Photo: Acroterion · CC BY-SA 4.0Carroll Community College is 13.9 miles from Mount Airy
No college sits inside Mount Airy’s boundary, but Carroll Community College’s campus in Westminster, with 2,594 students on campus, is 13.9 miles from the center of town. About 7% of Mount Airy’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 Mount Airy. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Mount Airy
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Mount Airy
One private college within 14.5 miles, and Carroll Community College 13.9 miles away. The nearest public four-year college, University of Maryland-Baltimore County, is 25 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 Over $110k, where Mount Airy’s median household income ($151,324) 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 Mount Airy
Is Mount Airy a college town?
No. About 7 of every 100 Mount Airy residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as Maryland (7). The nearest campus, Carroll Community College, is 13.9 miles away in Westminster.
What colleges are near Mount Airy?
Within 15 miles: Carroll Community College (13.9 miles, 2,594 students on campus) and Hood College (14.5 miles, 1,718).
What is the closest community college to Mount Airy, and what does it cost?
Carroll Community College in Westminster, 13.9 miles away. Tuition and fees are $4,308 a year for Maryland residents; the federal net price, $2,725, 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 Mount Airy. 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 →