Bakersfield College is 4 miles from East Niles
No college sits inside East Niles’ boundary, but Bakersfield College’s campus in Bakersfield, with 23,108 students on campus, is 4 miles from the center of town. About 6% of East Niles’ 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 East Niles. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from East Niles
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of East Niles
Three private colleges within 8.5 miles, one public college within 10.3 miles, and Bakersfield College 4 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. Pick your family’s income.
Starts at $48–75k, where East Niles’ median household income ($55,124) 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 East Niles: 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: Glendale Career College-North-West College-Bakersfield (5); San Joaquin Valley College-Bakersfield (14).
Questions about college near East Niles
Is East Niles a college town?
No. About 6 of every 100 East Niles residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as California (8). The nearest campus, Bakersfield College, is 4 miles away in Bakersfield.
What colleges are near East Niles?
Within 15 miles: Bakersfield College (4 miles, 23,108 students on campus), Glendale Career College-North-West College-Bakersfield (6.6 miles, 387), San Joaquin Valley College-Bakersfield (7.9 miles, 820), California Aeronautical University (8.5 miles, 378) and California State University-Bakersfield (10.3 miles, 8,308).
What is the closest community college to East Niles, and what does it cost?
Bakersfield College in Bakersfield, 4 miles away. Tuition and fees are $1,430 a year for California residents; the federal net price, $14,621, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does Bakersfield College cost if we live in California?
Tuition and fees are $1,430 a year in-state and $11,300 from out of state.
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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 East Niles. 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 →