Photo: formulanone · CC BY-SA 2.0Anne Arundel Community College is 3.8 miles from Severna Park
No college sits inside Severna Park’s boundary, but Anne Arundel Community College’s campus in Arnold, with 7,890 students on campus, is 3.8 miles from the center of town. About 4% of Severna Park’s residents are enrolled in college, below 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 Severna Park. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Severna Park
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Severna Park
One private college within 8.3 miles, four public colleges within 14.2 miles, and Anne Arundel Community College 3.8 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 Over $110k, where Severna Park’s median household income ($169,953) 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 Severna Park: 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 Severna Park
Is Severna Park a college town?
No. About 4 of every 100 Severna Park residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), below Maryland (7). The nearest campus, Anne Arundel Community College, is 3.8 miles away in Arnold.
What colleges are near Severna Park?
Within 15 miles: Anne Arundel Community College (3.8 miles, 7,890 students on campus), St. John's College (8.3 miles, 533), United States Naval Academy (8.6 miles, 4,465), Bowie State University (11.5 miles, 5,649), the University of Maryland-Baltimore County (14.1 miles, 13,491) and the University of Maryland, Baltimore (14.2 miles, 5,588).
What is the closest community college to Severna Park, and what does it cost?
Anne Arundel Community College in Arnold, 3.8 miles away. Tuition and fees are $4,322 a year for Maryland residents; the federal net price, $14,915, counts housing and food at full cost.
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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 Severna Park. 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 →