Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 3.0Nashua Community College is 8.3 miles from Brookline
No college sits inside Brookline’s boundary, but Nashua Community College’s campus in Nashua, with 1,071 students on campus, is 8.3 miles from the center of town. About 6% of Brookline’s residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Hampshire (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 Brookline. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Brookline
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Brookline
One private college within 11.2 miles, one public college within 12.5 miles, and Nashua Community College 8.3 miles away. The nearest public four-year college, University of New Hampshire at Manchester, is 19.5 miles away.
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 Over $110k, where Brookline’s median household income ($171,046) 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: University of New Hampshire at Manchester (4).
Questions about college near Brookline
Is Brookline a college town?
No. About 6 of every 100 Brookline residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as New Hampshire (6). The nearest campus, Nashua Community College, is 8.3 miles away in Nashua.
What colleges are near Brookline?
Within 15 miles: Nashua Community College (8.3 miles, 1,071 students on campus), Rivier University (11.2 miles, 2,230) and Fitchburg State University (12.5 miles, 3,493).
What is the closest community college to Brookline, and what does it cost?
Nashua Community College in Nashua, 8.3 miles away. Tuition and fees are $7,140 a year for New Hampshire residents; the federal net price, $23,154, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does the University of New Hampshire at Manchester cost if we live in New Hampshire?
Tuition and fees are $15,838 a year in-state and $36,418 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $3,181 (under $30,000 income) to $16,386 (over $110,000), housing and food included.
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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 Brookline. 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 →