Maplewood Park is a college town: 17 of every 100 residents are students
No college sits inside Maplewood Park’s boundary, but Youngstown State University’s campus in Youngstown, with 8,809 students on campus, is 4.2 miles from the center of town, and Kent State University at East Liverpool is 36.1 miles away in East Liverpool. Across Ohio, 6 of every 100 residents are enrolled in college.
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 Maplewood Park. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Maplewood Park
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
What it’s like to live in Maplewood Park
How much the colleges shape the town, from the Census Bureau’s survey of residents.
17 of every 100 Maplewood Park residents are in college (OH: 6).
How students change Maplewood Park’s other numbers
Read the town’s other grades with this in mind. How TownRatings handles college towns →
Students who live off campus count in the Census poverty figures: 11.0% of Maplewood Park residents are below the poverty line, 13.3% when college students are left out (that estimate could be off by 19 points either way). 0% of the students themselves are below the line. In college towns, the Jobs & income grade uses the rate without students and leaves unemployment out.
The Cost grade counts the share of renters paying 30% or more of income on rent, leaving it out only where students are a quarter of residents or more. Here they are 17%, so student incomes still weigh on that figure.
CDC’s estimates follow each place’s age mix, and Maplewood Park’s median age is 48.8 (Ohio 39.7), so the adult figures describe a young population.
Crime is counted per resident, and students who live here count as residents. A college with its own police department reports its incidents under that department, not the city.
Colleges within 15 miles of Maplewood Park
Four private colleges within 13 miles, and two public colleges within 7.6 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 Maplewood Park’s median household income ($53,750) 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 Maplewood Park: 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: Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Shenango (22).
Questions about college near Maplewood Park
Is Maplewood Park a college town?
Yes. 17 of every 100 Maplewood Park residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), against 6 across Ohio. The nearest campus, Youngstown State University, is 4.2 miles away in Youngstown.
What colleges are near Maplewood Park?
Within 15 miles: Youngstown State University (4.2 miles, 8,809 students on campus), Laurel Technical Institute (7 miles, 160), Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Shenango (7.6 miles, 325), ETI Technical College of Niles (8.2 miles, 155), New Castle School of Trades (11.7 miles, 623) and Westminster College (13 miles, 1,096).
What is the closest community college to Maplewood Park, and what does it cost?
Kent State University at East Liverpool in East Liverpool, 36.1 miles away. Tuition and fees are $7,492 a year for Ohio residents; the federal net price, $13,392, 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 Maplewood Park. 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 →