Photo: Aesopposea · CC BY-SA 3.0Mount Carmel College of Nursing is 12.7 miles from Harrisburg
No college sits inside Harrisburg’s boundary, but Mount Carmel College of Nursing’s campus in Columbus, with 443 students on campus, is 12.7 miles from the center of town, and Columbus State Community College is 14.5 miles away in Columbus. About 0% of Harrisburg’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 Harrisburg. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Harrisburg
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Harrisburg
Three private colleges within 14.3 miles, and Columbus State Community College 14.5 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 $48–75k, where Harrisburg’s median household income ($63,333) 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 Harrisburg: 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 Harrisburg
Is Harrisburg a college town?
No. About 0 of every 100 Harrisburg residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), below Ohio (6). The nearest campus, Mount Carmel College of Nursing, is 12.7 miles away in Columbus.
What colleges are near Harrisburg?
Within 15 miles: Mount Carmel College of Nursing (12.7 miles, 443 students on campus), Franklin University (13.9 miles, 779), Columbus College of Art & Design (14.3 miles, 915) and Columbus State Community College (14.5 miles, 20,012).
What is the closest community college to Harrisburg, and what does it cost?
Columbus State Community College in Columbus, 14.5 miles away. Tuition and fees are $5,488 a year for Ohio residents; the federal net price, $8,400, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does Columbus State Community College cost if we live in Ohio?
Tuition and fees are $5,488 a year in-state and $11,224 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $6,777 (under $30,000 income) to $12,985 (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 Harrisburg. 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 →