Thomas and Beda Anderberg House · Photo: Jim Roberts · CC BY-SA 4.0Salt Lake Community College is 4.7 miles from Midvale
No college sits inside Midvale’s boundary, but Salt Lake Community College’s campus in Salt Lake City, with 21,696 students on campus, is 4.7 miles from the center of town. About 7% of Midvale’s residents are enrolled in college, about the same as 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 Midvale. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Midvale
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Midvale
Seven private colleges within 10.8 miles, one public college within 10.5 miles, and two community colleges.
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 $75–110k, where Midvale’s median household income ($75,084) 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 Midvale: 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 Midvale
Is Midvale a college town?
No. About 7 of every 100 Midvale residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as Utah (8). The nearest campus, Eagle Gate College-Murray, is 2.5 miles away in Murray.
What colleges are near Midvale?
9 colleges are within 15 miles. The largest: the University of Utah (10.5 miles, 33,034 students on campus), Salt Lake Community College (4.7 miles, 21,696) and Joyce University of Nursing and Health Sciences (6 miles, 1,865).
What is the closest community college to Midvale, and what does it cost?
Salt Lake Community College in Salt Lake City, 4.7 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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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 Midvale. 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 →