Photo: $1LENCE D00600D · CC BY-SA 3.0Carrington College-Tucson is 11.4 miles from Summit
No college sits inside Summit’s boundary, but Carrington College-Tucson’s campus in Tucson, with 437 students on campus, is 11.4 miles from the center of town, and Pima Community College is 11.6 miles away in Tucson. About 2% of Summit’s residents are enrolled in college, below 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 Summit. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Summit
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Summit
Four private colleges within 13.5 miles, one public college within 11.8 miles, and Pima Community College 11.6 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 $30–48k, where Summit’s median household income ($47,064) 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 Summit: 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: Carrington College-Tucson (5); Brookline College-Tucson (4); Pima Medical Institute-Tucson (13).
Questions about college near Summit
Is Summit a college town?
No. About 2 of every 100 Summit residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), below Arizona (6). The nearest campus, Carrington College-Tucson, is 11.4 miles away in Tucson.
What colleges are near Summit?
Within 15 miles: Carrington College-Tucson (11.4 miles, 437 students on campus), Pima Community College (11.6 miles, 10,836), Brookline College-Tucson (11.6 miles, 211), Arizona College of Nursing-Tucson (11.7 miles, 566), the University of Arizona (11.8 miles, 42,066) and Pima Medical Institute-Tucson (13.5 miles, 850).
What is the closest community college to Summit, and what does it cost?
Pima Community College in Tucson, 11.6 miles away. Tuition and fees are $2,442 a year for Arizona residents; the federal net price, $3,405, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does the University of Arizona cost if we live in Arizona?
Tuition and fees are $13,926 a year in-state and $42,278 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $13,353 (under $30,000 income) to $22,307 (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 Summit. 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 →