Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0United States Military Academy is 6.1 miles from Putnam Valley
No college sits inside Putnam Valley’s boundary, but United States Military Academy’s campus in West Point, with 4,508 students on campus, is 6.1 miles from the center of town, and Rockland Community College is 22.1 miles away in Suffern. About 6% of Putnam Valley’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 Putnam Valley. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Putnam Valley
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Putnam Valley
Two private colleges within 12.2 miles, and one public college within 6.1 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 Over $110k, where Putnam Valley’s median household income ($137,656) 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 Putnam Valley: 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 Putnam Valley
Is Putnam Valley a college town?
No. About 6 of every 100 Putnam Valley residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as New York (7). The nearest campus, United States Military Academy, is 6.1 miles away in West Point.
What colleges are near Putnam Valley?
Within 15 miles: United States Military Academy (6.1 miles, 4,508 students on campus), Kehilath Yakov Rabbinical Seminary (12.1 miles, 206) and Mount Saint Mary College (12.2 miles, 2,190).
What is the closest community college to Putnam Valley, and what does it cost?
Rockland Community College in Suffern, 22.1 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 Putnam Valley. 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 →