Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Bergen Community College is 5 miles from Dumont
No college sits inside Dumont’s boundary, but Bergen Community College’s campus in Paramus, with 9,883 students on campus, is 5 miles from the center of town. About 6% of Dumont’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 Dumont. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Dumont
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Dumont
65 private colleges within 15 miles, 15 public colleges within 15 miles, and 12 community colleges.
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. Pick your family’s income.
Starts at Over $110k, where Dumont’s median household income ($126,071) 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 within 15 miles of Dumont: 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: Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus (2); Montclair State (2); American Academy of Dramatic Arts-New York (2); Bloomfield College of Montclair State (2).
Questions about college near Dumont
Is Dumont a college town?
No. About 6 of every 100 Dumont residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as New Jersey (6). The nearest campus, Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus, is 3.8 miles away in Teaneck.
What colleges are near Dumont?
88 colleges are within 15 miles. The largest: New York University (14.9 miles, 53,873 students on campus), Columbia University in the City of New York (9.6 miles, 33,821) and CUNY Hunter College (12.3 miles, 22,220).
What is the closest community college to Dumont, and what does it cost?
Bergen Community College in Paramus, 5 miles away. Tuition and fees are $4,913 a year for New Jersey residents; the federal net price, $10,345, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does William Paterson University of New Jersey cost if we live in New Jersey?
Tuition and fees are $15,704 a year in-state and $25,344 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $16,171 (under $30,000 income) to $24,917 (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 Dumont. 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 →