Oregon State University-Cascades Campus is 4 miles from Deschutes River Woods
No college sits inside Deschutes River Woods’ boundary, but Oregon State University-Cascades Campus’s campus in Bend, with 1,313 students on campus, is 4 miles from the center of town, and Central Oregon Community College is 5.8 miles away in Bend. About 4% of Deschutes River Woods’ 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 Deschutes River Woods. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Deschutes River Woods
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Deschutes River Woods
Both are public. Every other college is more than 15 miles from Deschutes River Woods.
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 Deschutes River Woods’ median household income ($91,960) 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 Deschutes River Woods: 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: Oregon State University-Cascades Campus (2).
Questions about college near Deschutes River Woods
Is Deschutes River Woods a college town?
No. About 4 of every 100 Deschutes River Woods residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as Oregon (6). The nearest campus, Oregon State University-Cascades Campus, is 4 miles away in Bend.
What colleges are near Deschutes River Woods?
Within 15 miles: Oregon State University-Cascades Campus (4 miles, 1,313 students on campus) and Central Oregon Community College (5.8 miles, 3,344).
What is the closest community college to Deschutes River Woods, and what does it cost?
Central Oregon Community College in Bend, 5.8 miles away. Tuition and fees are $5,049 a year for Oregon residents; the federal net price, $12,266, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does Oregon State University-Cascades Campus cost if we live in Oregon?
Tuition and fees are $13,566 a year in-state and $37,356 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $11,497 (under $30,000 income) to $24,478 (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 Deschutes River Woods. 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 →