Colleges Near Canaan
There are no colleges in Canaan, but 44 are within 50 miles, enrolling 216,996 students combined.
The closest option is Bard College at Simon's Rock in Great Barrington, 11.9 miles from Canaan (about 14-20 minutes by car). Canaan (pop. 1,212) is in Connecticut.
Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts ranks #13 nationally. Connecticut State Community College in New Britain has the lowest tuition at $5,338 per year.
Results are sorted by distance from Canaan. Browse public and private 2-year and 4-year schools near Canaan. For a more affordable start, see community colleges near Canaan.
Bard College at Simon's Rock
- Private 4 Year
- Great Barrington, MA
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4.0 | 3 reviews
- 12 miles from Canaan
Simon's Rock is a private liberal arts college known for its early-entrance model that lets students begin undergraduate study after tenth or eleventh grade. The residential campus sits in the Berkshires near Great Barrington.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.54
- Acceptance Rate 96%
- Net Price $41,013
Berkshire Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Pittsfield, MA
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2.0 | 1 reviews
- 29 miles from Canaan
Berkshire Community College is a public community college offering two-year associate degrees and transfer pathways, including programs in nursing and business. The campus is located in Pittsfield in the Berkshire Hills of western Massachusetts.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $9,660
Westfield State University
- Public 4 Year
- Westfield, MA
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- 28 miles from Canaan
Westfield State is a public university known for undergraduate education and criminal justice. The campus sits in the small city of Westfield in western Massachusetts.
- SAT Range 980-1190
- Avg GPA 3.3
- Acceptance Rate 81%
- Net Price $17,406
Columbia Greene Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Hudson, NY
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- 28 miles from Canaan
Columbia-Greene is a public community college offering undergraduate associate programs in nursing, business, and liberal arts. The campus is in the small Hudson River city of Hudson.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $7,948
Bard College
- Private 4 Year
- Annandale-On-Hudson, NY
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 30 miles from Canaan
Bard is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate arts, music, and literature. The campus overlooks the Hudson River in New York's Hudson Valley.
- SAT Range 1270-1450
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 52%
- Net Price $29,320
University of Hartford
- Private 4 Year
- West Hartford, CT
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- 36 miles from Canaan
University of Hartford is a private university known for undergraduate music, dance, and theater at the Hartt School. The suburban campus sits in West Hartford next to the state capital.
- SAT Range 1120-1310
- Avg GPA 3.26
- Acceptance Rate 96%
- Net Price $31,261
University of Saint Joseph
- Private 4 Year
- West Hartford, CT
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- 36 miles from Canaan
University of Saint Joseph is a private Catholic university known for undergraduate nursing, education, and pharmacy. Founded as a women's college by the Sisters of Mercy, the West Hartford campus is now fully coeducational.
- SAT Range 850-1170
- Avg GPA 3.46
- Acceptance Rate 79%
- Net Price $29,300
Holyoke Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Holyoke, MA
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- 37 miles from Canaan
A public community college known for undergraduate nursing and liberal arts transfer programs. The campus is located in Holyoke in western Massachusetts' Pioneer Valley.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $8,253
Central Connecticut State University
- Public 4 Year
- New Britain, CT
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4.7 | 3 reviews
- 38 miles from Canaan
CCSU is a public university known for undergraduate education, business, and nursing. The New Britain campus sits in central Connecticut.
- SAT Range 960-1190
- Avg GPA 3.2
- Acceptance Rate 73%
- Net Price $17,528
Post University
- Private 4 Year
- Waterbury, CT
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3.0 | 1 reviews
- 37 miles from Canaan
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $21,229
Culinary Institute of America
- Private 4 Year
- Hyde Park, NY
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- 37 miles from Canaan
The Culinary Institute of America is a private college known for undergraduate culinary arts, baking and pastry arts, and food business management. The Hyde Park campus sits along the Hudson River in New York's Hudson Valley.
- SAT Range 928-1183
- Avg GPA 3.26
- Acceptance Rate 91%
- Net Price $39,581
Dutchess Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Poughkeepsie, NY
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3.0 | 1 reviews
- 37 miles from Canaan
Dutchess is a public community college known for associate degrees in nursing, business, and liberal arts transfer. The campus sits in Poughkeepsie in New York's Hudson Valley.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 2.75
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $9,612
University of Connecticut Waterbury Campus
- Public 4 Year
- Waterbury, CT
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- 37 miles from Canaan
UConn Waterbury is a regional campus of Connecticut's public university known for undergraduate business, psychology, and human development. The urban campus is located in downtown Waterbury.
- SAT Range 910-1200
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 87%
- Net Price $9,451
Charter Oak State College
- Public 4 Year
- New Britain, CT
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- 38 miles from Canaan
Charter Oak is a public online college known for undergraduate degree-completion programs for adult and nontraditional students. Nearly all coursework is delivered at a distance, with administrative offices in New Britain.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $15,815
Connecticut State Community College
- Public 2 Year
- New Britain, CT
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- 39 miles from Canaan
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $11,605
Trinity College
- Private 4 Year
- Hartford, CT
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5.0 | 6 reviews
- 39 miles from Canaan
Trinity is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate engineering, political science, and economics. The historic campus occupies a compact urban site in Hartford.
- SAT Range 1298-1470
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.8
- Acceptance Rate 29%
- Net Price $36,071
Bay Path University
- Private 4 Year
- Longmeadow, MA
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- 38 miles from Canaan
Bay Path is a private university known for educating undergraduate women in business, health sciences, and cybersecurity. The residential campus sits in suburban Longmeadow near Springfield.
- SAT Range 1010-1210
- Avg GPA 3.4
- Acceptance Rate 85%
- Net Price $15,463
College of Our Lady of the Elms
- Private 4 Year
- Chicopee, MA
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3.5 | 4 reviews
- 38 miles from Canaan
Elms College is a private Catholic college known for undergraduate nursing and education. The small campus is in Chicopee in western Massachusetts.
- SAT Range 1150-1320
- Avg GPA 3.42
- Acceptance Rate 85%
- Net Price $19,870