Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0Greenfield Community College is 11.8 miles from Wendell
No college sits inside Wendell’s boundary, but Greenfield Community College’s campus in Greenfield, with 1,100 students on campus, is 11.8 miles from the center of town. About 5% of Wendell’s residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Massachusetts (8%).
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 Wendell. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Wendell
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Wendell
One private college within 13.9 miles, one public college within 13.3 miles, and Greenfield Community College 11.8 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. Pick your family’s income.
Starts at $48–75k, where Wendell’s median household income ($65,288) 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 Wendell: 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 Wendell
Is Wendell a college town?
No. About 5 of every 100 Wendell residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as Massachusetts (8). The nearest campus, Greenfield Community College, is 11.8 miles away in Greenfield.
What colleges are near Wendell?
Within 15 miles: Greenfield Community College (11.8 miles, 1,100 students on campus), the University of Massachusetts-Amherst (13.3 miles, 28,168) and Amherst College (13.9 miles, 1,910).
What is the closest community college to Wendell, and what does it cost?
Greenfield Community College in Greenfield, 11.8 miles away. Tuition and fees are $5,810 a year for Massachusetts residents; the federal net price, $7,679, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does the University of Massachusetts-Amherst cost if we live in Massachusetts?
Tuition and fees are $17,772 a year in-state and $40,449 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $10,164 (under $30,000 income) to $30,793 (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 Wendell. 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 →