Contra Costa Medical Career College is 11.2 miles from Byron
No college sits inside Byron’s boundary, but Contra Costa Medical Career College’s campus in Antioch, with 337 students on campus, is 11.2 miles from the center of town, and Las Positas College is 14.3 miles away in Livermore. About 12% of Byron’s residents are enrolled in college, above 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 Byron. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Byron
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Byron
One private college within 11.2 miles, and two community colleges. The nearest public four-year college, Teachers College of San Joaquin, is 22.5 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 $75–110k, where Byron’s median household income ($76,424) 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 Byron
Is Byron a college town?
No. About 12 of every 100 Byron residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), above California (8). The nearest campus, Contra Costa Medical Career College, is 11.2 miles away in Antioch.
What colleges are near Byron?
Within 15 miles: Contra Costa Medical Career College (11.2 miles, 337 students on campus), Las Positas College (14.3 miles, 6,701) and Los Medanos College (15 miles, 5,265).
What is the closest community college to Byron, and what does it cost?
Las Positas College in Livermore, 14.3 miles away. Tuition and fees are $1,168 a year for California residents; the federal net price, $5,377, counts housing and food at full cost.
Neighbors talk college
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 Byron. 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 →