Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0Atlantic Cape Community College is 9 miles from Dorothy
No college sits inside Dorothy’s boundary, but Atlantic Cape Community College’s campus in Mays Landing, with 2,841 students on campus, is 9 miles from the center of town. About 5% of Dorothy’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 Dorothy. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Dorothy
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Dorothy
Both are public. Every other college is more than 15 miles from Dorothy.
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 $75–110k, where Dorothy’s median household income ($107,366) 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: Rowan College of South Jersey-Cumberland Campus (2).
Questions about college near Dorothy
Is Dorothy a college town?
No. About 5 of every 100 Dorothy residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as New Jersey (6). The nearest campus, Atlantic Cape Community College, is 9 miles away in Mays Landing.
What colleges are near Dorothy?
Within 15 miles: Atlantic Cape Community College (9 miles, 2,841 students on campus) and Rowan College of South Jersey-Cumberland Campus (12.3 miles, 1,809).
What is the closest community college to Dorothy, and what does it cost?
Atlantic Cape Community College in Mays Landing, 9 miles away. Tuition and fees are $6,068 a year for New Jersey residents; the federal net price, $8,392, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does Stockton University cost if we live in New Jersey?
Tuition and fees are $16,266 a year in-state and $24,524 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $15,135 (under $30,000 income) to $28,601 (over $110,000), housing and food included.
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 Dorothy. 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 →