Photo: E10ddie · CC BY-SA 3.0Colorado School of Mines is 10.1 miles from Evergreen
No college sits inside Evergreen’s boundary, but Colorado School of Mines’s campus in Golden, with 7,376 students on campus, is 10.1 miles from the center of town, and Red Rocks Community College is 11.6 miles away in Lakewood. About 3% of Evergreen’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 Evergreen. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Evergreen
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Evergreen
Two private colleges within 14.4 miles, one public college within 10.1 miles, and Red Rocks Community College 11.6 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 Evergreen’s median household income ($150,417) 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 Evergreen: 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 Evergreen
Is Evergreen a college town?
No. About 3 of every 100 Evergreen residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), below Colorado (6). The nearest campus, Colorado School of Mines, is 10.1 miles away in Golden.
What colleges are near Evergreen?
Within 15 miles: Colorado School of Mines (10.1 miles, 7,376 students on campus), Red Rocks Community College (11.6 miles, 5,913), Colorado Christian University (14 miles, 2,659) and Colorado School of Trades (14.4 miles, 108).
What is the closest community college to Evergreen, and what does it cost?
Red Rocks Community College in Lakewood, 11.6 miles away. Tuition and fees are $4,859 a year for Colorado residents; the federal net price, $9,044, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does Colorado School of Mines cost if we live in Colorado?
Tuition and fees are $21,914 a year in-state and $45,824 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $16,849 (under $30,000 income) to $35,112 (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 Evergreen. 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 →