YTI Career Institute-York is 1.8 miles from Stonybrook
No college sits inside Stonybrook’s boundary, but YTI Career Institute-York’s campus in York, with 342 students on campus, is 1.8 miles from the center of town, and Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology is 18.5 miles away in Lancaster. About 3% of Stonybrook’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 Stonybrook. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Stonybrook
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Stonybrook
Three private colleges within 11.8 miles, and two public colleges within 14.5 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 Over $110k, where Stonybrook’s median household income ($126,029) 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 Stonybrook: 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: Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York (22).
Questions about college near Stonybrook
Is Stonybrook a college town?
No. About 3 of every 100 Stonybrook residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), below Pennsylvania (6). The nearest campus, YTI Career Institute-York, is 1.8 miles away in York.
What colleges are near Stonybrook?
Within 15 miles: YTI Career Institute-York (1.8 miles, 342 students on campus), Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York (4.3 miles, 697), York College of Pennsylvania (5.7 miles, 3,294), Elizabethtown College (11.8 miles, 1,923) and Millersville University of Pennsylvania (14.5 miles, 5,833).
What is the closest community college to Stonybrook, and what does it cost?
Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology in Lancaster, 18.5 miles away. Tuition and fees are $9,050 a year for Pennsylvania residents; the federal net price, $14,104, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York cost if we live in Pennsylvania?
Tuition and fees are $15,208 a year in-state and $25,392 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $11,582 (under $30,000 income) to $24,411 (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 Stonybrook. 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 →