Kansas City University is 4.6 miles from Blue Summit
No college sits inside Blue Summit’s boundary, but Kansas City University’s campus in Kansas City, with 2,048 students on campus, is 4.6 miles from the center of town, and Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City is 6 miles away in Kansas City. About 8% of Blue Summit’s residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Missouri (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 Blue Summit. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Blue Summit
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Blue Summit
15 private colleges within 13.5 miles, one public college within 6.5 miles, and two 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 $48–75k, where Blue Summit’s median household income ($58,813) 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 Blue Summit: 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: WellSpring School of Allied Health-Kansas City (4); Concorde Career College-Kansas City (3); Ottawa University-Online (5).
Questions about college near Blue Summit
Is Blue Summit a college town?
No. About 8 of every 100 Blue Summit residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as Missouri (6). The nearest campus, Kansas City University, is 4.6 miles away in Kansas City.
What colleges are near Blue Summit?
18 colleges are within 15 miles. The largest: the University of Missouri-Kansas City (6.5 miles, 14,526 students on campus), Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City (6 miles, 10,237) and Kansas City Kansas Community College (14.5 miles, 3,867).
What is the closest community college to Blue Summit, and what does it cost?
Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City in Kansas City, 6 miles away. Tuition and fees are $3,630 a year for Missouri residents; the federal net price, $8,398, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does the University of Missouri-Kansas City cost if we live in Missouri?
Tuition and fees are $12,587 a year in-state and $30,227 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $10,576 (under $30,000 income) to $18,877 (over $110,000), housing and food included.
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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 Blue Summit. 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 →