Neosho County Community College is 13 miles from Buffalo
No college sits inside Buffalo’s boundary, but Neosho County Community College’s campus in Chanute, with 1,538 students on campus, is 13 miles from the center of town. About 7% of Buffalo’s residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Kansas (7%).
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 Buffalo. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Buffalo
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Buffalo
It is public. Every other college is more than 15 miles from Buffalo.
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 Buffalo’s median household income ($68,750) 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 Buffalo
Is Buffalo a college town?
No. About 7 of every 100 Buffalo residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as Kansas (7). The nearest campus, Neosho County Community College, is 13 miles away in Chanute.
What colleges are near Buffalo?
Within 15 miles: Neosho County Community College (13 miles, 1,538 students on campus).
What is the closest community college to Buffalo, and what does it cost?
Neosho County Community College in Chanute, 13 miles away. Tuition and fees are $5,780 a year for Kansas residents; the federal net price, $10,271, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does Emporia State University cost if we live in Kansas?
Tuition and fees are $7,106 a year in-state and $15,419 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $11,452 (under $30,000 income) to $19,531 (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 Buffalo. 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 →