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Colleges in and near Maple Shade Township

Rowan College at Burlington County is 5.5 miles from Maple Shade Township

No college sits inside Maple Shade Township’s boundary, but Rowan College at Burlington County’s campus in Mount Laurel, with 3,689 students on campus, is 5.5 miles from the center of town. About 7% of Maple Shade Township’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 Maple Shade Township. Colleges are described, not graded.

Within 15 miles
28
128,281 students on campus
Nearest college
5.5 mi
Rowan College at Burlington County
Residents in college
7%
About the same as NJ (6%)
Nearest community college
5.5 mi
Rowan College at Burlington County · $6,990 tuition
Nearest public university
6.8 mi
Rutgers University-Camden · $17,764 in-state
Median household income
$79K
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What stands out about college from Maple Shade Township

Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.

A community college 5.5 miles awayRowan College at Burlington County has 3,689 students on campus in Mount Laurel, 36% of whom graduate within three years.In-state price at Rutgers University-CamdenLiving in New Jersey, Rutgers University-Camden charges $17,764 in tuition and fees; from out of state, $37,276. State residency rules decide which a new arrival pays.Students are 7% of residentsAbout the same as New Jersey (6%). The Census counts anyone enrolled, including part-time and online students.
Every college

Colleges within 15 miles of Maple Shade Township

21 private colleges within 13.9 miles, three public colleges within 12.9 miles, and six community colleges.

5 mi10 mi15 miTemple UniversityUniversity of PennsylvaniaDrexel UniversityMaple Shade Township
University or collegeCommunity college
Rowan College at Burlington CountyCommunity college · Public · 3,689 on campus · 5.5 mi · Mount Laurel$5knet price36%graduate$45kearningsTuition and fees: $6,990 a year. The net price counts housing and food at full cost.Lincoln Technical Institute-PhiladelphiaUniversity or college · For-profit · 374 on campus · 6.7 mi · Philadelphia, PA$27knet price58%graduate$39kearningsEarnings are reported for all 8 campuses that file with it.Rutgers University-CamdenUniversity or college · Public · 4,552 on campus · 6.8 mi · Camden66%admitted$19knet price67%graduate$74kearningsEarnings are reported for all 3 campuses that file with it.Holy Family UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 2,606 on campus · 7.5 mi · Philadelphia, PA71%admitted$13knet price61%graduate$62kearningsThomas Jefferson UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 7,162 on campus · 8.7 mi · Philadelphia, PA81%admitted$29knet price69%graduate$77kearningsTemple UniversityUniversity or college · Public · 27,767 on campus · 8.8 mi · Philadelphia, PA80%admitted$28knet price75%graduate$64kearningsPennsylvania Academy of the Fine ArtsUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 127 on campus · 8.9 mi · Philadelphia, PA$42knet price58%graduate$30kearningsCommunity College of PhiladelphiaCommunity college · Public · 6,659 on campus · 9.1 mi · Philadelphia, PA$12knet price24%graduate$41kearningsTuition and fees: $4,632 a year. The net price counts housing and food at full cost.Curtis Institute of MusicUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 159 on campus · 9.3 mi · Philadelphia, PA5%admitted96%graduateMoore College of Art and DesignUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 398 on campus · 9.4 mi · Philadelphia, PA56%admitted$43knet price57%graduate$38kearningsOrleans Technical CollegeCommunity college · Private nonprofit · 245 on campus · 9.6 mi · Philadelphia, PA80%admitted$20knet price90%graduate$39kearningsDrexel UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 19,393 on campus · 10.3 mi · Philadelphia, PA79%admitted$39knet price78%graduate$85kearningsLa Salle UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 2,827 on campus · 10.3 mi · Philadelphia, PA97%admitted$19knet price57%graduate$67kearningsUniversity of PennsylvaniaUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 25,644 on campus · 10.5 mi · Philadelphia, PA5%admitted$29knet price97%graduate$111kearningsGratz CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 126 on campus · 10.8 mi · Melrose Park, PA · mostly online74% of its students study only online; price, graduation and earnings count them too.Manor CollegeCommunity college · Private nonprofit · 562 on campus · 11 mi · Jenkintown, PA95%admitted$13knet price26%graduate$47kearningsTuition and fees: $21,780 a year. The net price counts housing and food at full cost.Walnut Hill CollegeUniversity or college · For-profit · 127 on campus · 11.3 mi · Philadelphia, PA43%admitted$32knet price58%graduate$37kearningsSalus UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 1,137 on campus · 11.6 mi · Elkins Park, PAGraduate students only; the Scorecard reports no undergraduate figures.Camden County CollegeCommunity college · Public · 5,528 on campus · 11.8 mi · Blackwood$6knet price31%graduate$41kearningsTuition and fees: $4,320 a year. The net price counts housing and food at full cost.Philadelphia College of Osteopathic MedicineUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 2,932 on campus · 12.3 mi · Philadelphia, PA$139kearningsGraduate students only; the Scorecard reports no undergraduate figures.PITC InstituteUniversity or college · For-profit · 113 on campus · 12.8 mi · Wyncote, PA$28knet price31%graduate$58kearningsPennsylvania State University-Penn State AbingtonUniversity or college · Public · 3,055 on campus · 12.9 mi · Abington, PA97%admitted$18knet price20%graduate$63kearningsEarnings are reported for all 22 campuses that file with it.Bryn Athyn College of the New ChurchUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 279 on campus · 13.1 mi · Bryn Athyn, PA83%admitted$21knet price68%graduate$40kearningsSaint Joseph's University - PhiladelphiaUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 5,782 on campus · 13.2 mi · Philadelphia, PA89%admitted$30knet price79%graduate$87kearningsEarnings are reported for all 2 campuses that file with it.Arcadia UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 2,647 on campus · 13.2 mi · Glenside, PA80%admitted$29knet price67%graduate$58kearningsRowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester CampusCommunity college · Public · 3,857 on campus · 13.6 mi · Sewell$12knet price39%graduate$42kearningsTuition and fees: $5,160 a year. The net price counts housing and food at full cost.Earnings are reported for all 2 campuses that file with it.Talmudical Yeshiva of PhiladelphiaUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 120 on campus · 13.6 mi · Philadelphia, PA90%admitted$11knet price50%graduateWestminster Theological SeminaryUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 414 on campus · 13.9 mi · Glenside, PA · mostly online60% of its students study only online; price, graduation and earnings count them too.Graduate students only; the Scorecard reports no undergraduate figures.

