Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 4.0Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach is 3.1 miles from South Daytona
No college sits inside South Daytona’s boundary, but Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach’s campus in Daytona Beach, with 10,992 students on campus, is 3.1 miles from the center of town, and Valencia College is 52.5 miles away in Orlando. About 4% of South Daytona’s 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 South Daytona. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from South Daytona
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of South Daytona
Four private colleges within 8.5 miles, and one public college within 3.7 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 $48–75k, where South Daytona’s median household income ($56,579) 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 South Daytona: 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: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach (3); Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide (3).
Questions about college near South Daytona
Is South Daytona a college town?
No. About 4 of every 100 South Daytona residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as Florida (6). The nearest campus, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach, is 3.1 miles away in Daytona Beach.
What colleges are near South Daytona?
Within 15 miles: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach (3.1 miles, 10,992 students on campus), Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide (3.1 miles, 953), Bethune-Cookman University (3.3 miles, 2,464), Daytona State College (3.7 miles, 8,139) and Daytona College (8.5 miles, 163).
What is the closest community college to South Daytona, and what does it cost?
Valencia College in Orlando, 52.5 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 Daytona State College cost if we live in Florida?
Tuition and fees are $3,106 a year in-state and $11,994 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $5,819 (under $30,000 income) to $12,050 (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 South Daytona. 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 →