Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 4.0Uta Mesivta of Kiryas Joel is 1.7 miles from Monroe
No college sits inside Monroe’s boundary, but Uta Mesivta of Kiryas Joel’s campus in Monroe, with 2,729 students on campus, is 1.7 miles from the center of town, and Rockland Community College is 13.7 miles away in Suffern. About 7% of Monroe’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 Monroe. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Monroe
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Monroe
Five private colleges within 14.9 miles, one public college within 12.8 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 Monroe’s median household income ($109,851) 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 Monroe: 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 Monroe
Is Monroe a college town?
No. About 7 of every 100 Monroe residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as New York (7). The nearest campus, Uta Mesivta of Kiryas Joel, is 1.7 miles away in Monroe.
What colleges are near Monroe?
8 colleges are within 15 miles. The largest: Rockland Community College (13.7 miles, 4,974 students on campus), Orange County Community College (15 miles, 4,717) and United States Military Academy (12.8 miles, 4,508).
What is the closest community college to Monroe, and what does it cost?
Rockland Community College in Suffern, 13.7 miles away. Tuition and fees are $6,862 a year for New York residents; the federal net price, $11,282, 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 Monroe. 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 →