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Colleges in and near Canton

Curry College is 4.3 miles from Canton

No college sits inside Canton’s boundary, but Curry College’s campus in Milton, with 1,805 students on campus, is 4.3 miles from the center of town, and Quincy College is 8.2 miles away in Quincy. About 4% of Canton’s residents are enrolled in college, below Massachusetts (8%).

Curry College

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 Canton. Colleges are described, not graded.

Within 15 miles
46
210,979 students on campus
Nearest college
4.3 mi
Curry College
Residents in college
4%
Below MA (8%)
Nearest community college
8.2 mi
Quincy College · $8,938 tuition
Nearest public university
8.2 mi
Quincy College · $8,938 in-state
Median household income
$143K
prices below start here

What stands out about college from Canton

Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.

A college 4.3 miles awayCurry College has 1,805 students on campus in Milton, 51% of whom graduate within six years.A community college 8.2 miles awayQuincy College in Quincy: tuition and fees $8,938 a year for Massachusetts residents.In-state price at Quincy CollegeLiving in Massachusetts, Quincy College charges $8,938 in tuition and fees, the same for every student.Students are 4% of residentsBelow Massachusetts (8%). The Census counts anyone enrolled, including part-time and online students.
Every college

Colleges within 15 miles of Canton

39 private colleges within 14.8 miles, two public colleges within 11.2 miles, and five community colleges.

