Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0Moraine Park Technical College is 8 miles from Van Dyne
No college sits inside Van Dyne’s boundary, but Moraine Park Technical College’s campus in Fond du Lac, with 2,719 students on campus, is 8 miles from the center of town. About 1% of Van Dyne’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 Van Dyne. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Van Dyne
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Van Dyne
One private college within 8.4 miles, one public college within 10 miles, and Moraine Park Technical College 8 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 Over $110k, where Van Dyne’s median household income ($130,206) 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 Van Dyne: 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 Van Dyne
Is Van Dyne a college town?
No. About 1 of every 100 Van Dyne residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), below Wisconsin (6). The nearest campus, Moraine Park Technical College, is 8 miles away in Fond du Lac.
What colleges are near Van Dyne?
Within 15 miles: Moraine Park Technical College (8 miles, 2,719 students on campus), Marian University (8.4 miles, 928) and the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh (10 miles, 12,372).
What is the closest community college to Van Dyne, and what does it cost?
Moraine Park Technical College in Fond du Lac, 8 miles away. Tuition and fees are $4,819 a year for Wisconsin residents; the federal net price, $9,268, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh cost if we live in Wisconsin?
Tuition and fees are $8,532 a year in-state and $16,446 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $9,236 (under $30,000 income) to $19,223 (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 Van Dyne. 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 →