Photo: David Balmer · CC BY 3.0Naval Postgraduate School is 10.3 miles from Carmel Valley Village
No college sits inside Carmel Valley Village’s boundary, but Naval Postgraduate School’s campus in Monterey, with 1,478 students on campus, is 10.3 miles from the center of town, and Monterey Peninsula College is 10.5 miles away in Monterey. About 4% of Carmel Valley Village’s residents are enrolled in college, below 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 Carmel Valley Village. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Carmel Valley Village
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Carmel Valley Village
Two private colleges within 14.9 miles, two public colleges within 11.1 miles, and two 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 Over $110k, where Carmel Valley Village’s median household income ($156,161) 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 Carmel Valley Village: 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 Carmel Valley Village
Is Carmel Valley Village a college town?
No. About 4 of every 100 Carmel Valley Village residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), below California (8). The nearest campus, Naval Postgraduate School, is 10.3 miles away in Monterey.
What colleges are near Carmel Valley Village?
Within 15 miles: Naval Postgraduate School (10.3 miles, 1,478 students on campus), Monterey Peninsula College (10.5 miles, 5,588), California State University-Monterey Bay (11.1 miles, 6,204), Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (11.5 miles, 334), Hartnell College (12.6 miles, 6,904) and Central Coast College (14.9 miles, 565).
What is the closest community college to Carmel Valley Village, and what does it cost?
Monterey Peninsula College in Monterey, 10.5 miles away. Tuition and fees are $1,188 a year for California residents; the federal net price, $11,373, counts housing and food at full cost.
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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 Carmel Valley Village. 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 →