Photo: Nyttend · Public domainThe University of Mount Union is 5.6 miles from Smith Township
No college sits inside Smith Township’s boundary, but the University of Mount Union’s campus in Alliance, with 2,086 students on campus, is 5.6 miles from the center of town, and Stark State College is 22.4 miles away in North Canton. About 6% of Smith Township’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 Smith Township. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Smith Township
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Smith Township
One private college within 5.6 miles, and one public college within 11.5 miles. The nearest public four-year college, Northeast Ohio Medical University, is 15.6 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 $48–75k, where Smith Township’s median household income ($69,010) 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 Salem (8).
Questions about college near Smith Township
Is Smith Township a college town?
No. About 6 of every 100 Smith Township residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as Ohio (6). The nearest campus, the University of Mount Union, is 5.6 miles away in Alliance.
What colleges are near Smith Township?
Within 15 miles: the University of Mount Union (5.6 miles, 2,086 students on campus) and Kent State University at Salem (11.5 miles, 682).
What is the closest community college to Smith Township, and what does it cost?
Stark State College in North Canton, 22.4 miles away. Tuition and fees are $4,790 a year for Ohio residents; the federal net price, $5,986, 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 Smith 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 →