Bingham Canyon Open Pit Copper Mine · Photo: David Ratledge · CC BY 4.0Salt Lake Community College is 10.9 miles from Copperton
No college sits inside Copperton’s boundary, but Salt Lake Community College’s campus in Salt Lake City, with 21,696 students on campus, is 10.9 miles from the center of town. About 2% of Copperton’s residents are enrolled in college, below Utah (8%).
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 Copperton. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Copperton
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Copperton
Four private colleges within 14.5 miles, and Salt Lake Community College 10.9 miles away. The nearest public four-year college, University of Utah, is 18.9 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 $75–110k, where Copperton’s median household income ($83,000) 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: Eagle Gate College-Murray (3); Fortis College-Salt Lake City (3).
Questions about college near Copperton
Is Copperton a college town?
No. About 2 of every 100 Copperton residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), below Utah (8). The nearest campus, Salt Lake Community College, is 10.9 miles away in Salt Lake City.
What colleges are near Copperton?
Within 15 miles: Salt Lake Community College (10.9 miles, 21,696 students on campus), Joyce University of Nursing and Health Sciences (11.1 miles, 1,865), Eagle Gate College-Murray (11.7 miles, 278), Arizona College of Nursing-Salt Lake City (12 miles, 323) and Fortis College-Salt Lake City (14.5 miles, 371).
What is the closest community college to Copperton, and what does it cost?
Salt Lake Community College in Salt Lake City, 10.9 miles away. Tuition and fees are $4,426 a year for Utah residents; the federal net price, $9,804, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does the University of Utah cost if we live in Utah?
Tuition and fees are $9,620 a year in-state and $30,860 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $13,123 (under $30,000 income) to $21,533 (over $110,000), housing and food included.
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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 Copperton. 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 →