Colleges Near Sweetwater
There are no colleges in Sweetwater, but 40 are within 100 miles, enrolling 221,507 students combined.
The closest option is Tennessee Wesleyan University in Athens, 12.8 miles from Sweetwater (about 15-22 minutes by car). Sweetwater (pop. 5,764) is in Tennessee.
The University of the South in Sewanee ranks #89 nationally. Haywood Community College in Clyde has the lowest tuition at $2,580 per year.
Results are sorted by distance from Sweetwater. Browse public and private 2-year and 4-year schools near Sweetwater. For a more affordable start, see community colleges near Sweetwater.
Dalton State College
- Public 4 Year
- Dalton, GA
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- 65 miles from Sweetwater
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
Carson Newman University
- Private 4 Year
- Jefferson City, TN
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4.0 | 1 reviews
- 66 miles from Sweetwater
Carson-Newman is a private Baptist university with undergraduate strengths in nursing, education, and the liberal arts. Students live on a residential campus in the small East Tennessee town of Jefferson City.
- SAT Range 955-1215
- Avg GPA 3.6
- Acceptance Rate 90%
- Net Price $20,895
Covenant College
- Private 4 Year
- Lookout Mountain, GA
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- 67 miles from Sweetwater
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
Tennessee Technological University
- Public 4 Year
- Cookeville, TN
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- 70 miles from Sweetwater
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
Southwestern Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Sylva, NC
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- 73 miles from Sweetwater
Southwestern is a public community college offering associate degrees and certificates in health sciences and technical career fields. The campus is in the mountain town of Sylva in western North Carolina.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $6,176
Western Carolina University
- Public 4 Year
- Cullowhee, NC
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4.6 | 10 reviews
- 75 miles from Sweetwater
Western Carolina is a public university known for undergraduate education, nursing, and criminal justice. The campus sits in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Cullowhee.
- SAT Range 1080-1270
- Avg GPA 3.44
- Acceptance Rate 82%
- Net Price $13,767
Truett McConnell University
- Private 4 Year
- Cleveland, GA
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- 81 miles from Sweetwater
Truett McConnell is a private Baptist university known for undergraduate Christian studies and education. The campus is in the North Georgia mountains near Cleveland.
- SAT Range 1000-1190
- Avg GPA 3.49
- Acceptance Rate 78%
- Net Price $22,179
University of the Cumberlands
- Private 4 Year
- Williamsburg, KY
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- 80 miles from Sweetwater
University of the Cumberlands is a private Christian university known for undergraduate teacher education and business. Students live on a residential campus in the small Appalachian town of Williamsburg.
- SAT Range 960-1160
- Avg GPA 3.47
- Acceptance Rate 99%
- Net Price $14,743
Walters State Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Morristown, TN
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 80 miles from Sweetwater
Walters State is a public community college known for undergraduate nursing and allied health programs. The main campus in Morristown anchors several locations across East Tennessee.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.33
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $6,262
University of North Georgia
- Public 4 Year
- Dahlonega, GA
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- 79 miles from Sweetwater
UNG is a public university known for undergraduate nursing, education, and its Corps of Cadets. The Dahlonega campus is one of six senior military colleges in the United States and sits in the Blue Ridge foothills.
- SAT Range 980-1210
- Avg GPA 3.5
- Acceptance Rate 68%
- Net Price $11,157
Lincoln Memorial University
- Private 4 Year
- Harrogate, TN
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- 81 miles from Sweetwater
Lincoln Memorial is a private university known for undergraduate nursing, education, and pre-veterinary studies. The rural campus sits near Cumberland Gap in the Appalachian Mountains.
- SAT Range 1000-1210
- Avg GPA 3.29
- Acceptance Rate 63%
- Net Price $21,447
North Georgia Technical College
- Public 2 Year
- Clarkesville, GA
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- 85 miles from Sweetwater
North Georgia Technical College is a public technical college known for associate-level programs in nursing, industrial technologies, and business. The main campus is in the small mountain town of Clarkesville in northeast Georgia.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $5,758
Haywood Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Clyde, NC
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- 87 miles from Sweetwater
Haywood Community College is a community college known for undergraduate programs in forestry, natural resources, and professional crafts. The rural campus sits in the mountains of western North Carolina near Clyde.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $7,727
The University of the South
- Private 4 Year
- Sewanee, TN
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4.5 | 2 reviews
- 86 miles from Sweetwater
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
Piedmont University
- Private 4 Year
- Demorest, GA
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2.0 | 2 reviews
- 89 miles from Sweetwater
Piedmont is a private university known for undergraduate education and nursing. The campus is set in the small town of Demorest in northeast Georgia's Blue Ridge foothills.
- SAT Range 1038-1245
- Avg GPA 3.54
- Acceptance Rate 93%
- Net Price $22,252
Reinhardt University
- Private 4 Year
- Waleska, GA
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 89 miles from Sweetwater
Reinhardt is a private university known for undergraduate business, education, and music. The campus is set in the small North Georgia mountain town of Waleska.
- SAT Range 940-1160
- Avg GPA 3.25
- Acceptance Rate 62%
- Net Price $24,550
Clear Creek Baptist Bible College
- Private 4 Year
- Pineville, KY
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- 88 miles from Sweetwater
Clear Creek is a private Baptist Bible college known for undergraduate biblical studies and Christian ministry. The campus sits in the Appalachian Mountains of southeastern Kentucky near Pineville.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $10,451
Toccoa Falls College
- Private 4 Year
- Toccoa Falls, GA
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1.8 | 6 reviews
- 94 miles from Sweetwater
Toccoa Falls is a private Christian college known for undergraduate biblical studies, ministry, and missions. The wooded campus includes the Toccoa Falls waterfall in the North Georgia foothills.
- SAT Range 1010-1230
- Avg GPA 3.5
- Acceptance Rate 66%
- Net Price $21,955