Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0Hagerstown Community College is 5.8 miles from St. James
No college sits inside St. James’ boundary, but Hagerstown Community College’s campus in Hagerstown, with 4,562 students on campus, is 5.8 miles from the center of town. About 5% of St. James’ 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 St. James. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from St. James
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of St. James
One private college within 12.7 miles, one public college within 10.2 miles, and Hagerstown Community College 5.8 miles away. The nearest public four-year college, University of Maryland-College Park, is 59 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 St. James’ median household income ($97,361) 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: Valley College-Martinsburg (2).
Questions about college near St. James
Is St. James a college town?
No. About 5 of every 100 St. James residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as Maryland (7). The nearest campus, Hagerstown Community College, is 5.8 miles away in Hagerstown.
What colleges are near St. James?
Within 15 miles: Hagerstown Community College (5.8 miles, 4,562 students on campus), Shepherd University (10.2 miles, 2,867) and Valley College-Martinsburg (12.7 miles, 190).
What is the closest community college to St. James, and what does it cost?
Hagerstown Community College in Hagerstown, 5.8 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-College Park cost if we live in Maryland?
Tuition and fees are $11,809 a year in-state and $41,186 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $2,962 (under $30,000 income) to $26,691 (over $110,000), housing and food included.
Neighbors talk college
Students, parents, alumni and the neighbors next door.
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 St. James. 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 →