San Juan College is 13.7 miles from Center Point
No college sits inside Center Point’s boundary, but San Juan College’s campus in Farmington, with 4,014 students on campus, is 13.7 miles from the center of town. About 11% of Center Point’s residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Mexico (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 Center Point. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Center Point
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Center Point
It is public. Every other college is more than 15 miles from Center Point.
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 $48–75k, where Center Point’s median household income ($51,358) 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.
Questions about college near Center Point
Is Center Point a college town?
No. About 11 of every 100 Center Point residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as New Mexico (6). The nearest campus, San Juan College, is 13.7 miles away in Farmington.
What colleges are near Center Point?
Within 15 miles: San Juan College (13.7 miles, 4,014 students on campus).
What is the closest community college to Center Point, and what does it cost?
San Juan College in Farmington, 13.7 miles away. Tuition and fees are $1,928 a year for New Mexico residents; the federal net price, $5,769, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does Navajo Technical University cost if we live in New Mexico?
Tuition and fees are $4,346 a year in-state and $4,346 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $4,293 (under $30,000 income) to $10,821 (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 Center Point. 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 →