Berwick Manor and Orchard · Photo: McGhiever · CC BY-SA 3.0California State University-Monterey Bay is 4.7 miles from Del Rey Oaks
No college sits inside Del Rey Oaks’ boundary, but California State University-Monterey Bay’s campus in Seaside, with 6,204 students on campus, is 4.7 miles from the center of town, and Monterey Peninsula College is 3.1 miles away in Monterey. About 12% of Del Rey Oaks’ 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 Del Rey Oaks. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Del Rey Oaks
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Del Rey Oaks
Two private colleges within 12.7 miles, two public colleges within 4.7 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 Del Rey Oaks’ median household income ($134,500) 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 Del Rey Oaks: 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 Del Rey Oaks
Is Del Rey Oaks a college town?
No. About 12 of every 100 Del Rey Oaks residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), above California (8). The nearest campus, Naval Postgraduate School, is 2.5 miles away in Monterey.
What colleges are near Del Rey Oaks?
Within 15 miles: Naval Postgraduate School (2.5 miles, 1,478 students on campus), Monterey Peninsula College (3.1 miles, 5,588), Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (3.8 miles, 334), California State University-Monterey Bay (4.7 miles, 6,204), Hartnell College (10.8 miles, 6,904) and Central Coast College (12.7 miles, 565).
What is the closest community college to Del Rey Oaks, and what does it cost?
Monterey Peninsula College in Monterey, 3.1 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 Del Rey Oaks. 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 →