Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0Yeshiva of Nitra Rabbinical College is 5.3 miles from Florida
No college sits inside Florida’s boundary, but Yeshiva of Nitra Rabbinical College’s campus in Chester, with 270 students on campus, is 5.3 miles from the center of town, and Orange County Community College is 8.3 miles away in Middletown. About 5% of Florida’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 Florida. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Florida
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Florida
Two private colleges within 10 miles, and Orange County Community College 8.3 miles away. The nearest public four-year college, United States Military Academy, is 21 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 and the nearest public four-year college. Pick your family’s income.
Starts at Over $110k, where Florida’s median household income ($123,250) 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: 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 Florida
Is Florida a college town?
No. About 5 of every 100 Florida residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as New York (7). The nearest campus, Yeshiva of Nitra Rabbinical College, is 5.3 miles away in Chester.
What colleges are near Florida?
Within 15 miles: Yeshiva of Nitra Rabbinical College (5.3 miles, 270 students on campus), Orange County Community College (8.3 miles, 4,717) and Uta Mesivta of Kiryas Joel (10 miles, 2,729).
What is the closest community college to Florida, and what does it cost?
Orange County Community College in Middletown, 8.3 miles away. Tuition and fees are $6,526 a year for New York residents; the federal net price, $6,794, 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 Florida. 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 →