United States Military Academy is 2.1 miles from Cold Spring
No college sits inside Cold Spring’s boundary, but United States Military Academy’s campus in West Point, with 4,508 students on campus, is 2.1 miles from the center of town, and Rockland Community College is 20.9 miles away in Suffern. About 2% of Cold Spring’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 Cold Spring. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Cold Spring
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Cold Spring
Two private colleges within 12.2 miles, and one public college within 2.1 miles.
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 Over $110k, where Cold Spring’s median household income ($117,292) 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 Cold Spring: 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 Cold Spring
Is Cold Spring a college town?
No. About 2 of every 100 Cold Spring residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), below New York (7). The nearest campus, United States Military Academy, is 2.1 miles away in West Point.
What colleges are near Cold Spring?
Within 15 miles: United States Military Academy (2.1 miles, 4,508 students on campus), Mount Saint Mary College (7.2 miles, 2,190) and Uta Mesivta of Kiryas Joel (12.2 miles, 2,729).
What is the closest community college to Cold Spring, and what does it cost?
Rockland Community College in Suffern, 20.9 miles away. Tuition and fees are $6,862 a year for New York residents; the federal net price, $11,282, 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 Cold Spring. 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 →