses in northwest Alabama.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $6,798
Georgia Highlands College
- Public 2 Year
- Rome, GA
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- 63 miles from Altoona
Georgia Highlands is a public state college known for undergraduate nursing programs and associate degrees built for transfer. Students attend classes across multiple campuses in northwest Georgia, including Rome.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.02
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $6,838
Athens State University
- Public 4 Year
- Athens, AL
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- 65 miles from Altoona
Athens State is a public upper-division university known for undergraduate teacher education and business. Most students transfer in as juniors to finish bachelor's degrees on the Athens campus.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price -
Berry College
- Private 4 Year
- Mount Berry, GA
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- 66 miles from Altoona
Berry is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate animal science, business, and education. Most students join a campus work program on the college's 27,000-acre grounds of forests and farmland near Rome.
- SAT Range 1125-1330
- Avg GPA 3.84
- Acceptance Rate 64%
- Net Price $25,363
Georgia Northwestern Technical College
- Public 2 Year
- Rome, GA
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- 66 miles from Altoona
Georgia Northwestern Technical College is a public technical college offering associate degrees and certificates in health sciences, industrial technology, and business. Campuses across northwest Georgia are centered on the main location in Rome.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $6,617
Shorter University
- Private 4 Year
- Rome, GA
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- 65 miles from Altoona
Shorter is a private Christian university known for undergraduate nursing, music, and education. The campus sits in the small city of Rome in northwest Georgia.
- SAT Range 1040-1200
- Avg GPA 3.25
- Acceptance Rate 96%
- Net Price $16,821
West Georgia Technical College
- Public 2 Year
- Waco, GA
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- 69 miles from Altoona
West Georgia Technical College is a public technical college known for associate degrees and certificates in nursing, industrial technology, and business. The Waco campus is part of a multi-site college serving students across western Georgia.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $3,323
University of Montevallo
- Public 4 Year
- Montevallo, AL
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5.0 | 2 reviews
- 72 miles from Altoona
Montevallo is a public liberal arts university known for undergraduate education, fine arts, and the performing arts. The historic campus sits in a small college town in central Alabama.
- SAT Range 970-1200
- Avg GPA 3.66
- Acceptance Rate 54%
- Net Price $17,890
University of West Georgia
- Public 4 Year
- Carrollton, GA
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 76 miles from Altoona
West Georgia is a public university known for undergraduate nursing, education, and business. The residential campus is in Carrollton, a small city about an hour west of Atlanta.
- SAT Range 950-1140
- Avg GPA 3.31
- Acceptance Rate 52%
- Net Price $12,913
Southern Union State Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Wadley, AL
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 76 miles from Altoona
Southern Union is a public community college known for undergraduate nursing and career-technical programs. The Wadley campus is set in a small rural town in eastern Alabama.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $6,924
Central Alabama Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Alexander City, AL
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- 80 miles from Altoona
A public community college known for associate programs in nursing and industrial technology. The campus sits near Lake Martin in a small central Alabama city.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $16,072
Covenant College
- Private 4 Year
- Lookout Mountain, GA
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- 83 miles from Altoona
Covenant is a private Christian liberal arts college known for undergraduate programs taught from a Reformed theological perspective. The mountaintop campus on Lookout Mountain overlooks the Chattanooga valley.
- SAT Range 1160-1380
- Avg GPA 3.7
- Acceptance Rate 87%
- Net Price $27,926
The University of the South
- Private 4 Year
- Sewanee, TN
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4.5 | 2 reviews
- 83 miles from Altoona
Sewanee is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate English, creative writing, and environmental studies. The campus occupies a 13,000-acre domain on Tennessee's Cumberland Plateau.
- SAT Range 1260-1390
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 57%
- Net Price $34,815
Dalton State College
- Public 4 Year
- Dalton, GA
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- 90 miles from Altoona
Dalton State is a public college known for undergraduate business, nursing, and teacher education. The campus is in northwest Georgia's Dalton, a city long tied to the carpet industry.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.1
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $5,625
The University of Tennessee Southern
- Private 4 Year
- Pulaski, TN
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- 90 miles from Altoona
UT Southern is a small public university with undergraduate programs in nursing, education, and business. The campus sits in the small town of Pulaski in southern Tennessee.
- SAT Range 905-1110
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.17
- Acceptance Rate 87%
- Net Price $14,546
The University of Tennessee Chattanooga
- Public 4 Year
- Chattanooga, TN
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 90 miles from Altoona
UTC is a public university known for undergraduate engineering, business, and nursing. The urban campus borders the Tennessee River in downtown Chattanooga.
- SAT Range 1013-1210
- Avg GPA 3.61
- Acceptance Rate 81%
- Net Price $15,347
The University of Alabama
- Public 4 Year
- Tuscaloosa, AL
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5.0 | 7 reviews
- 91 miles from Altoona
Alabama is a large public university known for undergraduate business and communications. Tuscaloosa is a classic college town built around the historic campus.
- SAT Range 1170-1400
- Avg GPA 3.76
- Acceptance Rate 77%
- Net Price $22,559