Photo: Lee Paxton · CC BY-SA 4.0The University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus is 4.5 miles from Munhall
No college sits inside Munhall’s boundary, but the University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus’s campus in Pittsburgh, with 33,505 students on campus, is 4.5 miles from the center of town, and Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics is 3.3 miles away in West Mifflin. About 3% of Munhall’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 Munhall. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Munhall
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Munhall
12 private colleges within 13.5 miles, two public colleges within 5.1 miles, and four 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 $48–75k, where Munhall’s median household income ($52,517) 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 Munhall: 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: University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus (5); Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny (22).
Questions about college near Munhall
Is Munhall a college town?
No. About 3 of every 100 Munhall residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), below Pennsylvania (6). The nearest campus, Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics, is 3.3 miles away in West Mifflin.
What colleges are near Munhall?
15 colleges are within 15 miles. The largest: the University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus (4.5 miles, 33,505 students on campus), Carnegie Mellon University (4.1 miles, 15,082) and Community College of Allegheny County (7.3 miles, 8,553).
What is the closest community college to Munhall, and what does it cost?
Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics in West Mifflin, 3.3 miles away. Tuition and fees are $18,730 a year for Pennsylvania residents; the federal net price, $32,618, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does the University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus cost if we live in Pennsylvania?
Tuition and fees are $21,926 a year in-state and $41,430 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $14,709 (under $30,000 income) to $36,008 (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 Munhall. 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 →