Photo: Roseohioresident · CC BY-SA 4.0Kent State University at Trumbull is 13.6 miles from Craig Beach
No college sits inside Craig Beach’s boundary, but Kent State University at Trumbull’s campus in Warren, with 600 students on campus, is 13.6 miles from the center of town, and Kent State University at Geauga is 26.8 miles away in Burton. About 1% of Craig Beach’s residents are enrolled in college, below Ohio (6%).
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 Craig Beach. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Craig Beach
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Craig Beach
One private college within 14.3 miles, and two public colleges within 13.7 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 Craig Beach’s median household income ($72,361) 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 Craig Beach: 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. *Reported for all the campuses that file together: Kent State University at Trumbull (8).
Questions about college near Craig Beach
Is Craig Beach a college town?
No. About 1 of every 100 Craig Beach residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), below Ohio (6). The nearest campus, Kent State University at Trumbull, is 13.6 miles away in Warren.
What colleges are near Craig Beach?
Within 15 miles: Kent State University at Trumbull (13.6 miles, 600 students on campus), Northeast Ohio Medical University (13.7 miles, 1,009) and ETI Technical College of Niles (14.3 miles, 155).
What is the closest community college to Craig Beach, and what does it cost?
Kent State University at Geauga in Burton, 26.8 miles away. Tuition and fees are $7,492 a year for Ohio residents; the federal net price, $12,044, 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 Craig Beach. 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 →