Photo: Bhall87 · CC BY-SA 3.0Baker University is 2.5 miles from Palmyra Township
No college sits inside Palmyra Township’s boundary, but Baker University’s campus in Baldwin City, with 1,301 students on campus, is 2.5 miles from the center of town, and Johnson County Community College is 24.2 miles away in Overland Park. About 10% of Palmyra Township’s residents are enrolled in college, above 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 Palmyra Township. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Palmyra Township
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Palmyra Township
Two private colleges within 14.9 miles, and two public colleges within 12.4 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 $75–110k, where Palmyra Township’s median household income ($80,562) 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 Palmyra Township: 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: Ottawa University-Ottawa (5).
Questions about college near Palmyra Township
Is Palmyra Township a college town?
No. About 10 of every 100 Palmyra Township residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), above Kansas (7). The nearest campus, Baker University, is 2.5 miles away in Baldwin City.
What colleges are near Palmyra Township?
Within 15 miles: Baker University (2.5 miles, 1,301 students on campus), Haskell Indian Nations University (10.8 miles, 843), the University of Kansas (12.4 miles, 25,546) and Ottawa University-Ottawa (14.9 miles, 1,033).
What is the closest community college to Palmyra Township, and what does it cost?
Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, 24.2 miles away. Tuition and fees are $2,424 a year for Kansas residents; the federal net price, $14,176, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does Haskell Indian Nations University cost if we live in Kansas?
Tuition and fees are $600 a year in-state and $600 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $3,007 (under $30,000 income) to $3,054 (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 Palmyra 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 →