Photo: 636Buster · CC BY-SA 4.0ETI Technical College of Niles is 1.9 miles from Hilltop
No college sits inside Hilltop’s boundary, but ETI Technical College of Niles’s campus in Niles, with 155 students on campus, is 1.9 miles from the center of town, and Kent State University at Geauga is 30.5 miles away in Burton. About 0% of Hilltop’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 Hilltop. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Hilltop
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Hilltop
Two private colleges within 14.5 miles, and three public colleges within 13 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 Hilltop’s median household income ($66,250) 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 Hilltop: 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); Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Shenango (22).
Questions about college near Hilltop
Is Hilltop a college town?
No. About 0 of every 100 Hilltop residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), below Ohio (6). The nearest campus, ETI Technical College of Niles, is 1.9 miles away in Niles.
What colleges are near Hilltop?
Within 15 miles: ETI Technical College of Niles (1.9 miles, 155 students on campus), Youngstown State University (6.3 miles, 8,809), Kent State University at Trumbull (9.4 miles, 600), Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Shenango (13 miles, 325) and Laurel Technical Institute (14.5 miles, 160).
What is the closest community college to Hilltop, and what does it cost?
Kent State University at Geauga in Burton, 30.5 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.
How much does Youngstown State University cost if we live in Ohio?
Tuition and fees are $11,113 a year in-state and $11,473 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $9,328 (under $30,000 income) to $18,235 (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 Hilltop. 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 →