Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 4.0The nearest college is 16 miles from Wiggins
No college is within 15 miles of Wiggins. The nearest is Morgan Community College in Fort Morgan, CO (1,154 students on campus).
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 Wiggins. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Wiggins
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
The nearest college to Wiggins
No college is within 15 miles, so this is the closest one.
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 nearest college. Pick your family’s income.
Starts at $75–110k, where Wiggins’ median household income ($91,681) 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?
The same college: 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 Wiggins
What is the closest college to Wiggins?
Morgan Community College in Fort Morgan, CO, 16 miles in a straight line from the center of Wiggins. No college is within 15 miles.
What is the closest community college to Wiggins, and what does it cost?
Morgan Community College in Fort Morgan, 16 miles away. Tuition and fees are $4,252 a year for Colorado residents; the federal net price, $9,266, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does Morgan Community College cost if we live in Colorado?
Tuition and fees are $4,252 a year in-state and $16,852 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $6,391 (under $30,000 income) to $16,497 (over $110,000), housing and food included.
How many Wiggins residents are in college?
About 3 of every 100 (Census, 2020–24), below Colorado (6). The Census counts anyone enrolled, including part-time and online students.
Neighbors talk college
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 Wiggins. 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 →