5 mi10 mi15 miBoston UniversityNortheastern UniversityHarvard UniversityCanton
University or collegeCommunity college
Curry CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 1,805 on campus · 4.3 mi · Milton88%admitted$29knet price51%graduate$54kearningsLaboure College of HealthcareUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 520 on campus · 6.8 mi · Milton50%admitted$37knet price100%graduate$62kearningsQuincy CollegeCommunity college · Public · 1,670 on campus · 8.2 mi · Quincy$17knet price15%graduate$53kearningsTuition and fees: $8,938 a year. The net price counts housing and food at full cost.Stonehill CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 2,584 on campus · 8.4 mi · Easton66%admitted$33knet price76%graduate$78kearningsEastern Nazarene CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 444 on campus · 8.8 mi · QuincyWilliam James CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 851 on campus · 9.2 mi · NewtonMassasoit Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · 3,149 on campus · 9.8 mi · Brockton$8knet price19%graduate$46kearningsTuition and fees: $5,376 a year. The net price counts housing and food at full cost.Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of TheologyUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 125 on campus · 9.8 mi · Brookline80%admitted$25knet price44%graduate$52kearningsUniversity of Massachusetts-BostonUniversity or college · Public · 14,204 on campus · 10.5 mi · Boston84%admitted$18knet price49%graduate$66kearningsRoxbury Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · 1,631 on campus · 10.7 mi · Roxbury Crossing$12knet price28%graduate$39kearningsTuition and fees: $6,024 a year. The net price counts housing and food at full cost.Franklin W Olin College of EngineeringUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 402 on campus · 10.8 mi · Needham25%admitted$25knet price96%graduate$129kearningsBabson CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 3,646 on campus · 11 mi · Wellesley17%admitted$41knet price93%graduate$124kearningsMCPHS UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 5,353 on campus · 11.2 mi · Boston85%admitted$40knet price62%graduate$126kearningsWentworth Institute of TechnologyUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 3,885 on campus · 11.2 mi · Boston91%admitted$34knet price68%graduate$83kearningsMassachusetts College of Art and DesignUniversity or college · Public · 1,941 on campus · 11.2 mi · Boston76%admitted$24knet price69%graduate$44kearningsBoston CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 14,512 on campus · 11.3 mi · Chestnut Hill16%admitted$42knet price91%graduate$104kearningsBoston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis IncUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 165 on campus · 11.3 mi · BrooklineGraduate students only; the Scorecard reports no undergraduate figures.Simmons UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 2,745 on campus · 11.4 mi · Boston70%admitted$25knet price72%graduate$63kearningsEmmanuel CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 1,924 on campus · 11.4 mi · Boston76%admitted$27knet price68%graduate$68kearningsNortheastern UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 29,851 on campus · 11.5 mi · Boston5%admitted$31knet price91%graduate$93kearningsEarnings are reported for all 3 campuses that file with it.Northeastern University Professional ProgramsUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 4,901 on campus · 11.5 mi · Boston$93kearningsEarnings are reported for all 3 campuses that file with it.The New England Conservatory of MusicUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 784 on campus · 11.6 mi · Boston41%admitted$47knet price73%graduate$34kearningsMassachusetts Bay Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · 2,620 on campus · 11.8 mi · Wellesley Hills$7knet price17%graduate$53kearningsTuition and fees: $5,856 a year. The net price counts housing and food at full cost.Saint John's SeminaryUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 120 on campus · 11.8 mi · BrightonBerklee College of MusicUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 6,560 on campus · 12 mi · Boston44%admitted$49knet price67%graduate$34kearningsBenjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of TechnologyUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 512 on campus · 12.1 mi · Boston$15knet price46%graduate$58kearningsBoston Architectural CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 410 on campus · 12.1 mi · Boston$26knet price32%graduate$62kearningsBoston UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 32,537 on campus · 12.2 mi · Boston11%admitted$24knet price89%graduate$83kearningsWellesley CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 2,418 on campus · 12.2 mi · Wellesley14%admitted$25knet price92%graduate$85kearningsNew England College of OptometryUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 529 on campus · 12.3 mi · BostonGraduate students only; the Scorecard reports no undergraduate figures.New England Law-BostonUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 1,083 on campus · 12.5 mi · BostonGraduate students only; the Scorecard reports no undergraduate figures.Hebrew CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 167 on campus · 12.5 mi · NewtonEmerson CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 4,965 on campus · 12.6 mi · Boston51%admitted$49knet price77%graduate$63kearningsFisher CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 737 on campus · 12.7 mi · Boston · mostly online71%admitted$27knet price28%graduate$50kearnings51% of its students study only online; price, graduation and earnings count them too.Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 11,855 on campus · 12.8 mi · Cambridge5%admitted$20knet price96%graduate$143kearningsSuffolk UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 6,596 on campus · 13 mi · Boston82%admitted$30knet price61%graduate$68kearningsLasell UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 1,271 on campus · 13 mi · Newton81%admitted$28knet price59%graduate$50kearningsHarvard UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 22,636 on campus · 13.7 mi · Cambridge4%admitted$19knet price98%graduate$102kearningsHult International Business SchoolUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 1,636 on campus · 13.7 mi · Cambridge60%admitted$45knet price67%graduateLongy School of Music of Bard CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 277 on campus · 14 mi · Cambridge$39knet price78%graduate$47kearningsEarnings are reported for all 3 campuses that file with it.Bunker Hill Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · 5,800 on campus · 14.1 mi · Boston$8knet price13%graduate$48kearningsTuition and fees: $6,168 a year. The net price counts housing and food at full cost.Lesley UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 2,519 on campus · 14.1 mi · Cambridge97%admitted$31knet price58%graduate$51kearningsMGH Institute of Health ProfessionsUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 1,125 on campus · 14.2 mi · Boston$87kearningsCambridge CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 758 on campus · 14.4 mi · Boston · mostly online$31knet price11%graduate$46kearnings61% of its students study only online; price, graduation and earnings count them too.Brandeis UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 4,978 on campus · 14.8 mi · Waltham40%admitted$36knet price86%graduate$77kearningsWheaton College (Massachusetts)University or college · Private nonprofit · 1,778 on campus · 14.8 mi · Norton68%admitted$30knet price73%graduate$68kearnings

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 it costs

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.

Family income

Starts at Over $110k, where Canton’s median household income ($143,381) falls.

