Rockland Community College is 3 miles from New Square
No college sits inside New Square’s boundary, but Rockland Community College’s campus in Suffern, with 4,974 students on campus, is 3 miles from the center of town, and Ohel Margulia Seminary is 2.3 miles away in Monsey. About 4% of New Square’s residents are enrolled in college, below 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 New Square. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from New Square
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of New Square
16 private colleges within 15 miles, one public college within 8.6 miles, and five community colleges. The nearest public four-year college, United States Military Academy, is 17.5 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 $30–48k, where New Square’s median household income ($31,443) 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 New Square
Is New Square a college town?
No. About 4 of every 100 New Square residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), below New York (7). The nearest campus, Be'er Yaakov Talmudic Seminary, is 0.2 miles away in Spring Valley.
What colleges are near New Square?
20 colleges are within 15 miles. The largest: Bergen Community College (13.4 miles, 9,883 students on campus), SUNY Westchester Community College (13.4 miles, 8,011) and Mercy University (11.5 miles, 6,653).
What is the closest community college to New Square, and what does it cost?
Ohel Margulia Seminary in Monsey, 2.3 miles away. Tuition and fees are $9,700 a year for New York residents; the federal net price, $15,111, counts housing and food at full cost.
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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 New Square. 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 →