Photo: Yuet Man Lee · CC BY-SA 4.0The nearest college is 24.1 miles from Point Roberts
No college is within 15 miles of Point Roberts. The nearest is Northwest Indian College in Bellingham, WA (404 students on campus); Whatcom Community College in Bellingham is 28.9 miles away.
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 Point Roberts. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Point Roberts
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
The nearest college to Point Roberts
No college is within 15 miles, so this is the closest one. The map also shows the nearest community college, priced below.
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 nearest college and the nearest community college. Pick your family’s income.
Starts at $75–110k, where Point Roberts’ median household income ($78,125) 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?
The same two colleges: 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 Point Roberts
What is the closest college to Point Roberts?
Northwest Indian College in Bellingham, WA, 24.1 miles in a straight line from the center of Point Roberts. No college is within 15 miles.
What is the closest community college to Point Roberts, and what does it cost?
Whatcom Community College in Bellingham, 28.9 miles away. Tuition and fees are $5,115 a year for Washington residents; the federal net price, $11,795, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does Northwest Indian College cost if we live in Washington?
Tuition and fees are $4,365 a year in-state and $4,365 from out of state.
How many Point Roberts residents are in college?
About 9 of every 100 (Census, 2020–24), about the same as Washington (6). The Census counts anyone enrolled, including part-time and online students.
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 Point Roberts. 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 →