Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 4.0Pikes Peak State College is 0.7 miles from Stratmoor
No college sits inside Stratmoor’s boundary, but Pikes Peak State College’s campus in Colorado Springs, with 8,871 students on campus, is 0.7 miles from the center of town. About 5% of Stratmoor’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 Stratmoor. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Stratmoor
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Stratmoor
Four private colleges within 10.1 miles, one public college within 8.4 miles, and Pikes Peak State College 0.7 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 $48–75k, where Stratmoor’s median household income ($65,000) 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 Stratmoor: 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 Stratmoor
Is Stratmoor a college town?
No. About 5 of every 100 Stratmoor residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as Colorado (6). The nearest campus, Pikes Peak State College, is 0.7 miles away in Colorado Springs.
What colleges are near Stratmoor?
Within 15 miles: Pikes Peak State College (0.7 miles, 8,871 students on campus), Intellitec College-Colorado Springs (4.2 miles, 816), Colorado College (5.8 miles, 2,173), the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (8.4 miles, 9,488), Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs (9.5 miles, 272) and Pima Medical Institute-Colorado Springs (10.1 miles, 339).
What is the closest community college to Stratmoor, and what does it cost?
Pikes Peak State College in Colorado Springs, 0.7 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.
How much does Pikes Peak State College cost if we live in Colorado?
Tuition and fees are $4,510 a year in-state and $17,110 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $3,811 (under $30,000 income) to $17,700 (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 Stratmoor. 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 →