Santa Fe Community College is 3.7 miles from Valle Vista
No college sits inside Valle Vista’s boundary, but Santa Fe Community College’s campus in Santa Fe, with 2,161 students on campus, is 3.7 miles from the center of town. About 5% of Valle Vista’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 Valle Vista. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Valle Vista
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Valle Vista
One private college within 10 miles, one public college within 2.7 miles, and Santa Fe Community College 3.7 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. Pick your family’s income.
Starts at $30–48k, where Valle Vista’s median household income ($36,635) 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 Valle Vista: 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 Valle Vista
Is Valle Vista a college town?
No. About 5 of every 100 Valle Vista residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as New Mexico (6). The nearest campus, Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development, is 2.7 miles away in Santa Fe.
What colleges are near Valle Vista?
Within 15 miles: Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development (2.7 miles, 700 students on campus), Santa Fe Community College (3.7 miles, 2,161) and St. John's College (10 miles, 409).
What is the closest community college to Valle Vista, and what does it cost?
Santa Fe Community College in Santa Fe, 3.7 miles away. Tuition and fees are $1,851 a year for New Mexico residents; the federal net price, $11,067, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development cost if we live in New Mexico?
Tuition and fees are $5,920 a year in-state and $5,920 from out of state.
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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 Valle Vista. 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 →