Photo: Stanporter · CC BY-SA 4.0Ensign College is 5.3 miles from North Salt Lake
No college sits inside North Salt Lake’s boundary, but Ensign College’s campus in Salt Lake City, with 1,674 students on campus, is 5.3 miles from the center of town. About 7% of North Salt Lake’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 North Salt Lake. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from North Salt Lake
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of North Salt Lake
Six private colleges within 13.6 miles, one public college within 7 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 North Salt Lake’s median household income ($101,447) 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 North Salt Lake: 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: Fortis College-Salt Lake City (3); Eagle Gate College-Murray (3).
Questions about college near North Salt Lake
Is North Salt Lake a college town?
No. About 7 of every 100 North Salt Lake residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as Utah (8). The nearest campus, Ensign College, is 5.3 miles away in Salt Lake City.
What colleges are near North Salt Lake?
8 colleges are within 15 miles. The largest: the University of Utah (7 miles, 33,034 students on campus), Salt Lake Community College (12.2 miles, 21,696) and Ensign College (5.3 miles, 1,674).
What is the closest community college to North Salt Lake, and what does it cost?
Ensign College in Salt Lake City, 5.3 miles away. Tuition and fees are $4,004 a year for Utah residents; the federal net price, $10,824, 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 North Salt Lake. 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 →