Photo: Bobak Ha'Eri · CC BY 3.0Gogebic Community College is 2.8 miles from Hurley
No college sits inside Hurley’s boundary, but Gogebic Community College’s campus in Ironwood, with 612 students on campus, is 2.8 miles from the center of town, and Nicolet Area Technical College is 68.9 miles away in Rhinelander. About 2% of Hurley’s residents are enrolled in college, below 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 Hurley. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Hurley
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Hurley
It is public. Every other college is more than 15 miles from Hurley.
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 $30–48k, where Hurley’s median household income ($47,083) 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 Hurley
Is Hurley a college town?
No. About 2 of every 100 Hurley residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), below Wisconsin (6). The nearest campus, Gogebic Community College, is 2.8 miles away in Ironwood.
What colleges are near Hurley?
Within 15 miles: Gogebic Community College (2.8 miles, 612 students on campus).
What is the closest community college to Hurley, and what does it cost?
Nicolet Area Technical College in Rhinelander, 68.9 miles away. Tuition and fees are $4,793 a year for Wisconsin residents; the federal net price, $8,255, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University cost if we live in Wisconsin?
Tuition and fees are $6,030 a year in-state and $6,030 from out of state.
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 Hurley. 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 →