Teachers College of San Joaquin is 10.4 miles from Linden
No college sits inside Linden’s boundary, but Teachers College of San Joaquin’s campus in Stockton, with 818 students on campus, is 10.4 miles from the center of town, and San Joaquin Delta College is 11.9 miles away in Stockton. About 6% of Linden’s 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 Linden. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Linden
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Linden
Three private colleges within 12.1 miles, one public college within 10.4 miles, and San Joaquin Delta College 11.9 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 Linden’s median household income ($125,532) 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 Linden: 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).
Questions about college near Linden
Is Linden a college town?
No. About 6 of every 100 Linden residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as California (8). The nearest campus, Teachers College of San Joaquin, is 10.4 miles away in Stockton.
What colleges are near Linden?
Within 15 miles: Teachers College of San Joaquin (10.4 miles, 818 students on campus), Humphreys University-Stockton and Modesto Campuses (11.7 miles, 154), the University of the Pacific (11.8 miles, 6,679), San Joaquin Delta College (11.9 miles, 9,160) and Carrington College-Stockton (12.1 miles, 429).
What is the closest community college to Linden, and what does it cost?
San Joaquin Delta College in Stockton, 11.9 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 Linden. 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 →