Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 4.0United States Air Force Academy is 4.1 miles from Gleneagle
No college sits inside Gleneagle’s boundary, but United States Air Force Academy’s campus in USAF Academy, with 4,124 students on campus, is 4.1 miles from the center of town, and Pikes Peak State College is 19.2 miles away in Colorado Springs. About 5% of Gleneagle’s residents are enrolled in college, about the same as 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 Gleneagle. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Gleneagle
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Gleneagle
Four private colleges within 14.5 miles, and two public colleges within 10.3 miles.
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 Gleneagle’s median household income ($139,653) 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 Gleneagle: 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: Pima Medical Institute-Colorado Springs (13).
Questions about college near Gleneagle
Is Gleneagle a college town?
No. About 5 of every 100 Gleneagle residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as Colorado (6). The nearest campus, United States Air Force Academy, is 4.1 miles away in USAF Academy.
What colleges are near Gleneagle?
Within 15 miles: United States Air Force Academy (4.1 miles, 4,124 students on campus), Pima Medical Institute-Colorado Springs (8.7 miles, 339), Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs (10.1 miles, 272), the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (10.3 miles, 9,488), Colorado College (13.2 miles, 2,173) and Intellitec College-Colorado Springs (14.5 miles, 816).
What is the closest community college to Gleneagle, and what does it cost?
Pikes Peak State College in Colorado Springs, 19.2 miles away. Tuition and fees are $4,510 a year for Colorado residents; the federal net price, $6,007, counts housing and food at full cost.
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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 Gleneagle. 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 →