Photo: Luigi Novi · CC BY 4.0Yeshiva Toras Chaim is 6.3 miles from Brielle
No college sits inside Brielle’s boundary, but Yeshiva Toras Chaim’s campus in Lakewood, with 225 students on campus, is 6.3 miles from the center of town, and Yeshiva Gedolah Keren Hatorah is 6.4 miles away in Lakewood. About 5% of Brielle’s residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey (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 Brielle. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Brielle
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Brielle
10 private colleges within 12.5 miles, and four community colleges. The nearest public four-year college, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, is 33.9 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 Brielle’s median household income ($172,250) 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: Rutgers University-New Brunswick (3).
Questions about college near Brielle
Is Brielle a college town?
No. About 5 of every 100 Brielle residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as New Jersey (6). The nearest campus, Yeshiva Toras Chaim, is 6.3 miles away in Lakewood.
What colleges are near Brielle?
11 colleges are within 15 miles. The largest: Beth Medrash Govoha (8.4 miles, 8,824 students on campus), Ocean County College (8.6 miles, 6,074) and Monmouth University (12.5 miles, 4,773).
What is the closest community college to Brielle, and what does it cost?
Yeshiva Gedolah Keren Hatorah in Lakewood, 6.4 miles away. Tuition and fees are $9,150 a year for New Jersey residents; the federal net price, $13,777, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does Rutgers University-New Brunswick cost if we live in New Jersey?
Tuition and fees are $17,929 a year in-state and $37,441 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $16,343 (under $30,000 income) to $35,016 (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 Brielle. 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 →