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 4.0Rowan College at Burlington County is 3.9 miles from Willingboro Township
No college sits inside Willingboro Township’s boundary, but Rowan College at Burlington County’s campus in Mount Laurel, with 3,689 students on campus, is 3.9 miles from the center of town. About 6% of Willingboro 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 Willingboro Township. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Willingboro Township
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Willingboro Township
10 private colleges within 14.5 miles, three public colleges within 14.7 miles, and three 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 $75–110k, where Willingboro Township’s median household income ($98,200) 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 Willingboro Township: 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: Lincoln Technical Institute-Philadelphia (8); Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington (22); Rutgers University-Camden (3).
Questions about college near Willingboro Township
Is Willingboro Township a college town?
No. About 6 of every 100 Willingboro 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 3.9 miles away in Mount Laurel.
What colleges are near Willingboro Township?
14 colleges are within 15 miles. The largest: Temple University (14.7 miles, 27,767 students on campus), Rutgers University-Camden (13.6 miles, 4,552) and Rowan College at Burlington County (3.9 miles, 3,689).
What is the closest community college to Willingboro Township, and what does it cost?
Rowan College at Burlington County in Mount Laurel, 3.9 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.
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 Willingboro 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 →