Photo: The original uploader was Daniel Case at English Wikipedia. · CC BY-SA 3.0Mount Saint Mary College is 4.3 miles from Vails Gate
No college sits inside Vails Gate’s boundary, but Mount Saint Mary College’s campus in Newburgh, with 2,190 students on campus, is 4.3 miles from the center of town, and Orange County Community College is 19.4 miles away in Middletown. About 5% of Vails Gate’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 Vails Gate. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Vails Gate
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Vails Gate
Three private colleges within 12.8 miles, and one public college within 7 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 $48–75k, where Vails Gate’s median household income ($70,688) 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 Vails Gate: 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 Vails Gate
Is Vails Gate a college town?
No. About 5 of every 100 Vails Gate residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as New York (7). The nearest campus, Mount Saint Mary College, is 4.3 miles away in Newburgh.
What colleges are near Vails Gate?
Within 15 miles: Mount Saint Mary College (4.3 miles, 2,190 students on campus), United States Military Academy (7 miles, 4,508), Uta Mesivta of Kiryas Joel (10.3 miles, 2,729) and Yeshiva of Nitra Rabbinical College (12.8 miles, 270).
What is the closest community college to Vails Gate, and what does it cost?
Orange County Community College in Middletown, 19.4 miles away. Tuition and fees are $6,526 a year for New York residents; the federal net price, $6,794, 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 Vails Gate. 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 →