Photo: Tony Alter · CC BY 2.0Sinclair Community College is 4.4 miles from Riverside
No college sits inside Riverside’s boundary, but Sinclair Community College’s campus in Dayton, with 10,933 students on campus, is 4.4 miles from the center of town. About 6% of Riverside’s 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 Riverside. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Riverside
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Riverside
Nine private colleges within 13.9 miles, three public colleges within 13.7 miles, and Sinclair Community College 4.4 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 Riverside’s median household income ($61,352) 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 Riverside: 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: Wright State (2); Fortis College-Centerville (3).
Questions about college near Riverside
Is Riverside a college town?
No. About 6 of every 100 Riverside residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as Ohio (6). The nearest campus, Air Force Institute of Technology-Graduate School of Engineering & Management, is 2.2 miles away in Wright-Patterson AFB.
What colleges are near Riverside?
13 colleges are within 15 miles. The largest: Sinclair Community College (4.4 miles, 10,933 students on campus), the University of Dayton (4.1 miles, 10,464) and Wright State University (3.1 miles, 8,941).
What is the closest community college to Riverside, and what does it cost?
Sinclair Community College in Dayton, 4.4 miles away. Tuition and fees are $3,675 a year for Ohio residents; the federal net price, $5,992, counts housing and food at full cost.
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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 Riverside. 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 →