Lorain County Community College is 8.1 miles from Eaton Estates
No college sits inside Eaton Estates’ boundary, but Lorain County Community College’s campus in Elyria, with 6,723 students on campus, is 8.1 miles from the center of town. About 5% of Eaton Estates’ residents are enrolled in college, about the same as 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 Eaton Estates. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Eaton Estates
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Eaton Estates
Four private colleges within 13.9 miles, and two community colleges.
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 $75–110k, where Eaton Estates’ median household income ($78,564) 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 Eaton Estates: 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: Ohio Business College-Sheffield (3); Bryant & Stratton College-Parma (8).
Questions about college near Eaton Estates
Is Eaton Estates a college town?
No. About 5 of every 100 Eaton Estates residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as Ohio (6). The nearest campus, Lorain County Community College, is 8.1 miles away in Elyria.
What colleges are near Eaton Estates?
Within 15 miles: Lorain County Community College (8.1 miles, 6,723 students on campus), Ohio Business College-Sheffield (8.8 miles, 165), Baldwin Wallace University (9.7 miles, 3,173), Oberlin College (10.6 miles, 2,976) and Bryant & Stratton College-Parma (13.9 miles, 522).
What is the closest community college to Eaton Estates, and what does it cost?
Lorain County Community College in Elyria, 8.1 miles away. Tuition and fees are $4,265 a year for Ohio residents; the federal net price, $3,967, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does Lorain County Community College cost if we live in Ohio?
Tuition and fees are $4,265 a year in-state and $8,860 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $3,099 (under $30,000 income) to $9,202 (over $110,000), housing and food included.
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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 Eaton Estates. 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 →