Photo: Linda Bailey · CC BY-SA 2.0The nearest college is 31.8 miles from Cookstown
No college sits inside the town; St. Mary's University College is 31.8 miles away in Belfast.
The nearest colleges to Cookstown
None is within 15 miles; these are the closest.
What would you pay?
Fees are set nationally, not by each university: in 2026–27 a Northern Ireland university can charge a student from Northern Ireland up to £4,985 a year, and one from England, Wales or Scotland up to £9,790; studying in England or Wales, Northern Ireland students pay up to £9,790. Further education colleges are free for most 16 to 19 year olds. There is no family-by-family price to show, so this page doesn’t make one up.
Questions about college near Cookstown
Is Cookstown a university town?
No. 7 of every 100 residents aged 16 and over are full-time students (Census 2021), against 8 across Northern Ireland.
What does university cost here?
Fees are set nationally, not by each university: in 2026–27 a Northern Ireland university can charge a student from Northern Ireland up to £4,985 a year, and one from England, Wales or Scotland up to £9,790; studying in England or Wales, Northern Ireland students pay up to £9,790. Further education colleges are free for most 16 to 19 year olds. There is no family-by-family price to show, so this page doesn’t make one up.
Neighbours talk college
Students, parents, alumni and the neighbours next door.
Colleges and universities: Wikidata (CC0): each institution with a UKPRN, its point and its students count, and, for Scottish colleges and university campuses away from the seat, our list placed from postcodes (postcodes.io, OGL). To come: Discover Uni teaching locations and HESA student numbers (CC BY 4.0). Students: Census 2021 (England, Wales, Northern Ireland) and Scotland’s Census 2022, full-time students among residents aged 16 and over (OGL). Straight-line distances from the centre of Cookstown. Colleges are described, not graded; the University town label marks towns where 15% or more of residents aged 16 and over are full-time students. Fees: the UK and devolved governments, 2026–27. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, through each institution’s Wikidata item; author and licence on each.
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