Photo: formulanone · CC BY-SA 2.0Galen Health Institutes-Miami Campus is 8.1 miles from Weston
No college sits inside Weston’s boundary, but Galen Health Institutes-Miami Campus’s campus in Pembroke Pines, with 635 students on campus, is 8.1 miles from the center of town, and Broward College is 16.2 miles away in Fort Lauderdale. About 7% of Weston’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 Weston. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Weston
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Weston
11 private colleges within 14.9 miles. The nearest public four-year college, Broward College, is 16.2 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 Over $110k, where Weston’s median household income ($139,825) 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. *Reported for all the campuses that file together: Universal Technical Institute-South Florida Miramar (6).
Questions about college near Weston
Is Weston a college town?
No. About 7 of every 100 Weston residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as Florida (6). The nearest campus, Galen Health Institutes-Miami Campus, is 8.1 miles away in Pembroke Pines.
What colleges are near Weston?
11 colleges are within 15 miles. The largest: Nova Southeastern University (9.5 miles, 15,478 students on campus), Florida Memorial University (14.9 miles, 1,348) and Galen Health Institutes-Miami Campus (8.1 miles, 635).
What is the closest community college to Weston, and what does it cost?
Broward College in Fort Lauderdale, 16.2 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 Broward College cost if we live in Florida?
Tuition and fees are $2,830 a year in-state and $8,952 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $13,467 (under $30,000 income) to $20,368 (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 Weston. 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 →