San Buenaventura Mission Aqueduct · Photo: Los Angeles · CC BY-SA 3.0Ventura College is 9.5 miles from Oak View
No college sits inside Oak View’s boundary, but Ventura College’s campus in Ventura, with 5,191 students on campus, is 9.5 miles from the center of town. About 6% of Oak View’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 Oak View. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Oak View
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Oak View
Two private colleges within 12.2 miles, and Ventura College 9.5 miles away. The nearest public four-year college, California State University-Channel Islands, is 22.1 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 Over $110k, where Oak View’s median household income ($110,440) 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 Oak View
Is Oak View a college town?
No. About 6 of every 100 Oak View residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as California (8). The nearest campus, Ventura College, is 9.5 miles away in Ventura.
What colleges are near Oak View?
Within 15 miles: Ventura College (9.5 miles, 5,191 students on campus), The Colleges of Law at Ventura (10.7 miles, 260) and Thomas Aquinas College (12.2 miles, 539).
What is the closest community college to Oak View, and what does it cost?
Ventura College in Ventura, 9.5 miles away. Tuition and fees are $1,426 a year for California residents; the federal net price, $-982, 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 Oak View. 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 →