Photo: Paul Sableman · CC BY 2.0Kinloch is a college town: 17 of every 100 residents are students
No college sits inside Kinloch’s boundary, but the University of Missouri-St Louis’s campus in Saint Louis, with 12,200 students on campus, is 2.1 miles from the center of town, and Saint Louis Community College is 6.1 miles away in Bridgeton. Across Missouri, 6 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 Kinloch. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Kinloch
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
What it’s like to live in Kinloch
How much the colleges shape the town, from the Census Bureau’s survey of residents.
17 of every 100 Kinloch residents are in college (MO: 6).
How students change Kinloch’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: 33.0% of Kinloch residents are below the poverty line, 27.9% when college students are left out (that estimate could be off by 23 points either way). 57% 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 17%, so student incomes still weigh on that figure.
CDC’s estimates follow each place’s age mix, and Kinloch’s median age is 27.9 (Missouri 39.0), 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 Kinloch
17 private colleges within 14.6 miles, two public colleges within 9.2 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 $30–48k, where Kinloch’s median household income ($44,688) 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 Kinloch: 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 Kinloch
Is Kinloch a college town?
Yes. 17 of every 100 Kinloch residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), against 6 across Missouri. The nearest campus, the University of Missouri-St Louis, is 2.1 miles away in Saint Louis.
What colleges are near Kinloch?
20 colleges are within 15 miles. The largest: Saint Louis University (8.5 miles, 16,056 students on campus), Washington University in St Louis (6.3 miles, 15,851) and the University of Missouri-St Louis (2.1 miles, 12,200).
Why is Kinloch’s poverty rate so high?
Students who live off campus count in the Census figures. 33.0% of residents are below the poverty line; leaving college students out, 27.9% are (ACS 2020–24, give or take 23 points).
What is the closest community college to Kinloch, and what does it cost?
Saint Louis Community College in Bridgeton, 6.1 miles away. Tuition and fees are $3,660 a year for Missouri residents; the federal net price, $8,440, 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 Kinloch. 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 →