Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 4.0Vassar College is 10.8 miles from East Fishkill
No college sits inside East Fishkill’s boundary, but Vassar College’s campus in Poughkeepsie, with 2,456 students on campus, is 10.8 miles from the center of town, and Dutchess Community College is 13.2 miles away in Poughkeepsie. About 6% of East Fishkill’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 East Fishkill. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from East Fishkill
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of East Fishkill
Three private colleges within 13.9 miles, one public college within 14.8 miles, and Dutchess Community College 13.2 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 Over $110k, where East Fishkill’s median household income ($138,543) 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 East Fishkill: 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 East Fishkill
Is East Fishkill a college town?
No. About 6 of every 100 East Fishkill residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as New York (7). The nearest campus, Vassar College, is 10.8 miles away in Poughkeepsie.
What colleges are near East Fishkill?
Within 15 miles: Vassar College (10.8 miles, 2,456 students on campus), Mount Saint Mary College (12.4 miles, 2,190), Dutchess Community College (13.2 miles, 5,448), Marist University (13.9 miles, 5,951) and United States Military Academy (14.8 miles, 4,508).
What is the closest community college to East Fishkill, and what does it cost?
Dutchess Community College in Poughkeepsie, 13.2 miles away. Tuition and fees are $5,670 a year for New York residents; the federal net price, $10,065, counts housing and food at full cost.
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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 East Fishkill. 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 →