Photo: Canmenwalker · CC BY 4.0Burlington is home to 2 colleges and universities
McMaster University (477 students) and Brock University (439 students) are inside Burlington; the nearest university campus outside it is McMaster University, 14 km away in Hamilton.
What stands out about college in Burlington
Facts about the town and its distance to campus, with figures for each college.
Colleges and universities within 25 km of Burlington
10 within 25 km: 6 universities, 4 colleges and cégeps.
What would you pay?
Tuition in Canada is set province by province, and by each institution within its province’s rules; fees for international students are higher and set apart. Statistics Canada publishes each province’s average fees every year. There is no single price to show here, so this page doesn’t make one up.
Questions about college near Burlington
What colleges are in Burlington?
McMaster University, McMaster at Burlington (477 students); Brock University, Brock University - Burlington Campus (439 students).
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 Burlington. 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).