Colleges Near Manchester
There are no colleges in Manchester, but 48 are within 100 miles, enrolling 199,810 students combined.
The closest option is Motlow State Community College in Tullahoma, 13.8 miles from Manchester (about 17-24 minutes by car). Manchester (pop. 10,102) is in Tennessee.
Vanderbilt University in Nashville ranks #16 nationally. Georgia Northwestern Technical College in Rome has the lowest tuition at $3,300 per year.
Results are sorted by distance from Manchester. Browse public and private 2-year and 4-year schools near Manchester. For a more affordable start, see community colleges near Manchester.
Motlow State Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Tullahoma, TN
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3.0 | 2 reviews
- 14 miles from Manchester
Motlow State is a public community college offering associate degrees and technical career programs. The main campus is in Tullahoma in southern Middle Tennessee.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.16
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $17,423
The University of the South
- Private 4 Year
- Sewanee, TN
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4.5 | 2 reviews
- 20 miles from Manchester
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
Middle Tennessee State University
- Public 4 Year
- Murfreesboro, TN
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4.5 | 2 reviews
- 31 miles from Manchester
MTSU is a large public university known for undergraduate recording industry, aerospace, and music business programs. The campus is in Murfreesboro, a growing city about a half hour southeast of Nashville.
- SAT Range 1010-1230
- Avg GPA 3.64
- Acceptance Rate 69%
- Net Price $13,859
Covenant College
- Private 4 Year
- Lookout Mountain, GA
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- 53 miles from Manchester
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
Cumberland University
- Private 4 Year
- Lebanon, TN
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4.0 | 1 reviews
- 53 miles from Manchester
Cumberland is a private university known for undergraduate business, nursing, and education. The campus is in Lebanon, a smaller city east of Nashville.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.3
- Acceptance Rate 67%
- Net Price $18,499
Chattanooga College Medical Dental and & Technical Careers
- Private 2 Year
- Chattanooga, TN
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- 53 miles from Manchester
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $33,625
The University of Tennessee Chattanooga
- Public 4 Year
- Chattanooga, TN
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 53 miles from Manchester
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
Alabama A & M University
- Public 4 Year
- Normal, AL
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- 54 miles from Manchester
Alabama A&M is a public historically Black university known for undergraduate agriculture, engineering, and education. The Normal campus lies just north of Huntsville.
- SAT Range 810-1040
- Avg GPA 3.02
- Acceptance Rate 58%
- Net Price $17,152
Chattanooga State Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Chattanooga, TN
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- 54 miles from Manchester
Chattanooga State is a public community college known for associate programs in nursing and engineering technology. The campus lies along the Tennessee River.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.0
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $5,908
Williamson Christian College
- Private 4 Year
- Franklin, TN
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- 54 miles from Manchester
Williamson Christian College is a small private Christian college known for undergraduate biblical studies and ministry. The campus is located in Franklin, a suburb south of Nashville.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.25
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $19,784
J. F. Drake State Community and Technical College
- Public 2 Year
- Huntsville, AL
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- 55 miles from Manchester
Drake State is a public community and technical college known for undergraduate nursing and engineering technology. It is Alabama's only historically Black community and technical college, with a campus in Huntsville.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $6,075
Fortis Institute Nashville
- Private 2 Year
- Nashville, TN
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- 55 miles from Manchester
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $28,679
The University of Tennessee Southern
- Private 4 Year
- Pulaski, TN
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- 57 miles from Manchester
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
Oakwood University
- Private 4 Year
- Huntsville, AL
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1.0 | 1 reviews
- 58 miles from Manchester
Oakwood is a private historically Black university known for undergraduate nursing and theology. The Seventh-day Adventist campus is located in Huntsville.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 2.99
- Acceptance Rate 45%
- Net Price $26,730
Columbia State Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Columbia, TN
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| 0 reviews
- 58 miles from Manchester
Columbia State is a public community college known for undergraduate nursing and health sciences programs. The main campus sits in Columbia, a small city in middle Tennessee.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $6,193
University of Alabama in Huntsville
- Public 4 Year
- Huntsville, AL
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- 60 miles from Manchester
UAH is a public university known for undergraduate aerospace engineering, engineering, and the sciences. The Huntsville campus sits near NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center and a major aerospace industry hub.
- SAT Range 1210-1410
- Avg GPA 3.81
- Acceptance Rate 69%
- Net Price $19,396
Lipscomb University
- Private 4 Year
- Nashville, TN
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4.0 | 2 reviews
- 60 miles from Manchester
Lipscomb is a private Christian university known for undergraduate business, education, and nursing. The residential campus sits in Nashville's Green Hills neighborhood.
- SAT Range 1160-1380
- Avg GPA 3.73
- Acceptance Rate 68%
- Net Price $27,695
Tennessee Technological University
- Public 4 Year
- Cookeville, TN
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- 59 miles from Manchester
Tennessee Tech is a public university known for undergraduate engineering and technology. The campus sits in the college town of Cookeville on the Cumberland Plateau.
- SAT Range 1048-1310
- Avg GPA 3.63
- Acceptance Rate 76%
- Net Price $15,336