Mount Tamalpais Mountain Theater · Photo: Bento00 · Public domainCollege of Marin is 6.5 miles from Stinson Beach
No college sits inside Stinson Beach’s boundary, but College of Marin’s campus in Kentfield, with 4,093 students on campus, is 6.5 miles from the center of town. About 0% of Stinson Beach’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 Stinson Beach. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Stinson Beach
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Stinson Beach
Three private colleges within 13.9 miles, one public college within 14.2 miles, and College of Marin 6.5 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 Stinson Beach’s median household income ($132,857) 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 Stinson Beach: 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 Stinson Beach
Is Stinson Beach a college town?
No. About 0 of every 100 Stinson Beach residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as California (8). The nearest campus, College of Marin, is 6.5 miles away in Kentfield.
What colleges are near Stinson Beach?
Within 15 miles: College of Marin (6.5 miles, 4,093 students on campus), Presidio Graduate School (6.6 miles, 103), Dominican University of California (9.3 miles, 1,699), the University of San Francisco (13.9 miles, 8,633) and the University of California-San Francisco (14.2 miles, 3,113).
What is the closest community college to Stinson Beach, and what does it cost?
College of Marin in Kentfield, 6.5 miles away. Tuition and fees are $1,558 a year for California residents; the federal net price, $12,351, counts housing and food at full cost.
Neighbors talk college
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 Stinson Beach. 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 →