Colleges Near Walnut Creek
There are no colleges in Walnut Creek, but 53 are within 50 miles, enrolling 467,496 students combined.
The closest option is Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill, 4.9 miles from Walnut Creek (about 6-8 minutes by car). Walnut Creek (pop. 64,173) is in California.
Stanford University in Stanford ranks #3 nationally. Chabot College in Hayward has the lowest tuition at $1,150 per year.
Results are sorted by distance from Walnut Creek. Browse public and private 2-year and 4-year schools near Walnut Creek. For a more affordable start, see community colleges near Walnut Creek.
Diablo Valley College
- Public 2 Year
- Pleasant Hill, CA
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- 5 miles from Walnut Creek
Diablo Valley College is a community college known for transfer pathways to UC Berkeley and other University of California campuses. The suburban campus sits in Pleasant Hill in the San Francisco East Bay.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $11,001
Saint Mary's College of California
- Private 4 Year
- Moraga, CA
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- 6 miles from Walnut Creek
Saint Mary's is a private Catholic college known for undergraduate business and a Great Books liberal arts program. The residential campus lies in the hills of Moraga in the East Bay.
- SAT Range 1070-1253
- Avg GPA 3.6
- Acceptance Rate 87%
- Net Price $35,332
Merritt College
- Public 2 Year
- Oakland, CA
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- 10 miles from Walnut Creek
Merritt is a public community college known for nursing and landscape horticulture. The campus sits in the Oakland hills overlooking San Francisco Bay.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $15,581
Berkeley School of Theology
- Private 4 Year
- Berkeley, CA
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- 12 miles from Walnut Creek
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 89%
- Net Price -
University of California Berkeley
- Public 4 Year
- Berkeley, CA
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5.0 | 2 reviews
- 12 miles from Walnut Creek
Berkeley is a highly selective public university known for undergraduate computer science, engineering, and chemistry. The hillside campus overlooks San Francisco Bay in the East Bay city of Berkeley.
- SAT Range 1310-1530
- Avg GPA 3.87
- Acceptance Rate 11%
- Net Price $16,538
Los Medanos College
- Public 2 Year
- Pittsburg, CA
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- 12 miles from Walnut Creek
Los Medanos is a public community college known for transfer pathways and career programs in nursing and process technology. The campus is in Pittsburg in eastern Contra Costa County.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $9,860
Northeastern University Oakland
- Private 4 Year
- Oakland, CA
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- 11 miles from Walnut Creek
Northeastern Oakland is a private university campus, formerly Mills College, known for undergraduate liberal arts. The historic campus sits in a residential area of Oakland.
- SAT Range 1420-1520
- Avg GPA 3.57
- Acceptance Rate 17%
- Net Price $27,473
Laney College
- Public 2 Year
- Oakland, CA
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 14 miles from Walnut Creek
Laney is a public community college known for undergraduate culinary arts and career technical programs. The urban campus sits near Lake Merritt in downtown Oakland.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $17,741
Lincoln University
- Private 4 Year
- Oakland, CA
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- 14 miles from Walnut Creek
Lincoln is a private university known for undergraduate business administration. Its campus occupies an urban site near downtown Oakland.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 2.6
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price -
Samuel Merritt University
- Private 4 Year
- Oakland, CA
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- 14 miles from Walnut Creek
Samuel Merritt is a private health sciences university known for undergraduate nursing. The urban campus in Oakland focuses on clinical training for health professions.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price -
Berkeley City College
- Public 2 Year
- Berkeley, CA
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- 13 miles from Walnut Creek
Berkeley City College is a public community college known for transfer preparation and programs in the liberal arts and sciences. The urban campus sits in downtown Berkeley near UC Berkeley.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $12,695
California Jazz Conservatory
- Private 4 Year
- Berkeley, CA
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- 13 miles from Walnut Creek
California Jazz Conservatory is a private music conservatory known for undergraduate jazz studies and performance. The urban campus is in downtown Berkeley.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 67%
- Net Price -
College of Alameda
- Public 2 Year
- Alameda, CA
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- 16 miles from Walnut Creek
College of Alameda is a public community college known for aviation maintenance technology and career technical programs. The campus is located on Alameda Island in the San Francisco Bay Area.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $12,506
California State University Maritime Academy
- Public 4 Year
- Vallejo, CA
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 16 miles from Walnut Creek
Cal Maritime is a small public maritime academy known for undergraduate marine transportation, marine engineering, and international business and logistics. The waterfront campus sits on San Pablo Bay in Vallejo.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.43
- Acceptance Rate 95%
- Net Price $19,040
California State University East Bay
- Public 4 Year
- Hayward, CA
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- 17 miles from Walnut Creek
Cal State East Bay is a public university known for undergraduate business, nursing, and education. The hillside campus in Hayward overlooks the San Francisco Bay.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.2
- Acceptance Rate 97%
- Net Price $9,850
Contra Costa College
- Public 2 Year
- San Pablo, CA
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- 17 miles from Walnut Creek
Contra Costa College is a public community college known for nursing and university-transfer programs. The campus is in San Pablo in California's East Bay.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $11,384
Chabot College
- Public 2 Year
- Hayward, CA
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- 18 miles from Walnut Creek
Chabot is a public community college known for undergraduate nursing, dental hygiene, and automotive technology. The campus sits in Hayward in California's East Bay.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $11,043
Las Positas College
- Public 2 Year
- Livermore, CA
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 19 miles from Walnut Creek
Las Positas is a public community college known for undergraduate transfer pathways and career technical programs. The campus is in Livermore in California's East Bay Tri-Valley region.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $8,669