Wildwood House · Photo: Chuck Morris · CC BY-SA 3.0The University of Missouri-St Louis is 2.8 miles from Ferguson
No college sits inside Ferguson’s boundary, but the University of Missouri-St Louis’s campus in Saint Louis, with 12,200 students on campus, is 2.8 miles from the center of town, and Ranken Technical College is 7.1 miles away in Saint Louis. About 4% of Ferguson’s residents are enrolled in college, below 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 Ferguson. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Ferguson
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Ferguson
16 private colleges within 14.1 miles, two public colleges within 9 miles, and three 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 $30–48k, where Ferguson’s median household income ($47,524) 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 Ferguson: 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-Missouri (15).
Questions about college near Ferguson
Is Ferguson a college town?
No. About 4 of every 100 Ferguson residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), below Missouri (6). The nearest campus, the University of Missouri-St Louis, is 2.8 miles away in Saint Louis.
What colleges are near Ferguson?
20 colleges are within 15 miles. The largest: Saint Louis University (8.4 miles, 16,056 students on campus), Washington University in St Louis (7 miles, 15,851) and the University of Missouri-St Louis (2.8 miles, 12,200).
What is the closest community college to Ferguson, and what does it cost?
Ranken Technical College in Saint Louis, 7.1 miles away. Tuition and fees are $18,008 a year for Missouri residents; the federal net price, $18,795, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does the University of Missouri-St Louis cost if we live in Missouri?
Tuition and fees are $14,112 a year in-state and $35,112 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $13,031 (under $30,000 income) to $21,608 (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 Ferguson. 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 →