Photo: Roseohioresident · CC BY-SA 4.0Kent State University at Salem is 13.6 miles from Summitville
No college sits inside Summitville’s boundary, but Kent State University at Salem’s campus in Salem, with 682 students on campus, is 13.6 miles from the center of town, and Kent State University at East Liverpool is 16.8 miles away in East Liverpool. About 12% of Summitville’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 Summitville. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Summitville
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Summitville
It is public. Every other college is more than 15 miles from Summitville.
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 Summitville’s median household income ($63,750) 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: 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); Kent State University at Stark (8).
Questions about college near Summitville
Is Summitville a college town?
No. About 12 of every 100 Summitville residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as Ohio (6). The nearest campus, Kent State University at Salem, is 13.6 miles away in Salem.
What colleges are near Summitville?
Within 15 miles: Kent State University at Salem (13.6 miles, 682 students on campus).
What is the closest community college to Summitville, and what does it cost?
Kent State University at East Liverpool in East Liverpool, 16.8 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.
How much does Kent State University at Stark cost if we live in Ohio?
Tuition and fees are $7,492 a year in-state and $17,342 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $8,312 (under $30,000 income) to $14,909 (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 Summitville. 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 →