Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Hiram College is 5.2 miles from Nelson Township
No college sits inside Nelson Township’s boundary, but Hiram College’s campus in Hiram, with 953 students on campus, is 5.2 miles from the center of town, and Kent State University at Geauga is 12.8 miles away in Burton. About 2% of Nelson Township’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 Nelson Township. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Nelson Township
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Nelson Township
One private college within 5.2 miles, one public college within 11 miles, and Kent State University at Geauga 12.8 miles away. The nearest public four-year college, Northeast Ohio Medical University, is 18 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 and the nearest public four-year college. Pick your family’s income.
Starts at $75–110k, where Nelson Township’s median household income ($79,583) 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: 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); Kent State University at Geauga (8).
Questions about college near Nelson Township
Is Nelson Township a college town?
No. About 2 of every 100 Nelson Township residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), below Ohio (6). The nearest campus, Hiram College, is 5.2 miles away in Hiram.
What colleges are near Nelson Township?
Within 15 miles: Hiram College (5.2 miles, 953 students on campus), Kent State University at Trumbull (11 miles, 600) and Kent State University at Geauga (12.8 miles, 881).
What is the closest community college to Nelson Township, and what does it cost?
Kent State University at Geauga in Burton, 12.8 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 Nelson Township. 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 →