Photo: The original uploader was Daniel Case at English Wikipedia. · CC BY-SA 3.0Uta Mesivta of Kiryas Joel is 0.5 miles from Palm Tree
No college sits inside Palm Tree’s boundary, but Uta Mesivta of Kiryas Joel’s campus in Monroe, with 2,729 students on campus, is 0.5 miles from the center of town, and Rockland Community College is 14.8 miles away in Suffern. About 5% of Palm Tree’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 Palm Tree. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Palm Tree
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Palm Tree
Three private colleges within 14.5 miles, one public college within 11.4 miles, and Rockland Community College 14.8 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. Pick your family’s income.
Starts at $48–75k, where Palm Tree’s median household income ($50,032) 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 Palm Tree: 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 Palm Tree
Is Palm Tree a college town?
No. About 5 of every 100 Palm Tree residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), below New York (7). The nearest campus, Uta Mesivta of Kiryas Joel, is 0.5 miles away in Monroe.
What colleges are near Palm Tree?
Within 15 miles: Uta Mesivta of Kiryas Joel (0.5 miles, 2,729 students on campus), Yeshiva of Nitra Rabbinical College (4.7 miles, 270), United States Military Academy (11.4 miles, 4,508), Mount Saint Mary College (14.5 miles, 2,190) and Rockland Community College (14.8 miles, 4,974).
What is the closest community college to Palm Tree, and what does it cost?
Rockland Community College in Suffern, 14.8 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.
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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 Palm Tree. 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 →