Florida Career College-Margate is 4.5 miles from Watergate
No college sits inside Watergate’s boundary, but Florida Career College-Margate’s campus in Margate, with 130 students on campus, is 4.5 miles from the center of town, and Broward College is 15.6 miles away in Fort Lauderdale. About 5% of Watergate’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 Watergate. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Watergate
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Watergate
11 private colleges within 13.6 miles, and one public college within 7.2 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 Watergate’s median household income ($67,071) 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 Watergate: 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 Watergate
Is Watergate a college town?
No. About 5 of every 100 Watergate residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as Florida (6). The nearest campus, Florida Career College-Margate, is 4.5 miles away in Margate.
What colleges are near Watergate?
12 colleges are within 15 miles. The largest: Florida Atlantic University (7.2 miles, 24,616 students on campus), Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale (10.8 miles, 10,207) and Lynn University (6.6 miles, 2,778).
What is the closest community college to Watergate, and what does it cost?
Broward College in Fort Lauderdale, 15.6 miles away. Tuition and fees are $2,830 a year for Florida residents; the federal net price, $14,506, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does Florida Atlantic University cost if we live in Florida?
Tuition and fees are $4,879 a year in-state and $17,324 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $3,022 (under $30,000 income) to $16,854 (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 Watergate. 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 →