Photo: Christopher Meng · CC BY-SA 4.0Dickinson College is 8.5 miles from Dickinson Township
No college sits inside Dickinson Township’s boundary, but Dickinson College’s campus in Carlisle, with 2,204 students on campus, is 8.5 miles from the center of town, and Harrisburg Area Community College is 24.5 miles away in Harrisburg. About 2% of Dickinson Township’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 Dickinson Township. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Dickinson Township
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Dickinson Township
One private college within 8.5 miles, and one public college within 13.8 miles.
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 Dickinson Township’s median household income ($104,716) 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 Dickinson Township: 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 Dickinson Township
Is Dickinson Township a college town?
No. About 2 of every 100 Dickinson Township residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), below Pennsylvania (6). The nearest campus, Dickinson College, is 8.5 miles away in Carlisle.
What colleges are near Dickinson Township?
Within 15 miles: Dickinson College (8.5 miles, 2,204 students on campus) and Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania (13.8 miles, 4,730).
What is the closest community college to Dickinson Township, and what does it cost?
Harrisburg Area Community College in Harrisburg, 24.5 miles away. Tuition and fees are $6,975 a year for Pennsylvania residents; the federal net price, $14,471, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania cost if we live in Pennsylvania?
Tuition and fees are $13,720 a year in-state and $15,974 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $18,709 (under $30,000 income) to $28,387 (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 Dickinson Township. 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 →