Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture is 14.2 miles from Wellfleet
No college sits inside Wellfleet’s boundary, but Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture’s campus in Curtis, with 232 students on campus, is 14.2 miles from the center of town. About 0% of Wellfleet’s residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Nebraska (7%).
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 Wellfleet. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Wellfleet
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Wellfleet
It is public. Every other college is more than 15 miles from Wellfleet.
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 Wellfleet’s median household income ($49,792) 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. *Reported for all the campuses that file together: Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture (2).
Questions about college near Wellfleet
Is Wellfleet a college town?
No. About 0 of every 100 Wellfleet residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as Nebraska (7). The nearest campus, Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture, is 14.2 miles away in Curtis.
What colleges are near Wellfleet?
Within 15 miles: Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture (14.2 miles, 232 students on campus).
What is the closest community college to Wellfleet, and what does it cost?
Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in Curtis, 14.2 miles away. Tuition and fees are $5,926 a year for Nebraska residents; the federal net price, $14,639, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does the University of Nebraska at Kearney cost if we live in Nebraska?
Tuition and fees are $8,676 a year in-state and $15,284 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $13,066 (under $30,000 income) to $20,664 (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 Wellfleet. 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 →