Photo: Cbl62 · CC BY-SA 3.0Moorpark College is 8.2 miles from Fillmore
No college sits inside Fillmore’s boundary, but Moorpark College’s campus in Moorpark, with 6,796 students on campus, is 8.2 miles from the center of town. About 6% of Fillmore’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 Fillmore. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Fillmore
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Fillmore
Two private colleges within 12.2 miles, and Moorpark College 8.2 miles away. The nearest public four-year college, California State University-Channel Islands, is 17.8 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 Fillmore’s median household income ($92,931) 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 Fillmore
Is Fillmore a college town?
No. About 6 of every 100 Fillmore residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), below California (8). The nearest campus, Moorpark College, is 8.2 miles away in Moorpark.
What colleges are near Fillmore?
Within 15 miles: Moorpark College (8.2 miles, 6,796 students on campus), Thomas Aquinas College (9.9 miles, 539) and California Lutheran University (12.2 miles, 3,254).
What is the closest community college to Fillmore, and what does it cost?
Moorpark College in Moorpark, 8.2 miles away. Tuition and fees are $1,426 a year for California residents; the federal net price, $-2,296, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does California State University-Channel Islands cost if we live in California?
Tuition and fees are $7,159 a year in-state and $19,759 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $6,857 (under $30,000 income) to $20,473 (over $110,000), housing and food included.
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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 Fillmore. 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 →