Mount Allison University is 15 km from Amherst

Nothing in town: Mount Allison University is 15 km away, in Sackville.

Within 25 km

no open student count for these sites

Nearest college

15 km

Mount Allison University

Nearest college or cégep

23 km

Nova Scotia Community College (Cumberland Campus)

Nearest university

15 km

Mount Allison University

Tuition fee

By province

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What stands out about college from Amherst

Facts about the town and its distance to campus, with figures for each college.

A university 15 km awayMount Allison University has 72,100 students across its campuses; its main campus is in Sackville.

Every college

Colleges and universities within 25 km of Amherst

2 within 25 km: 1 university, 1 college or cégep.

UniversityCollege or cégep

Mount Allison UniversityUniversity · Public · 15 km · Sackville72,100students (Wikidata, 2021)Students: Wikidata’s count for the whole institution.Directions ↗

Nova Scotia Community College (Cumberland Campus)College · Public · 23 km · SpringhillWe don’t have student numbers for this campus yet.Directions ↗

What it costs

What would you pay?

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Questions about college near Amherst

What colleges are near Amherst?

Mount Allison University (15 km, 72,100 students); Nova Scotia Community College (Cumberland Campus) (23 km).

Colleges and universities: Quebec’s ministry lists of colleges and universities (Données Québec, CC BY 4.0); Ontario’s public universities and colleges by campus with their 2024–25 enrolment (Open Government Licence – Ontario), placed with OpenStreetMap’s Nominatim (© OpenStreetMap contributors); elsewhere Statistics Canada’s Open Database of Educational Facilities (2019–22); Wikidata (CC0). Straight-line distances from the centre of Amherst. Colleges are described, not graded. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, through each institution’s Wikidata item; author and licence on each.

Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).