Photo: Paul Sableman · CC BY 2.0The University of Missouri-Columbia is 12.8 miles from Rocheport
No college sits inside Rocheport’s boundary, but the University of Missouri-Columbia’s campus in Columbia, with 27,030 students on campus, is 12.8 miles from the center of town, and Moberly Area Community College is 31 miles away in Moberly. About 3% of Rocheport’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 Rocheport. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Rocheport
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Rocheport
Four private colleges within 13.6 miles, and one public college within 12.8 miles.
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 Rocheport’s median household income ($57,083) 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 Rocheport: 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: Central Methodist University-College of Graduate and Extended Studies (2); Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (2).
Questions about college near Rocheport
Is Rocheport a college town?
No. About 3 of every 100 Rocheport residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as Missouri (6). The nearest campus, the University of Missouri-Columbia, is 12.8 miles away in Columbia.
What colleges are near Rocheport?
Within 15 miles: the University of Missouri-Columbia (12.8 miles, 27,030 students on campus), Columbia College (12.8 miles, 1,940), Stephens College (13.2 miles, 480), Central Methodist University-College of Graduate and Extended Studies (13.6 miles, 1,664) and Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (13.6 miles, 1,017).
What is the closest community college to Rocheport, and what does it cost?
Moberly Area Community College in Moberly, 31 miles away. Tuition and fees are $4,110 a year for Missouri residents; the federal net price, $6,810, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does the University of Missouri-Columbia cost if we live in Missouri?
Tuition and fees are $14,837 a year in-state and $36,056 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $13,841 (under $30,000 income) to $26,304 (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 Rocheport. 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 →