El Monte Mobile Village is a college town: 26 of every 100 residents are students
No college sits inside El Monte Mobile Village’s boundary, but Reedley College’s campus in Reedley, with 5,278 students on campus, is 4.4 miles from the center of town. Across California, 8 of every 100 residents are enrolled in college.
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 El Monte Mobile Village. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from El Monte Mobile Village
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
What it’s like to live in El Monte Mobile Village
How much the colleges shape the town, from the Census Bureau’s survey of residents.
26 of every 100 El Monte Mobile Village residents are in college (CA: 8).
How students change El Monte Mobile Village’s other numbers
Read the town’s other grades with this in mind. How TownRatings handles college towns →
Students who live off campus count in the Census poverty figures: 0.0% of El Monte Mobile Village residents are below the poverty line, 0.0% when college students are left out (that estimate could be off by 19 points either way). 0% of the students themselves are below the line. In college towns, the Jobs & income grade uses the rate without students and leaves unemployment out.
The Cost grade leaves out the share of renters paying 30% or more of income on rent wherever students are a quarter of residents or more (26% here): it would mostly measure student incomes.
CDC’s estimates follow each place’s age mix, and El Monte Mobile Village’s median age is 20.9 (California 37.9), so the adult figures describe a young population.
Crime is counted per resident, and students who live here count as residents. A college with its own police department reports its incidents under that department, not the city.
Colleges within 15 miles of El Monte Mobile Village
It is public. Every other college is more than 15 miles from El Monte Mobile Village.
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 Under $30k; the Census has no median household income for El Monte Mobile Village.
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 El Monte Mobile Village
Is El Monte Mobile Village a college town?
Yes. 26 of every 100 El Monte Mobile Village residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), against 8 across California. The nearest campus, Reedley College, is 4.4 miles away in Reedley.
What colleges are near El Monte Mobile Village?
Within 15 miles: Reedley College (4.4 miles, 5,278 students on campus).
What is the closest community college to El Monte Mobile Village, and what does it cost?
Reedley College in Reedley, 4.4 miles away. Tuition and fees are $1,334 a year for California residents; the federal net price, $6,814, 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 El Monte Mobile 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 →