Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0Yorktown is home to Kehilath Yakov Rabbinical Seminary
Kehilath Yakov Rabbinical Seminary (206 students on campus) is inside the town. About 7% of Yorktown’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 Yorktown. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college in Yorktown
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Yorktown
Three private colleges within 14.3 miles, one public college within 10.9 miles, and SUNY Westchester Community College 14 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 Over $110k, where Yorktown’s median household income ($167,091) 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 Yorktown: 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.
What students study in Yorktown
Share of bachelor’s and associate degrees by field at Kehilath Yakov Rabbinical Seminary, weighted by undergraduates; then the biggest programs.
College Scorecard: degree shares (PCIP; each college’s six largest fields are kept, the rest count as everything else) and the field-of-study file, median earnings 4 years after graduating.
Questions about college in Yorktown
Is Yorktown a college town?
No. About 7 of every 100 Yorktown residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as New York (7). The largest campus in the town, Kehilath Yakov Rabbinical Seminary, has 206 students on campus.
What colleges are in Yorktown?
Kehilath Yakov Rabbinical Seminary is inside the town. SUNY Westchester Community College is 14 miles away in Valhalla.
What is the closest community college to Yorktown, and what does it cost?
SUNY Westchester Community College in Valhalla, 14 miles away. Tuition and fees are $5,948 a year for New York residents; the federal net price, $9,373, 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 Yorktown. 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 →