Photo: Acroterion · CC BY-SA 4.0Wilson-Conococheague is a college town: 24 of every 100 residents are students
No college sits inside Wilson-Conococheague’s boundary, but Hagerstown Community College’s campus in Hagerstown, with 4,562 students on campus, is 8.6 miles from the center of town. Across Maryland, 7 of every 100 residents are enrolled in college.
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 Wilson-Conococheague. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Wilson-Conococheague
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
What it’s like to live in Wilson-Conococheague
How much the colleges shape the town, from the Census Bureau’s survey of residents.
24 of every 100 Wilson-Conococheague residents are in college (MD: 7).
How students change Wilson-Conococheague’s other numbers
Read the town’s other grades with this in mind. How TownRatings handles college towns →
Students who live off campus count in the Census poverty figures: 18.3% of Wilson-Conococheague residents are below the poverty line, 3.3% when college students are left out (that estimate could be off by 28 points either way). 64% of the students themselves are below the line. In college towns, the Jobs & income grade uses the rate without students and leaves unemployment out.
The Cost grade counts the share of renters paying 30% or more of income on rent, leaving it out only where students are a quarter of residents or more. Here they are 24%, so student incomes still weigh on that figure.
CDC’s estimates follow each place’s age mix, and Wilson-Conococheague’s median age is 31.5 (Maryland 39.4), so the adult figures describe a young population.
Crime is counted per resident, and students who live here count as residents. A college with its own police department reports its incidents under that department, not the city.
Colleges within 15 miles of Wilson-Conococheague
One private college within 13.4 miles, and Hagerstown Community College 8.6 miles away. The nearest public four-year college, Frostburg State University, is 58.9 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 $48–75k, where Wilson-Conococheague’s median household income ($64,296) 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 Wilson-Conococheague
Is Wilson-Conococheague a college town?
Yes. 24 of every 100 Wilson-Conococheague residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), against 7 across Maryland. The nearest campus, Hagerstown Community College, is 8.6 miles away in Hagerstown.
What colleges are near Wilson-Conococheague?
Within 15 miles: Hagerstown Community College (8.6 miles, 4,562 students on campus) and Valley College-Martinsburg (13.4 miles, 190).
Why is Wilson-Conococheague’s poverty rate so high?
Students who live off campus count in the Census figures. 18.3% of residents are below the poverty line; leaving college students out, 3.3% are (ACS 2020–24, give or take 28 points).
What is the closest community college to Wilson-Conococheague, and what does it cost?
Hagerstown Community College in Hagerstown, 8.6 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.
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 Wilson-Conococheague. 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 →