Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is 12 miles from Coeymans
No college sits inside Coeymans’ boundary, but Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences’s campus in Albany, with 875 students on campus, is 12 miles from the center of town, and St. Peter's Hospital College of Nursing is 12 miles away in Albany. About 8% of Coeymans’ 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 Coeymans. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Coeymans
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Coeymans
Eight private colleges within 14.7 miles, one public college within 13.7 miles, and two 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 Coeymans’ median household income ($95,403) 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 Coeymans: 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: Mildred Elley School-Albany Campus (3); Bryant & Stratton College-Albany (8).
Questions about college near Coeymans
Is Coeymans a college town?
No. About 8 of every 100 Coeymans residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as New York (7). The nearest campus, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, is 12 miles away in Albany.
What colleges are near Coeymans?
9 colleges are within 15 miles. The largest: University at Albany (13.7 miles, 15,251 students on campus), The College of Saint Rose (12.8 miles, 2,329) and Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (12 miles, 875).
What is the closest community college to Coeymans, and what does it cost?
St. Peter's Hospital College of Nursing in Albany, 12 miles away. Tuition and fees are $15,358 a year for New York residents.
How much does University at Albany cost if we live in New York?
Tuition and fees are $10,866 a year in-state and $31,256 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $11,112 (under $30,000 income) to $24,085 (over $110,000), housing and food included.
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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 Coeymans. 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 →