Photo: Shuvaev · CC BY-SA 3.0Ursinus College is 6.4 miles from Lower Frederick Township
No college sits inside Lower Frederick Township’s boundary, but Ursinus College’s campus in Collegeville, with 1,492 students on campus, is 6.4 miles from the center of town, and Montgomery County Community College is 13.4 miles away in Blue Bell. About 4% of Lower Frederick 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 Lower Frederick Township. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Lower Frederick Township
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Lower Frederick Township
Four private colleges within 14.6 miles, and Montgomery County Community College 13.4 miles away. The nearest public four-year college, Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Great Valley, is 16 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 Over $110k, where Lower Frederick Township’s median household income ($116,087) 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 Lower Frederick Township
Is Lower Frederick Township a college town?
No. About 4 of every 100 Lower Frederick Township residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), below Pennsylvania (6). The nearest campus, Ursinus College, is 6.4 miles away in Collegeville.
What colleges are near Lower Frederick Township?
Within 15 miles: Ursinus College (6.4 miles, 1,492 students on campus), the University of Valley Forge (11.8 miles, 408), Montgomery County Community College (13.4 miles, 5,817), Gwynedd Mercy University (14.4 miles, 1,455) and Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary-Overbrook (14.6 miles, 165).
What is the closest community college to Lower Frederick Township, and what does it cost?
Montgomery County Community College in Blue Bell, 13.4 miles away. Tuition and fees are $6,690 a year for Pennsylvania residents; the federal net price, $11,124, 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 Lower Frederick 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 →