Photo: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Stevenson University is 4 miles from Randallstown
No college sits inside Randallstown’s boundary, but Stevenson University’s campus in Owings Mills, with 2,792 students on campus, is 4 miles from the center of town, and Baltimore City Community College is 8.2 miles away in Baltimore. About 8% of Randallstown’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 Randallstown. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Randallstown
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Randallstown
10 private colleges within 15 miles, six public colleges within 11.7 miles, and three community colleges.
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 Randallstown’s median household income ($85,735) 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 Randallstown: 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: Lincoln College of Technology-Columbia (8).
Questions about college near Randallstown
Is Randallstown a college town?
No. About 8 of every 100 Randallstown residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as Maryland (7). The nearest campus, Ner Israel Rabbinical College, is 2.8 miles away in Baltimore.
What colleges are near Randallstown?
19 colleges are within 15 miles. The largest: Towson University (10.3 miles, 18,015 students on campus), Johns Hopkins University (10.1 miles, 17,183) and the University of Maryland-Baltimore County (9.3 miles, 13,491).
What is the closest community college to Randallstown, and what does it cost?
Baltimore City Community College in Baltimore, 8.2 miles away. Tuition and fees are $3,314 a year for Maryland residents; the federal net price, $15,987, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does Coppin State University cost if we live in Maryland?
Tuition and fees are $7,100 a year in-state and $14,024 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $7,714 (under $30,000 income) to $15,578 (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 Randallstown. 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 →