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 it costs

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.

Family income

Starts at $75–110k, where Maple Shade Township’s median household income ($78,904) falls.

Rowan College at Burlington County5.5 mi · Mount Laurel · sticker $12,243 · tuition $6,990$8,088a year
Camden County College11.8 mi · Blackwood · sticker $12,535 · tuition $4,320$9,373a year
Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia13.6 mi · Philadelphia, PA · sticker $22,680$10,740a year
Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester Campus13.6 mi · Sewell · sticker $16,151 · tuition $5,160$15,238a year
Manor College11 mi · Jenkintown, PA · sticker $27,557 · tuition $21,780$15,838a year
Holy Family University7.5 mi · Philadelphia, PA · sticker $40,539$16,307a year
Community College of Philadelphia9.1 mi · Philadelphia, PA · sticker $19,172 · tuition $4,632$17,032a year
Rutgers University-Camden6.8 mi · Camden · sticker $35,178$20,475a year
Bryn Athyn College of the New Church13.1 mi · Bryn Athyn, PA · sticker $41,093$20,581a year
La Salle University10.3 mi · Philadelphia, PA · sticker $48,337$21,263a year
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington12.9 mi · Abington, PA · sticker $28,795$22,249a year
Orleans Technical College9.6 mi · Philadelphia, PA · sticker $26,587$23,196a year
University of Pennsylvania10.5 mi · Philadelphia, PA · sticker $89,028$25,476a year
Arcadia University13.2 mi · Glenside, PA · sticker $64,645$28,654a year
Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia13.2 mi · Philadelphia, PA · sticker $67,954$28,772a year
Lincoln Technical Institute-Philadelphia6.7 mi · Philadelphia, PA · sticker $31,905$29,364a year
Temple University8.8 mi · Philadelphia, PA · sticker $40,903$29,397a year
Thomas Jefferson University8.7 mi · Philadelphia, PA · sticker $64,197$29,734a year
Walnut Hill College11.3 mi · Philadelphia, PA · sticker $35,504$35,504a year
Drexel University10.3 mi · Philadelphia, PA · sticker $76,835$37,842a year
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts8.9 mi · Philadelphia, PA · sticker $66,106$44,893a year
Moore College of Art and Design9.4 mi · Philadelphia, PA · sticker $71,327$46,865a year
PITC Institute12.8 mi · Wyncote, PA · sticker $35,926—a year

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.

Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay?

Each dot is a college within 15 miles of Maple Shade Township: across is the share who graduate, up is what they earn ten years after starting.

$0$20k$40k$60k$80k$100k$120k0%25%50%75%100%Graduate →Thomas Jefferson UniversityTemple UniversityCommunity College of PhiladelphiaDrexel UniversityUniversity of Pennsylvania
Temple University75% graduate$64k earnings$24k typical debt
University of Pennsylvania97% graduate$111k earnings$16k typical debt
Drexel University78% graduate$85k earnings$25k typical debt
Thomas Jefferson University69% graduate$77k earnings$15k typical debt
Community College of Philadelphia24% graduate$41k earnings$11k typical debt
Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia79% graduate$87k earnings*$26k typical debt
Camden County College31% graduate$41k earnings$12k typical debt
Rutgers University-Camden67% graduate$74k earnings*$22k typical debt
Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester Campus39% graduate$42k earnings*$12k typical debt
Rowan College at Burlington County36% graduate$45k earnings$10k typical debt
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington20% graduate$63k earnings*$25k typical debt
La Salle University57% graduate$67k earnings$25k typical debt

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: Lincoln Technical Institute-Philadelphia (8); Rutgers University-Camden (3); Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington (22); Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia (2); Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester Campus (2).

Questions about college near Maple Shade Township

Is Maple Shade Township a college town?

No. About 7 of every 100 Maple Shade Township residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as New Jersey (6). The nearest campus, Rowan College at Burlington County, is 5.5 miles away in Mount Laurel.

What colleges are near Maple Shade Township?

28 colleges are within 15 miles. The largest: Temple University (8.8 miles, 27,767 students on campus), the University of Pennsylvania (10.5 miles, 25,644) and Drexel University (10.3 miles, 19,393).

What is the closest community college to Maple Shade Township, and what does it cost?

Rowan College at Burlington County in Mount Laurel, 5.5 miles away. Tuition and fees are $6,990 a year for New Jersey residents; the federal net price, $5,344, counts housing and food at full cost.

How much does Rutgers University-Camden cost if we live in New Jersey?

Tuition and fees are $17,764 a year in-state and $37,276 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $13,797 (under $30,000 income) to $30,639 (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 Maple Shade Township. 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 →