Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 3.0Lincoln College of Technology-Denver is 13.5 miles from Brighton
No college sits inside Brighton’s boundary, but Lincoln College of Technology-Denver’s campus in Denver, with 1,104 students on campus, is 13.5 miles from the center of town, and Front Range Community College is 13.7 miles away in Westminster. About 4% of Brighton’s residents are enrolled in college, below Colorado (6%).
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 Brighton. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Brighton
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Brighton
Two private colleges within 14.4 miles, and Front Range Community College 13.7 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 $75–110k, where Brighton’s median household income ($107,679) 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 Brighton: 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: Lincoln College of Technology-Denver (8); Pima Medical Institute-Denver (13).
Questions about college near Brighton
Is Brighton a college town?
No. About 4 of every 100 Brighton residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), below Colorado (6). The nearest campus, Lincoln College of Technology-Denver, is 13.5 miles away in Denver.
What colleges are near Brighton?
Within 15 miles: Lincoln College of Technology-Denver (13.5 miles, 1,104 students on campus), Front Range Community College (13.7 miles, 17,358) and Pima Medical Institute-Denver (14.4 miles, 764).
What is the closest community college to Brighton, and what does it cost?
Front Range Community College in Westminster, 13.7 miles away. Tuition and fees are $4,663 a year for Colorado residents; the federal net price, $13,031, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does Front Range Community College cost if we live in Colorado?
Tuition and fees are $4,663 a year in-state and $17,263 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $9,955 (under $30,000 income) to $21,378 (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 Brighton. 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 →