California State University-East Bay is 4.2 miles from Ashland
No college sits inside Ashland’s boundary, but California State University-East Bay’s campus in Hayward, with 8,951 students on campus, is 4.2 miles from the center of town, and Chabot College is 3.6 miles away in Hayward. About 8% of Ashland’s residents are enrolled in college, about the same as California (8%).
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 Ashland. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Ashland
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Ashland
11 private colleges within 15 miles, two public colleges within 14.6 miles, and five community colleges.
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 $75–110k, where Ashland’s median household income ($81,702) 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 Ashland: 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-San Leandro Campus (5).
Questions about college near Ashland
Is Ashland a college town?
No. About 8 of every 100 Ashland residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as California (8). The nearest campus, Carrington College-San Leandro Campus, is 0.7 miles away in San Leandro.
What colleges are near Ashland?
18 colleges are within 15 miles. The largest: the University of California-Berkeley (14.6 miles, 43,954 students on campus), California State University-East Bay (4.2 miles, 8,951) and Chabot College (3.6 miles, 7,625).
What is the closest community college to Ashland, and what does it cost?
Chabot College in Hayward, 3.6 miles away. Tuition and fees are $1,150 a year for California residents; the federal net price, $9,053, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does California State University-East Bay cost if we live in California?
Tuition and fees are $7,583 a year in-state and $20,183 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $6,360 (under $30,000 income) to $19,397 (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 Ashland. 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 →