Herzing University-Madison is 6.5 miles from DeForest
No college sits inside DeForest’s boundary, but Herzing University-Madison’s campus in Madison, with 353 students on campus, is 6.5 miles from the center of town, and Madison Area Technical College is 7.5 miles away in Madison. About 5% of DeForest’s residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Wisconsin (6%).
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 DeForest. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from DeForest
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of DeForest
Two private colleges within 12.6 miles, one public college within 11.1 miles, and Madison Area Technical College 7.5 miles away.
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 DeForest’s median household income ($106,419) 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 DeForest: 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: Herzing University-Madison (11).
Questions about college near DeForest
Is DeForest a college town?
No. About 5 of every 100 DeForest residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as Wisconsin (6). The nearest campus, Herzing University-Madison, is 6.5 miles away in Madison.
What colleges are near DeForest?
Within 15 miles: Herzing University-Madison (6.5 miles, 353 students on campus), Madison Area Technical College (7.5 miles, 10,300), the University of Wisconsin-Madison (11.1 miles, 48,189) and Edgewood College (12.6 miles, 1,669).
What is the closest community college to DeForest, and what does it cost?
Madison Area Technical College in Madison, 7.5 miles away. Tuition and fees are $4,977 a year for Wisconsin residents; the federal net price, $14,238, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does Madison Area Technical College cost if we live in Wisconsin?
Tuition and fees are $4,977 a year in-state and $7,255 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $11,920 (under $30,000 income) to $19,245 (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 DeForest. 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 →