Willows, The · Photo: Acroterion · CC BY-SA 4.0Hagerstown Community College is 4 miles from Cavetown
No college sits inside Cavetown’s boundary, but Hagerstown Community College’s campus in Hagerstown, with 4,562 students on campus, is 4 miles from the center of town. About 9% of Cavetown’s residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Maryland (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 Cavetown. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Cavetown
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Cavetown
One private college within 13.1 miles, one public college within 14.1 miles, and Hagerstown Community College 4 miles away. The nearest public four-year college, University of Maryland-Baltimore County, is 54.1 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 and the nearest public four-year college. Pick your family’s income.
Starts at $75–110k, where Cavetown’s median household income ($108,677) 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. *Reported for all the campuses that file together: Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto (22).
Questions about college near Cavetown
Is Cavetown a college town?
No. About 9 of every 100 Cavetown residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as Maryland (7). The nearest campus, Hagerstown Community College, is 4 miles away in Hagerstown.
What colleges are near Cavetown?
Within 15 miles: Hagerstown Community College (4 miles, 4,562 students on campus), Mount St. Mary's University (13.1 miles, 2,170) and Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto (14.1 miles, 567).
What is the closest community college to Cavetown, and what does it cost?
Hagerstown Community College in Hagerstown, 4 miles away. Tuition and fees are $4,320 a year for Maryland residents; the federal net price, $6,835, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does the University of Maryland-Baltimore County cost if we live in Maryland?
Tuition and fees are $13,256 a year in-state and $31,275 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $5,087 (under $30,000 income) to $25,439 (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 Cavetown. 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 →