Photo: Marine 69-71 · CC BY-SA 4.0Yavapai College is 11.8 miles from Dewey-Humboldt
No college sits inside Dewey-Humboldt’s boundary, but Yavapai College’s campus in Prescott, with 5,126 students on campus, is 11.8 miles from the center of town. About 4% of Dewey-Humboldt’s residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Arizona (6%).
From the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard, June 2026; IPEDS fall 2023 enrollment) and the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, 2020–24. Straight-line distances from the center of Dewey-Humboldt. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Dewey-Humboldt
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Dewey-Humboldt
Two private colleges within 13.3 miles, and Yavapai College 11.8 miles away.
Degree-granting colleges with 100 or more students on campus (fall 2023 enrollment, minus students who study only online). Admitted: share of applicants offered a place. Net price: the average a year after grants, for students on federal aid. Graduate: within 6 years (4-year colleges) or 3 (2-year). Earnings: median, 10 years after starting.
What would your family pay?
The average a year after grants, for families on federal aid, at the colleges within 15 miles. Pick your family’s income.
Starts at $48–75k, where Dewey-Humboldt’s median household income ($66,535) falls.
The average a year after grants and scholarships, for first-time, full-time students on federal aid, from the College Scorecard. Your own price depends on your aid package; every college has a net price calculator. For community colleges the net price counts housing and food at full cost, so tuition is shown beside it. “—”: not reported for that income.
Do students finish, and does it pay?
Each dot is a college within 15 miles of Dewey-Humboldt: across is the share who graduate, up is what they earn ten years after starting.
Graduation: first-time, full-time students within 6 years (4-year colleges) or 3 years (2-year). Earnings: median, 10 years after starting, for students who got federal aid. *Reported for all the campuses that file together: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott (3).
Questions about college near Dewey-Humboldt
Is Dewey-Humboldt a college town?
No. About 4 of every 100 Dewey-Humboldt residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as Arizona (6). The nearest campus, Yavapai College, is 11.8 miles away in Prescott.
What colleges are near Dewey-Humboldt?
Within 15 miles: Yavapai College (11.8 miles, 5,126 students on campus), Prescott College (13.1 miles, 166) and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott (13.3 miles, 3,269).
What is the closest community college to Dewey-Humboldt, and what does it cost?
Yavapai College in Prescott, 11.8 miles away. Tuition and fees are $2,948 a year for Arizona residents; the federal net price, $8,683, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does Yavapai College cost if we live in Arizona?
Tuition and fees are $2,948 a year in-state and $9,486 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $7,882 (under $30,000 income) to $12,493 (over $110,000), housing and food included.
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Colleges: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023 enrollment). “On campus” is fall enrollment minus students who study only online. Distances are straight-line from the center of Dewey-Humboldt. Residents in college, age, rent and poverty (including poverty without college students, table B14006): U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24. Colleges are described, not graded; the College town label marks towns where 15% or more of residents are enrolled. How TownRatings describes colleges →