Photo: Eric Lewis · CC BY-SA 2.0The University of Valley Forge is 10.2 miles from South Pottstown
No college sits inside South Pottstown’s boundary, but the University of Valley Forge’s campus in Phoenixville, with 408 students on campus, is 10.2 miles from the center of town, and Reading Area Community College is 15.9 miles away in Reading. About 3% of South 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 South Pottstown. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from South Pottstown
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of South Pottstown
Three private colleges within 11.5 miles, and one public college within 14.7 miles.
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 South Pottstown’s median household income ($71,506) 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 South Pottstown: 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 South Pottstown
Is South Pottstown a college town?
No. About 3 of every 100 South Pottstown residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), below Pennsylvania (6). The nearest campus, the University of Valley Forge, is 10.2 miles away in Phoenixville.
What colleges are near South Pottstown?
Within 15 miles: the University of Valley Forge (10.2 miles, 408 students on campus), Ursinus College (11.3 miles, 1,492), Universal Technical Institute of Pennsylvania Inc (11.5 miles, 999) and Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Great Valley (14.7 miles, 244).
What is the closest community college to South Pottstown, and what does it cost?
Reading Area Community College in Reading, 15.9 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.
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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 South 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 →