Photo: Ascended Dreamer · CC BY-SA 4.0Clinton Community College is 8.3 miles from Grand Isle
No college sits inside Grand Isle’s boundary, but Clinton Community College’s campus in Plattsburgh, with 954 students on campus, is 8.3 miles from the center of town, and Community College of Vermont is 46.7 miles away in Montpelier. About 2% of Grand Isle’s residents are enrolled in college, below Vermont (7%).
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 Grand Isle. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Grand Isle
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Grand Isle
Both are public. Every other college is more than 15 miles from Grand Isle.
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 Grand Isle’s median household income ($100,846) 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.
Questions about college near Grand Isle
Is Grand Isle a college town?
No. About 2 of every 100 Grand Isle residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), below Vermont (7). The nearest campus, Clinton Community College, is 8.3 miles away in Plattsburgh.
What colleges are near Grand Isle?
Within 15 miles: Clinton Community College (8.3 miles, 954 students on campus) and State University of New York at Plattsburgh (8.4 miles, 3,532).
What is the closest community college to Grand Isle, and what does it cost?
Community College of Vermont in Montpelier, 46.7 miles away. Tuition and fees are $6,920 a year for Vermont residents; the federal net price, $13,696, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does the University of Vermont cost if we live in Vermont?
Tuition and fees are $19,058 a year in-state and $45,502 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $11,127 (under $30,000 income) to $25,775 (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 Grand Isle. 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 →