Photo: Zeete · CC BY-SA 4.0County College of Morris is 2.6 miles from Wharton
No college sits inside Wharton’s boundary, but County College of Morris’s campus in Randolph, with 5,346 students on campus, is 2.6 miles from the center of town. About 4% of Wharton’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 Wharton. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Wharton
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Wharton
Five private colleges within 14 miles, and County College of Morris 2.6 miles away. The nearest public four-year college, Montclair State University, is 19.8 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 $75–110k, where Wharton’s median household income ($85,767) 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: Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus (2); Montclair State (2).
Questions about college near Wharton
Is Wharton a college town?
No. About 4 of every 100 Wharton residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as New Jersey (6). The nearest campus, County College of Morris, is 2.6 miles away in Randolph.
What colleges are near Wharton?
Within 15 miles: County College of Morris (2.6 miles, 5,346 students on campus), Rabbinical College of America (7.5 miles, 206), Saint Elizabeth University (10.7 miles, 874), Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus (11.3 miles, 2,671), Drew University (12.2 miles, 2,160) and Centenary University (14 miles, 1,203).
What is the closest community college to Wharton, and what does it cost?
County College of Morris in Randolph, 2.6 miles away. Tuition and fees are $6,210 a year for New Jersey residents; the federal net price, $8,895, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does Montclair State University cost if we live in New Jersey?
Tuition and fees are $15,912 a year in-state and $26,022 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $10,880 (under $30,000 income) to $25,573 (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 Wharton. 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 →