Clarendon Stone Store · Photo: Steven Hamsness · CC BY-SA 4.0SUNY Brockport is 6.1 miles from Clarendon
No college sits inside Clarendon’s boundary, but SUNY Brockport’s campus in Brockport, with 5,522 students on campus, is 6.1 miles from the center of town, and Genesee Community College is 11.6 miles away in Batavia. About 1% of Clarendon’s residents are enrolled in college, below 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 Clarendon. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Clarendon
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Clarendon
One private college within 13.4 miles, one public college within 6.1 miles, and Genesee Community College 11.6 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 $48–75k, where Clarendon’s median household income ($57,604) 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 Clarendon: 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 Clarendon
Is Clarendon a college town?
No. About 1 of every 100 Clarendon residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), below New York (7). The nearest campus, SUNY Brockport, is 6.1 miles away in Brockport.
What colleges are near Clarendon?
Within 15 miles: SUNY Brockport (6.1 miles, 5,522 students on campus), Genesee Community College (11.6 miles, 3,373) and Roberts Wesleyan University (13.4 miles, 1,173).
What is the closest community college to Clarendon, and what does it cost?
Genesee Community College in Batavia, 11.6 miles away. Tuition and fees are $5,900 a year for New York residents; the federal net price, $8,334, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does SUNY Brockport cost if we live in New York?
Tuition and fees are $8,752 a year in-state and $15,822 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $10,911 (under $30,000 income) to $20,625 (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 Clarendon. 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 →