There are 12 colleges and universities in Tangshan, including North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan Teachers College, Tangshan College, Light Industry College of North China University of Science and Technology, Hebei Energy Vocational and Technical College, Tangshan Vocational and Technical College, Tangshan Industrial Vocational and Technical College, Tangshan Kindergarten Teachers College, Caofeidian Vocational and Technical College and Tangshan Shipping Vocational College.

The best North China University of Science and Technology in Tangshan is a provincial key university, which is jointly established by the Emergency Management Department, the National Defense Science and Technology Bureau and Hebei Province. The school is Hebei United University, which was formed by the merger of former Hebei Polytechnic University and North China Coal Medical College on 20/0/0, and was renamed on 20/0/5. Tangshan Normal University and Tangshan College are both standard local universities, so it is hard to expect a big breakthrough.

North China University of Science and Technology sounds like South China University of Technology and East China University of Science and Technology, but it is actually the level of Hebei United University. According to the ranking of the 2022 Alumni Association, Yanshan University, which ranks first in Hebei Province, ranks 64th in the country, while North China University of Science and Technology ranks only 233rd in the country.

Tangshan Teachers College ranks 4 18 nationwide, and Tangshan College ranks 480 nationwide. According to the ranking of private universities, the Light Industry College of North China University of Science and Technology ranks 34th in China, and Tangji College of North China University of Science and Technology ranks 104 in China.