Photo: Smallbones · Public domainDelaware County Community College is 4.9 miles from Easttown Township
No college sits inside Easttown Township’s boundary, but Delaware County Community College’s campus in Media, with 5,578 students on campus, is 4.9 miles from the center of town. About 7% of Easttown Township’s residents are enrolled in college, about the same as 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 Easttown Township. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Easttown Township
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Easttown Township
24 private colleges within 15 miles, four public colleges within 9.6 miles, and five community colleges.
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 Over $110k, where Easttown Township’s median household income ($214,861) 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 Easttown 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. *Reported for all the campuses that file together: Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine (22); Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia (2); Universal Technical Institute of Pennsylvania Inc (5).
Questions about college near Easttown Township
Is Easttown Township a college town?
No. About 7 of every 100 Easttown Township residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as Pennsylvania (6). The nearest campus, Eastern University, is 4.3 miles away in Saint Davids.
What colleges are near Easttown Township?
30 colleges are within 15 miles. The largest: the University of Pennsylvania (14.3 miles, 25,644 students on campus), Drexel University (14.4 miles, 19,393) and West Chester University of Pennsylvania (9.6 miles, 15,394).
What is the closest community college to Easttown Township, and what does it cost?
Delaware County Community College in Media, 4.9 miles away. Tuition and fees are $6,930 a year for Pennsylvania residents; the federal net price, $6,576, counts housing and food at full cost.
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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 Easttown 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 →