Photo: Ken Gallager · CC BY-SA 4.0Colby-Sawyer College is 6 miles from Sutton
No college sits inside Sutton’s boundary, but Colby-Sawyer College’s campus in New London, with 727 students on campus, is 6 miles from the center of town, and NHTI-Concord's Community College is 20.9 miles away in Concord. About 5% of Sutton’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 Sutton. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Sutton
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Sutton
Two private colleges within 12 miles. The nearest public four-year college, University of New Hampshire-Franklin Pierce School of Law, is 20.7 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 Sutton’s median household income ($130,313) 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 Sutton
Is Sutton a college town?
No. About 5 of every 100 Sutton residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as New Hampshire (6). The nearest campus, Colby-Sawyer College, is 6 miles away in New London.
What colleges are near Sutton?
Within 15 miles: Colby-Sawyer College (6 miles, 727 students on campus) and New England College (12 miles, 2,293).
What is the closest community college to Sutton, and what does it cost?
NHTI-Concord's Community College in Concord, 20.9 miles away. Tuition and fees are $7,200 a year for New Hampshire residents; the federal net price, $18,011, 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 Sutton. 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 →