Photo: Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0Lawrence Technological University is 1.7 miles from Lathrup Village
No college sits inside Lathrup Village’s boundary, but Lawrence Technological University’s campus in Southfield, with 2,988 students on campus, is 1.7 miles from the center of town, and Oakland Community College is 10.7 miles away in Auburn Hills. About 7% of Lathrup Village’s residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Michigan (6%).
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 Lathrup Village. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Lathrup Village
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Lathrup Village
13 private colleges within 12.8 miles, three public colleges within 12.6 miles, and five 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 Lathrup Village’s median household income ($109,893) 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 Lathrup Village: 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: Chamberlain University-Michigan (15); Dorsey College (7); Dorsey College-Dearborn (7).
Questions about college near Lathrup Village
Is Lathrup Village a college town?
No. About 7 of every 100 Lathrup Village residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as Michigan (6). The nearest campus, Lawrence Technological University, is 1.7 miles away in Southfield.
What colleges are near Lathrup Village?
21 colleges are within 15 miles. The largest: Wayne State University (12.2 miles, 20,601 students on campus), Oakland University (12.6 miles, 14,326) and Wayne County Community College District (14.4 miles, 10,687).
What is the closest community college to Lathrup Village, and what does it cost?
Oakland Community College in Auburn Hills, 10.7 miles away. Tuition and fees are $3,020 a year for Michigan residents; the federal net price, $5,777, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does Schoolcraft Community College District cost if we live in Michigan?
Tuition and fees are $4,736 a year in-state and $8,142 from out of state.
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 Lathrup Village. 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 →