Photo: Dough4872 · CC BY-SA 4.0The University of Valley Forge is 10.5 miles from Pottstown
No college sits inside Pottstown’s boundary, but the University of Valley Forge’s campus in Phoenixville, with 408 students on campus, is 10.5 miles from the center of town, and Reading Area Community College is 16.4 miles away in Reading. About 3% of Pottstown’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 Pottstown. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Pottstown
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Pottstown
Three private colleges within 12.6 miles. The nearest public four-year college, Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Great Valley, is 15.2 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 and the nearest public four-year college. Pick your family’s income.
Starts at $48–75k, where Pottstown’s median household income ($60,828) 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. *Reported for all the campuses that file together: Universal Technical Institute of Pennsylvania Inc (5).
Questions about college near Pottstown
Is Pottstown a college town?
No. About 3 of every 100 Pottstown residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), below Pennsylvania (6). The nearest campus, the University of Valley Forge, is 10.5 miles away in Phoenixville.
What colleges are near Pottstown?
Within 15 miles: the University of Valley Forge (10.5 miles, 408 students on campus), Ursinus College (10.7 miles, 1,492) and Universal Technical Institute of Pennsylvania Inc (12.6 miles, 999).
What is the closest community college to Pottstown, and what does it cost?
Reading Area Community College in Reading, 16.4 miles away. Tuition and fees are $6,480 a year for Pennsylvania residents; the federal net price, $9,228, counts housing and food at full cost.
Neighbors talk college
Students, parents, alumni and the neighbors next door.
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 Pottstown. 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 →