Colleges Near Hempstead
There are no colleges in Hempstead, but 33 are within 100 miles, enrolling 512,626 students combined.
The closest option is Prairie View A & M University in Prairie View, 5.4 miles from Hempstead (about 6-9 minutes by car). Hempstead (pop. 5,770) is in Texas.
Rice University in Houston ranks #9 nationally. Brazosport College in Lake Jackson has the lowest tuition at $3,049 per year.
Results are sorted by distance from Hempstead. Browse public and private 2-year and 4-year schools near Hempstead. For a more affordable start, see community colleges near Hempstead.
University of Houston
- Public 4 Year
- Houston, TX
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4.0 | 7 reviews
- 51 miles from Hempstead
University of Houston is a large public university known for undergraduate hospitality management, business, and engineering. The urban campus sits in southeast Houston.
- SAT Range 1160-1340
- Avg GPA 3.46
- Acceptance Rate 74%
- Net Price $14,309
Texas Southern University
- Public 4 Year
- Houston, TX
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3.0 | 3 reviews
- 50 miles from Hempstead
Texas Southern is a public historically Black university known for undergraduate pharmacy, business, and criminal justice. The urban campus is located in Houston's Third Ward.
- SAT Range 800-1000
- Avg GPA 3.0
- Acceptance Rate 97%
- Net Price $13,584
Sam Houston State University
- Public 4 Year
- Huntsville, TX
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4.5 | 2 reviews
- 53 miles from Hempstead
Sam Houston State is a large public university known for undergraduate criminal justice and forensic science. The main campus is in Huntsville in the piney woods of East Texas.
- SAT Range 930-1120
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.25
- Acceptance Rate 90%
- Net Price $14,737
Wharton County Junior College
- Public 2 Year
- Wharton, TX
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- 53 miles from Hempstead
WCJC is a public community college offering associate degrees and career-technical programs. Most students commute to its campus in the small city of Wharton.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $3,754
San Jacinto Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Pasadena, TX
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- 65 miles from Hempstead
San Jacinto is a community college known for nursing, process technology, and maritime programs. Its campuses serve the Houston metro area, with the Central Campus in Pasadena.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $12,397
University of Houston Clear Lake
- Public 4 Year
- Houston, TX
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- 69 miles from Hempstead
University of Houston-Clear Lake is a public university known for undergraduate education, business, and psychology. The suburban campus is in Houston's Clear Lake area near NASA's Johnson Space Center.
- SAT Range 970-1150
- Avg GPA 3.39
- Acceptance Rate 91%
- Net Price $14,059
Alvin Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Alvin, TX
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- 70 miles from Hempstead
Alvin Community College is a public community college offering associate degrees and career programs in fields such as nursing and process technology. The campus is in a small Houston-area city south of the metro core.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $9,268
Lee College
- Public 2 Year
- Baytown, TX
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- 71 miles from Hempstead
Lee College is a community college known for undergraduate process technology and nursing. The Baytown campus sits in the Houston area's petrochemical corridor.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $7,178
Remington College Houston Southeast Campus
- Private 2 Year
- League City, TX
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- 71 miles from Hempstead
Remington College Houston Southeast is a private career college offering undergraduate programs in healthcare and criminal justice. The suburban campus is located in League City near Houston.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $20,927
College of the Mainland
- Public 2 Year
- Texas City, TX
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- 81 miles from Hempstead
College of the Mainland is a public community college known for associate programs in nursing and process technology. The Texas City campus sits near the Houston Ship Channel and Gulf Coast industrial corridor.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $3,252
Brazosport College
- Public 4 Year
- Lake Jackson, TX
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1.0 | 1 reviews
- 83 miles from Hempstead
Brazosport College is a public community college known for process technology and nursing programs. Most students commute to the Lake Jackson campus near the Texas Gulf Coast.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $11,311
Galveston College
- Public 2 Year
- Galveston, TX
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- 95 miles from Hempstead
Galveston College is a public community college known for undergraduate nursing and allied health programs. The campus is located on Galveston Island along the Texas Gulf Coast.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $7,804
Austin Community College District
- Public 2 Year
- Austin, TX
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 99 miles from Hempstead
Austin Community College is a large public community college known for undergraduate nursing, health sciences, and technical programs. Students attend classes across a multi-campus district throughout the Austin area.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $5,466
Huston Tillotson University
- Private 4 Year
- Austin, TX
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 99 miles from Hempstead
Huston-Tillotson is a private historically Black university with undergraduate programs in business, education, and the liberal arts. Most students study on a compact campus in East Austin.
- SAT Range 800-1160
- Avg GPA 2.92
- Acceptance Rate 39%
- Net Price $20,355
The University of Texas at Austin
- Public 4 Year
- Austin, TX
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5.0 | 4 reviews
- 100 miles from Hempstead
UT Austin is a highly selective public university known for undergraduate business, engineering, and computer science. The urban campus occupies a large site in central Austin.
- SAT Range 1250-1510
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.8
- Acceptance Rate 27%
- Net Price $17,942