Photo: Hayden Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Western Connecticut State University is 8.9 miles from Brewster
No college sits inside Brewster’s boundary, but Western Connecticut State University’s campus in Danbury, with 3,833 students on campus, is 8.9 miles from the center of town, and SUNY Westchester Community College is 24.4 miles away in Valhalla. About 8% of Brewster’s residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New York (7%).
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 Brewster. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Brewster
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Brewster
It is public. Every other college is more than 15 miles from Brewster.
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 Brewster’s median household income ($62,886) 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 Brewster
Is Brewster a college town?
No. About 8 of every 100 Brewster residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as New York (7). The nearest campus, Western Connecticut State University, is 8.9 miles away in Danbury.
What colleges are near Brewster?
Within 15 miles: Western Connecticut State University (8.9 miles, 3,833 students on campus).
What is the closest community college to Brewster, and what does it cost?
SUNY Westchester Community College in Valhalla, 24.4 miles away. Tuition and fees are $5,948 a year for New York residents; the federal net price, $9,373, counts housing and food at full cost.
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 Brewster. 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 →