Photo: Thankstelfair · Public domainMt San Jacinto Community College District is 8.8 miles from Winchester
No college sits inside Winchester’s boundary, but Mt San Jacinto Community College District’s campus in San Jacinto, with 17,046 students on campus, is 8.8 miles from the center of town. About 7% of Winchester’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 Winchester. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Winchester
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Winchester
Two private colleges within 14 miles, and two community colleges. The nearest public four-year college, Crafton Hills College, is 22.5 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 and the nearest public four-year college. Pick your family’s income.
Starts at $75–110k, where Winchester’s median household income ($79,250) 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. *Reported for all the campuses that file together: San Joaquin Valley College-Temecula (14).
Questions about college near Winchester
Is Winchester a college town?
No. About 7 of every 100 Winchester residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as California (8). The nearest campus, Mt San Jacinto Community College District, is 8.8 miles away in San Jacinto.
What colleges are near Winchester?
Within 15 miles: Mt San Jacinto Community College District (8.8 miles, 17,046 students on campus), Professional Golfers Career College (13.8 miles, 110), Moreno Valley College (13.9 miles, 5,560) and San Joaquin Valley College-Temecula (14 miles, 649).
What is the closest community college to Winchester, and what does it cost?
Mt San Jacinto Community College District in San Jacinto, 8.8 miles away. Tuition and fees are $1,448 a year for California residents; the federal net price, $6,806, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does Crafton Hills College cost if we live in California?
Tuition and fees are $1,188 a year in-state and $14,556 from out of state.
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 Winchester. 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 →