SUNY Maritime College is 4.8 miles from Manorhaven
No college sits inside Manorhaven’s boundary, but SUNY Maritime College’s campus in Throggs Neck, with 1,286 students on campus, is 4.8 miles from the center of town, and CUNY Queensborough Community College is 6 miles away in Bayside. About 12% of Manorhaven’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 Manorhaven. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Manorhaven
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Manorhaven
44 private colleges within 14.9 miles, 10 public colleges within 14.7 miles, and seven 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 Manorhaven’s median household income ($105,486) 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 Manorhaven: 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 Manorhaven
Is Manorhaven a college town?
No. About 12 of every 100 Manorhaven residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), above New York (7). The nearest campus, United States Merchant Marine Academy, is 3.1 miles away in Kings Point.
What colleges are near Manorhaven?
59 colleges are within 15 miles. The largest: Columbia University in the City of New York (13.3 miles, 33,821 students on campus), CUNY Hunter College (14.1 miles, 22,220) and St. John's University-New York (9 miles, 18,767).
What is the closest community college to Manorhaven, and what does it cost?
CUNY Queensborough Community College in Bayside, 6 miles away. Tuition and fees are $5,210 a year for New York residents; the federal net price, $4,458, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does United States Merchant Marine Academy cost if we live in New York?
Tuition and fees are $895 a year in-state and $895 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $1,773 (under $30,000 income) to $9,168 (over $110,000), housing and food included.
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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 Manorhaven. 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 →