Photo: Musant · CC BY-SA 4.0Santiago Canyon College is 8.6 miles from Silverado
No college sits inside Silverado’s boundary, but Santiago Canyon College’s campus in Orange, with 7,854 students on campus, is 8.6 miles from the center of town. About 11% of Silverado’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 Silverado. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Silverado
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Silverado
12 private colleges within 15 miles, one public college within 14 miles, and five community colleges.
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 $75–110k, where Silverado’s median household income ($76,797) 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 Silverado: 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: American College of Healthcare and Technology (3); North-West College-Riverside (4); Platt College-Anaheim (4).
Questions about college near Silverado
Is Silverado a college town?
No. About 11 of every 100 Silverado residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as California (8). The nearest campus, Santiago Canyon College, is 8.6 miles away in Orange.
What colleges are near Silverado?
18 colleges are within 15 miles. The largest: the University of California-Irvine (14 miles, 35,954 students on campus), Santa Ana College (14.9 miles, 18,643) and Chapman University (13.2 miles, 9,961).
What is the closest community college to Silverado, and what does it cost?
Santiago Canyon College in Orange, 8.6 miles away. Tuition and fees are $1,164 a year for California residents; the federal net price, $2,129, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does the University of California-Irvine cost if we live in California?
Tuition and fees are $15,722 a year in-state and $49,922 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $8,123 (under $30,000 income) to $30,546 (over $110,000), housing and food included.
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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 Silverado. 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 →