Contra Costa Medical Career College is 10 miles from Bethel Island
No college sits inside Bethel Island’s boundary, but Contra Costa Medical Career College’s campus in Antioch, with 337 students on campus, is 10 miles from the center of town, and Los Medanos College is 12.7 miles away in Pittsburg. About 4% of Bethel Island’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 Bethel Island. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Bethel Island
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Bethel Island
One private college within 10 miles, and Los Medanos College 12.7 miles away. The nearest public four-year college, Teachers College of San Joaquin, is 23.2 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 and the nearest public four-year college. Pick your family’s income.
Starts at $48–75k, where Bethel Island’s median household income ($74,972) 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: 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.
Questions about college near Bethel Island
Is Bethel Island a college town?
No. About 4 of every 100 Bethel Island residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as California (8). The nearest campus, Contra Costa Medical Career College, is 10 miles away in Antioch.
What colleges are near Bethel Island?
Within 15 miles: Contra Costa Medical Career College (10 miles, 337 students on campus) and Los Medanos College (12.7 miles, 5,265).
What is the closest community college to Bethel Island, and what does it cost?
Los Medanos College in Pittsburg, 12.7 miles away. Tuition and fees are $1,312 a year for California residents; the federal net price, $7,443, counts housing and food at full cost.
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Students, parents, alumni and the neighbors next door.
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 Bethel Island. 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 →