Photo: Carol M. Highsmith · Public domainWesleyan University is 14.7 miles from East Haddam
No college sits inside East Haddam’s boundary, but Wesleyan University’s campus in Middletown, with 3,207 students on campus, is 14.7 miles from the center of town, and Connecticut State Community College is 24.8 miles away in New Britain. About 5% of East Haddam’s residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Connecticut (7%).
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 East Haddam. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from East Haddam
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of East Haddam
One private college within 14.7 miles. The nearest public four-year college, United States Coast Guard Academy, is 16.6 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 and the nearest public four-year college. Pick your family’s income.
Starts at $75–110k, where East Haddam’s median household income ($107,861) 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: 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 East Haddam
Is East Haddam a college town?
No. About 5 of every 100 East Haddam residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as Connecticut (7). The nearest campus, Wesleyan University, is 14.7 miles away in Middletown.
What colleges are near East Haddam?
Within 15 miles: Wesleyan University (14.7 miles, 3,207 students on campus).
What is the closest community college to East Haddam, and what does it cost?
Connecticut State Community College in New Britain, 24.8 miles away. Tuition and fees are $5,338 a year for Connecticut residents; the federal net price, $11,513, counts housing and food at full cost.
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 East Haddam. 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 →