Aurora Colony Historic District · Photo: M.O. Stevens · CC BY 3.0Clackamas Community College is 11 miles from Aurora
No college sits inside Aurora’s boundary, but Clackamas Community College’s campus in Oregon City, with 3,748 students on campus, is 11 miles from the center of town. About 4% of Aurora’s residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Oregon (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 Aurora. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Aurora
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Aurora
Two private colleges within 11.8 miles, and two community colleges. The nearest public four-year college, Oregon Health & Science University, is 19 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 Aurora’s median household income ($107,500) 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.
Questions about college near Aurora
Is Aurora a college town?
No. About 4 of every 100 Aurora residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as Oregon (6). The nearest campus, Clackamas Community College, is 11 miles away in Oregon City.
What colleges are near Aurora?
Within 15 miles: Clackamas Community College (11 miles, 3,748 students on campus), George Fox University (11.5 miles, 3,749), Mount Angel Seminary (11.8 miles, 116) and Portland Community College (14.6 miles, 10,453).
What is the closest community college to Aurora, and what does it cost?
Clackamas Community College in Oregon City, 11 miles away. Tuition and fees are $6,345 a year for Oregon residents; the federal net price, $7,855, 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 Aurora. 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 →