Delaware Technical Community College-Terry is 11.9 miles from Templeville
No college sits inside Templeville’s boundary, but Delaware Technical Community College-Terry’s campus in Dover, with 10,288 students on campus, is 11.9 miles from the center of town, and Chesapeake College is 21.2 miles away in Wye Mills. About 0% of Templeville’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 Templeville. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Templeville
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Templeville
Both are public. Every other college is more than 15 miles from Templeville.
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 $30–48k, where Templeville’s median household income ($39,375) 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 Templeville
Is Templeville a college town?
No. About 0 of every 100 Templeville residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as Maryland (7). The nearest campus, Delaware Technical Community College-Terry, is 11.9 miles away in Dover.
What colleges are near Templeville?
Within 15 miles: Delaware Technical Community College-Terry (11.9 miles, 10,288 students on campus) and Delaware State University (12.6 miles, 5,203).
What is the closest community college to Templeville, and what does it cost?
Chesapeake College in Wye Mills, 21.2 miles away. Tuition and fees are $4,274 a year for Maryland residents; the federal net price, $5,106, counts housing and food at full cost.
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 Templeville. 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 →