Colleges Near Thornton
There are no colleges in Thornton, but 24 are within 50 miles, enrolling 234,885 students combined.
The closest option is Front Range Community College in Westminster, 5 miles from Thornton (about 6-9 minutes by car). Thornton (pop. 118,772) is in Colorado.
University of Denver in Denver ranks #86 nationally. Taft University System in Denver has the lowest tuition at $3,292 per year.
Results are sorted by distance from Thornton. Browse public and private 2-year and 4-year schools near Thornton. For a more affordable start, see community colleges near Thornton.
Front Range Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Westminster, CO
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- 5 miles from Thornton
Front Range is a community college known for undergraduate nursing, health sciences, and technical career programs. The suburban Westminster campus serves the northern Denver metro area.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $12,014
Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology
- Private 2 Year
- Broomfield, CO
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- 9 miles from Thornton
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $29,195
Regis University
- Private 4 Year
- Denver, CO
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 10 miles from Thornton
Regis is a private Jesuit university known for undergraduate nursing, health sciences, and business. The urban campus is in northwest Denver.
- SAT Range 1020-1220
- Avg GPA 3.68
- Acceptance Rate 86%
- Net Price $21,618
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus
- Public 4 Year
- Denver, CO
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3.0 | 5 reviews
- 13 miles from Thornton
CU Denver is a public university known for undergraduate architecture, business, and engineering. The urban campuses include downtown Denver and the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora.
- SAT Range 980-1220
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.46
- Acceptance Rate 75%
- Net Price $14,831
Community College of Denver
- Public 2 Year
- Denver, CO
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- 13 miles from Thornton
Community College of Denver is a public community college known for associate programs in nursing, health sciences, and business. Students share the urban Auraria Campus in downtown Denver with two four-year public universities.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $9,991
Metropolitan State University of Denver
- Public 4 Year
- Denver, CO
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- 12 miles from Thornton
MSU Denver is a public university known for undergraduate teacher education, aviation, and business. Most students commute to the shared Auraria Campus in downtown Denver.
- SAT Range 880-1130
- Avg GPA 3.03
- Acceptance Rate 99%
- Net Price $14,584
Denver College of Nursing
- Private 4 Year
- Denver, CO
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1.0 | 1 reviews
- 12 miles from Thornton
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price -
Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design
- Private 4 Year
- Lakewood, CO
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- 14 miles from Thornton
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $31,752
Bel Rea Institute of Animal Technology
- Private 2 Year
- Denver, CO
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- 16 miles from Thornton
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $22,516
Colorado Christian University
- Private 4 Year
- Lakewood, CO
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- 16 miles from Thornton
Colorado Christian is a private Christian university known for undergraduate biblical studies, business, and education. The suburban campus sits in Lakewood in the Denver metro area.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.84
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $30,940
Community College of Aurora
- Public 2 Year
- Aurora, CO
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- 16 miles from Thornton
A public community college offering associate degrees and certificates with programs in health sciences and business. Its campuses are located in the Denver suburb of Aurora.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $8,352
Taft University System
- Private 4 Year
- Denver, CO
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5.0 | 2 reviews
- 16 miles from Thornton
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price -
University of Denver
- Private 4 Year
- Denver, CO
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- 17 miles from Thornton
University of Denver is a private university known for undergraduate international studies and business. The campus sits in a residential Denver neighborhood near the Rocky Mountains.
- SAT Range 1240-1410
- Avg GPA 3.72
- Acceptance Rate 78%
- Net Price $45,451
Colorado School of Healing Arts
- Private 2 Year
- Lakewood, CO
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- 17 miles from Thornton
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price -
University of Colorado Boulder
- Public 4 Year
- Boulder, CO
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4.0 | 6 reviews
- 18 miles from Thornton
CU Boulder is a large public university known for undergraduate aerospace engineering, environmental sciences, and physics. The campus sits against the Flatirons in the college town of Boulder.
- SAT Range 1240-1430
- Avg GPA 3.68
- Acceptance Rate 78%
- Net Price $26,231
Colorado School of Mines
- Public 4 Year
- Golden, CO
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4.6 | 5 reviews
- 19 miles from Thornton
Mines is a public university known for undergraduate engineering focused on mining, petroleum, and the earth sciences. The Golden campus sits against the Rocky Mountain foothills west of Denver.
- SAT Range 1320-1480
- Avg GPA 3.84
- Acceptance Rate 61%
- Net Price $29,925
Naropa University
- Private 4 Year
- Boulder, CO
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- 18 miles from Thornton
Naropa is a private university known for undergraduate contemplative psychology, writing and poetics, and Buddhist studies. The Boulder campus integrates meditation practice with a liberal arts curriculum.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.42
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $27,873
Red Rocks Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Lakewood, CO
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- 17 miles from Thornton
Red Rocks is a public community college known for undergraduate nursing and health sciences programs. The suburban Lakewood campus sits in the Denver metro area near Red Rocks Amphitheatre.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $8,478