Joliet Junior College is 14 miles from Felix Township
No college sits inside Felix Township’s boundary, but Joliet Junior College’s campus in Joliet, with 8,123 students on campus, is 14 miles from the center of town. About 2% of Felix Township’s residents are enrolled in college, below Illinois (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 Felix Township. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Felix Township
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Felix Township
It is public. Every other college is more than 15 miles from Felix Township.
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 $48–75k, where Felix Township’s median household income ($70,843) 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 Felix Township
Is Felix Township a college town?
No. About 2 of every 100 Felix Township residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), below Illinois (6). The nearest campus, Joliet Junior College, is 14 miles away in Joliet.
What colleges are near Felix Township?
Within 15 miles: Joliet Junior College (14 miles, 8,123 students on campus).
What is the closest community college to Felix Township, and what does it cost?
Joliet Junior College in Joliet, 14 miles away. Tuition and fees are $4,530 a year for Illinois residents; the federal net price, $1,672, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does Governors State University cost if we live in Illinois?
Tuition and fees are $12,004 a year in-state and $12,004 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $9,563 (under $30,000 income) to $22,076 (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 Felix Township. 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 →