Photo: Connor J Williams · CC BY 2.0Altamonte Springs is home to two colleges, with 627 students on campus
City College-Altamonte Springs (329 students on campus) and Cambridge College of Healthcare & Technology (298) are inside the city. About 7% of Altamonte Springs’ residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Florida (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 Altamonte Springs. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college in Altamonte Springs
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Altamonte Springs
10 private colleges within 14.6 miles, two public colleges within 12.4 miles, and Valencia College 10.5 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 Altamonte Springs’ median household income ($64,070) 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 Altamonte Springs: 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: Herzing University-Orlando (11); Concorde Career Institute-Orlando (2).
What students study in Altamonte Springs
Share of bachelor’s and associate degrees by field at Cambridge College of Healthcare & Technology, weighted by undergraduates; then the biggest programs.
Biggest programs
College Scorecard: degree shares (PCIP; each college’s six largest fields are kept, the rest count as everything else) and the field-of-study file, median earnings 4 years after graduating.
Questions about college in Altamonte Springs
Is Altamonte Springs a college town?
No. About 7 of every 100 Altamonte Springs residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as Florida (6). The largest campus in the city, City College-Altamonte Springs, has 329 students on campus.
What colleges are in Altamonte Springs?
City College-Altamonte Springs and Cambridge College of Healthcare & Technology are inside the city. Valencia College is 10.5 miles away in Orlando.
What is the closest community college to Altamonte Springs, and what does it cost?
Valencia College in Orlando, 10.5 miles away. Tuition and fees are $2,664 a year for Florida residents; the federal net price, $12,037, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does Seminole State College of Florida cost if we live in Florida?
Tuition and fees are $3,122 a year in-state and $11,447 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $7,038 (under $30,000 income) to $14,242 (over $110,000), housing and food included.
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 Altamonte Springs. 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 →