Massachusetts Bay Community College11.8 mi · Wellesley Hills · sticker $14,185 · tuition $5,856$13,317a year
Bunker Hill Community College14.1 mi · Boston · sticker $14,899 · tuition $6,168$13,790a year
Massasoit Community College9.8 mi · Brockton · sticker $14,904 · tuition $5,376$14,416a year
Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology12.1 mi · Boston · sticker $30,406$21,375a year
Quincy College8.2 mi · Quincy · sticker $22,528 · tuition $8,938$21,920a year
University of Massachusetts-Boston10.5 mi · Boston · sticker $30,544$25,571a year
Franklin W Olin College of Engineering10.8 mi · Needham · sticker $86,474$27,096a year
Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology9.8 mi · Brookline · sticker $41,282$29,993a year
Fisher College12.7 mi · Boston · mostly online · sticker $53,921$30,661a year
Emmanuel College11.4 mi · Boston · sticker $65,252$30,832a year
Massachusetts College of Art and Design11.2 mi · Boston · sticker $34,239$31,882a year
Simmons University11.4 mi · Boston · sticker $63,460$32,777a year
Lasell University13 mi · Newton · sticker $42,434$32,947a year
Wheaton College (Massachusetts)14.8 mi · Norton · sticker $79,311$33,956a year
Curry College4.3 mi · Milton · sticker $64,020$33,973a year
Lesley University14.1 mi · Cambridge · sticker $51,538$35,152a year
Suffolk University13 mi · Boston · sticker $65,281$36,264a year
Stonehill College8.4 mi · Easton · sticker $72,714$37,147a year
Wentworth Institute of Technology11.2 mi · Boston · sticker $61,096$38,272a year
MCPHS University11.2 mi · Boston · sticker $65,022$43,470a year
The New England Conservatory of Music11.6 mi · Boston · sticker $81,277$47,387a year
Boston University12.2 mi · Boston · sticker $86,285$47,504a year
Northeastern University11.5 mi · Boston · sticker $84,641$47,696a year
Massachusetts Institute of Technology12.8 mi · Cambridge · sticker $82,730$48,479a year
Harvard University13.7 mi · Cambridge · sticker $85,540$53,337a year
Wellesley College12.2 mi · Wellesley · sticker $86,290$54,188a year
Berklee College of Music12 mi · Boston · sticker $72,700$54,676a year
Brandeis University14.8 mi · Waltham · sticker $86,448$54,885a year
Emerson College12.6 mi · Boston · sticker $80,399$57,288a year
Hult International Business School13.7 mi · Cambridge · sticker $79,075$59,075a year
Boston College11.3 mi · Chestnut Hill · sticker $89,493$60,308a year
Babson College11 mi · Wellesley · sticker $80,192$80,192a year
Laboure College of Healthcare6.8 mi · Milton · sticker $36,863—a year
Roxbury Community College10.7 mi · Roxbury Crossing · sticker $16,621 · tuition $6,024—a year
Boston Architectural College12.1 mi · Boston · sticker $40,343—a year
Longy School of Music of Bard College14 mi · Cambridge · sticker $72,450—a year
Cambridge College14.4 mi · Boston · mostly online · sticker $34,072—a year

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.

Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay?

Each dot is a college within 15 miles of Canton: across is the share who graduate, up is what they earn ten years after starting.

$0$20k$40k$60k$80k$100k$120k$140k$160k0%25%50%75%100%Graduate →University of Massachusetts-BostonBoston CollegeBoston UniversityMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Boston University89% graduate$83k earnings$23k typical debt
Northeastern University91% graduate$93k earnings*$24k typical debt
Harvard University98% graduate$102k earnings$14k typical debt
Boston College91% graduate$104k earnings$19k typical debt
University of Massachusetts-Boston49% graduate$66k earnings$22k typical debt
Massachusetts Institute of Technology96% graduate$143k earnings$15k typical debt
Suffolk University61% graduate$68k earnings$27k typical debt
Berklee College of Music67% graduate$34k earnings$25k typical debt
Bunker Hill Community College13% graduate$48k earnings$10k typical debt
MCPHS University62% graduate$126k earnings$25k typical debt
Brandeis University86% graduate$77k earnings$26k typical debt
Emerson College77% graduate$63k earnings$23k typical debt

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: Northeastern University (3); Longy School of Music of Bard College (3).

Questions about college near Canton

Is Canton a college town?

No. About 4 of every 100 Canton residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), below Massachusetts (8). The nearest campus, Curry College, is 4.3 miles away in Milton.

What colleges are near Canton?

46 colleges are within 15 miles. The largest: Boston University (12.2 miles, 32,537 students on campus), Northeastern University (11.5 miles, 29,851) and Harvard University (13.7 miles, 22,636).

What is the closest community college to Canton, and what does it cost?

Quincy College in Quincy, 8.2 miles away. Tuition and fees are $8,938 a year for Massachusetts residents; the federal net price, $17,126, counts housing and food at full cost.

How much does Quincy College cost if we live in Massachusetts?

Tuition and fees are $8,938 a year in-state and $8,938 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $15,972 (under $30,000 income) to $21,920 (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 Canton. 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 →