Lehigh Carbon Community College is 7.2 miles from New Tripoli
No college sits inside New Tripoli’s boundary, but Lehigh Carbon Community College’s campus in Schnecksville, with 4,402 students on campus, is 7.2 miles from the center of town. About 3% of New Tripoli’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 New Tripoli. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from New Tripoli
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of New Tripoli
Three private colleges within 13.6 miles, one public college within 11.2 miles, and Lehigh Carbon Community College 7.2 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. Pick your family’s income.
Starts at $48–75k, where New Tripoli’s median household income ($64,570) 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 New Tripoli: 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: Lincoln Technical Institute-Allentown (8).
Questions about college near New Tripoli
Is New Tripoli a college town?
No. About 3 of every 100 New Tripoli residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as Pennsylvania (6). The nearest campus, Lehigh Carbon Community College, is 7.2 miles away in Schnecksville.
What colleges are near New Tripoli?
Within 15 miles: Lehigh Carbon Community College (7.2 miles, 4,402 students on campus), Lincoln Technical Institute-Allentown (10.9 miles, 529), Kutztown University of Pennsylvania (11.2 miles, 6,812), Cedar Crest College (13.4 miles, 1,022) and Muhlenberg College (13.6 miles, 1,815).
What is the closest community college to New Tripoli, and what does it cost?
Lehigh Carbon Community College in Schnecksville, 7.2 miles away. Tuition and fees are $5,280 a year for Pennsylvania residents; the federal net price, $9,203, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does Kutztown University of Pennsylvania cost if we live in Pennsylvania?
Tuition and fees are $11,314 a year in-state and $16,068 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $15,957 (under $30,000 income) to $26,759 (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 New Tripoli. 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 →