Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0Mount Saint Mary College is 4.7 miles from Orange Lake
No college sits inside Orange Lake’s boundary, but Mount Saint Mary College’s campus in Newburgh, with 2,190 students on campus, is 4.7 miles from the center of town, and Dutchess Community College is 16.4 miles away in Poughkeepsie. About 10% of Orange Lake’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 Orange Lake. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Orange Lake
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Orange Lake
Four private colleges within 15 miles, and two public colleges within 14.2 miles.
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 Orange Lake’s median household income ($109,063) 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 Orange Lake: 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 Orange Lake
Is Orange Lake a college town?
No. About 10 of every 100 Orange Lake residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as New York (7). The nearest campus, Mount Saint Mary College, is 4.7 miles away in Newburgh.
What colleges are near Orange Lake?
Within 15 miles: Mount Saint Mary College (4.7 miles, 2,190 students on campus), United States Military Academy (12.5 miles, 4,508), State University of New York at New Paltz (14.2 miles, 7,050), Uta Mesivta of Kiryas Joel (14.4 miles, 2,729), Vassar College (14.8 miles, 2,456) and Yeshiva of Nitra Rabbinical College (15 miles, 270).
What is the closest community college to Orange Lake, and what does it cost?
Dutchess Community College in Poughkeepsie, 16.4 miles away. Tuition and fees are $5,670 a year for New York residents; the federal net price, $10,065, counts housing and food at full cost.
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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 Orange Lake. 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 →