Photo: Unknown photographer · Public domainCommonwealth University of Pennsylvania is 10.8 miles from Berwick
No college sits inside Berwick’s boundary, but Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania’s campus in Bloomsburg, with 9,866 students on campus, is 10.8 miles from the center of town, and Luzerne County Community College is 16.6 miles away in Nanticoke. About 3% of Berwick’s residents are enrolled in college, below Pennsylvania (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 Berwick. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Berwick
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Berwick
Both are public. Every other college is more than 15 miles from Berwick.
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 $48–75k, where Berwick’s median household income ($49,800) 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 Berwick: 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: Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton (22).
Questions about college near Berwick
Is Berwick a college town?
No. About 3 of every 100 Berwick residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), below Pennsylvania (6). The nearest campus, Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania, is 10.8 miles away in Bloomsburg.
What colleges are near Berwick?
Within 15 miles: Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania (10.8 miles, 9,866 students on campus) and Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton (12.5 miles, 506).
What is the closest community college to Berwick, and what does it cost?
Luzerne County Community College in Nanticoke, 16.6 miles away. Tuition and fees are $6,600 a year for Pennsylvania residents; the federal net price, $9,433, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania cost if we live in Pennsylvania?
Tuition and fees are $11,046 a year in-state and $22,870 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $11,374 (under $30,000 income) to $20,099 (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 Berwick. 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 →