Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY 2.5Mount Vernon Nazarene University is 9.5 miles from Utica
No college sits inside Utica’s boundary, but Mount Vernon Nazarene University’s campus in Mount Vernon, with 1,162 students on campus, is 9.5 miles from the center of town, and Central Ohio Technical College is 11.6 miles away in Newark. About 1% of Utica’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 Utica. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Utica
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Utica
Three private colleges within 12.2 miles, one public college within 11.6 miles, and Central Ohio Technical College 11.6 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. Pick your family’s income.
Starts at $75–110k, where Utica’s median household income ($84,464) 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 Utica: 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: Ohio State University-Newark Campus (6).
Questions about college near Utica
Is Utica a college town?
No. About 1 of every 100 Utica residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), below Ohio (6). The nearest campus, Mount Vernon Nazarene University, is 9.5 miles away in Mount Vernon.
What colleges are near Utica?
Within 15 miles: Mount Vernon Nazarene University (9.5 miles, 1,162 students on campus), Kenyon College (9.8 miles, 2,184), Central Ohio Technical College (11.6 miles, 2,318), Ohio State University-Newark Campus (11.6 miles, 2,283) and Denison University (12.2 miles, 2,405).
What is the closest community college to Utica, and what does it cost?
Central Ohio Technical College in Newark, 11.6 miles away. Tuition and fees are $5,256 a year for Ohio residents; the federal net price, $9,948, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does Central Ohio Technical College cost if we live in Ohio?
Tuition and fees are $5,256 a year in-state and $8,016 from out of state.
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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 Utica. 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 →