Photo: Slamslam102 · CC BY-SA 3.0Teachers College of San Joaquin is 8.4 miles from Lathrop
No college sits inside Lathrop’s boundary, but Teachers College of San Joaquin’s campus in Stockton, with 818 students on campus, is 8.4 miles from the center of town, and San Joaquin Delta College is 12.9 miles away in Stockton. About 6% of Lathrop’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 Lathrop. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Lathrop
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Lathrop
Four private colleges within 14 miles, one public college within 8.4 miles, and San Joaquin Delta College 12.9 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 Over $110k, where Lathrop’s median household income ($126,421) 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 Lathrop: 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: Carrington College-Stockton (5); San Joaquin Valley College-Modesto (14).
Questions about college near Lathrop
Is Lathrop a college town?
No. About 6 of every 100 Lathrop residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), below California (8). The nearest campus, Teachers College of San Joaquin, is 8.4 miles away in Stockton.
What colleges are near Lathrop?
Within 15 miles: Teachers College of San Joaquin (8.4 miles, 818 students on campus), the University of the Pacific (11.9 miles, 6,679), San Joaquin Delta College (12.9 miles, 9,160), Carrington College-Stockton (13.2 miles, 429), San Joaquin Valley College-Modesto (13.8 miles, 590) and Humphreys University-Stockton and Modesto Campuses (14 miles, 154).
What is the closest community college to Lathrop, and what does it cost?
San Joaquin Delta College in Stockton, 12.9 miles away. Tuition and fees are $1,180 a year for California residents; the federal net price, $2,407, 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 Lathrop. 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 →