Photo: An Errant Knight · CC BY-SA 4.0Careers Unlimited is 10.8 miles from Saratoga Springs
No college sits inside Saratoga Springs’ boundary, but Careers Unlimited’s campus in Orem, with 118 students on campus, is 10.8 miles from the center of town, and Salt Lake Community College is 22.6 miles away in Salt Lake City. About 6% of Saratoga Springs’ 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 Saratoga Springs. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Saratoga Springs
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Saratoga Springs
Three private colleges within 14 miles, and one public college within 11.4 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 Saratoga Springs’ median household income ($128,802) 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 Saratoga Springs: 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: Provo College (2).
Questions about college near Saratoga Springs
Is Saratoga Springs a college town?
No. About 6 of every 100 Saratoga Springs residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), below Utah (8). The nearest campus, Careers Unlimited, is 10.8 miles away in Orem.
What colleges are near Saratoga Springs?
Within 15 miles: Careers Unlimited (10.8 miles, 118 students on campus), Utah Valley University (11.4 miles, 38,353), Joyce University of Nursing and Health Sciences (12.7 miles, 1,865) and Provo College (14 miles, 704).
What is the closest community college to Saratoga Springs, and what does it cost?
Salt Lake Community College in Salt Lake City, 22.6 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 Utah Valley University cost if we live in Utah?
Tuition and fees are $6,507 a year in-state and $18,489 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $3,904 (under $30,000 income) to $13,297 (over $110,000), housing and food included.
Neighbors talk college
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 Saratoga Springs. 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 →