Photo: Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0Syracuse University is 3.7 miles from East Syracuse
No college sits inside East Syracuse’s boundary, but Syracuse University’s campus in Syracuse, with 20,543 students on campus, is 3.7 miles from the center of town, and Pomeroy College of Nursing at Crouse Hospital is 2.7 miles away in East Syracuse. About 6% of East Syracuse’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 Syracuse. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from East Syracuse
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of East Syracuse
Five private colleges within 10 miles, two public colleges within 4 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 $48–75k, where East Syracuse’s median household income ($62,143) 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 Syracuse: 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).
Questions about college near East Syracuse
Is East Syracuse a college town?
No. About 6 of every 100 East Syracuse residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as New York (7). The nearest campus, Le Moyne College, is 1.5 miles away in Syracuse.
What colleges are near East Syracuse?
8 colleges are within 15 miles. The largest: Syracuse University (3.7 miles, 20,543 students on campus), Onondaga Community College (7.6 miles, 7,631) and Le Moyne College (1.5 miles, 3,101).
What is the closest community college to East Syracuse, and what does it cost?
Pomeroy College of Nursing at Crouse Hospital in East Syracuse, 2.7 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 East Syracuse. 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 →