Saint Mark's Church · Photo: Gilbert Ask · Public domainSyracuse University is 3.4 miles from DeWitt
Pomeroy College of Nursing at Crouse Hospital (179 students on campus) is inside the town, and Syracuse University (20,543) is 3.4 miles from the center, just over the line in Syracuse. About 9% of DeWitt’s residents are enrolled in college, above 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 DeWitt. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college in DeWitt
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of DeWitt
Five private colleges within 10.4 miles, two public colleges within 3.6 miles, and three 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 DeWitt’s median household income ($92,218) 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 DeWitt: 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: Bryant & Stratton College-Syracuse North (8).
What students study in DeWitt
Share of bachelor’s and associate degrees by field at Pomeroy College of Nursing at Crouse Hospital, weighted by undergraduates; then the biggest programs.
College Scorecard: degree shares (PCIP; each college’s six largest fields are kept, the rest count as everything else) and the field-of-study file, median earnings 4 years after graduating.
Questions about college in DeWitt
Is DeWitt a college town?
No. About 9 of every 100 DeWitt residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), above New York (7). The largest campus in the town, Pomeroy College of Nursing at Crouse Hospital, has 179 students on campus.
What colleges are in DeWitt?
Pomeroy College of Nursing at Crouse Hospital is inside the town. Syracuse University is 3.4 miles from the center, in Syracuse, Le Moyne College is 1 mile from the center, in Syracuse, and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry is 3.6 miles from the center, in Syracuse.
What is the closest community college to DeWitt, and what does it cost?
Pomeroy College of Nursing at Crouse Hospital in East Syracuse, 3.3 miles away. Tuition and fees are $21,213 a year for New York residents.
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 DeWitt. 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 →