Bethel Church · Photo: Jon Roanhaus · CC BY-SA 3.0East Central College is 9.5 miles from Gray Summit
No college sits inside Gray Summit’s boundary, but East Central College’s campus in Union, with 2,200 students on campus, is 9.5 miles from the center of town. About 2% of Gray Summit’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 Gray Summit. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Gray Summit
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Gray Summit
It is public. Every other college is more than 15 miles from Gray Summit.
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 Gray Summit’s median household income ($65,667) 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 Gray Summit
Is Gray Summit a college town?
No. About 2 of every 100 Gray Summit residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), below Missouri (6). The nearest campus, East Central College, is 9.5 miles away in Union.
What colleges are near Gray Summit?
Within 15 miles: East Central College (9.5 miles, 2,200 students on campus).
What is the closest community college to Gray Summit, and what does it cost?
East Central College in Union, 9.5 miles away. Tuition and fees are $4,272 a year for Missouri residents; the federal net price, $13,128, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does Saint Louis Community College cost if we live in Missouri?
Tuition and fees are $3,660 a year in-state and $6,990 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $7,469 (under $30,000 income) to $13,244 (over $110,000), housing and food included.
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 Gray 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 →