Colleges Near Plainfield
There are no colleges in Plainfield, but 164 are within 50 miles, enrolling 923,528 students combined.
The closest option is UCNJ Union College of Union County, New Jersey in Cranford, 6.3 miles from Plainfield (about 8-11 minutes by car). Plainfield (pop. 49,808) is in New Jersey.
Princeton University in Princeton ranks #1 nationally. United States Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point has the lowest tuition at $895 per year.
Results are sorted by distance from Plainfield. Browse public and private 2-year and 4-year schools near Plainfield. For a more affordable start, see community colleges near Plainfield.
Rabbinical Seminary Mkor Chaim
- Private 4 Year
- Lakewood, New York
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- 41 miles from Plainfield
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 91%
- Net Price $9,704
Rockland Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Suffern, NY
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- 40 miles from Plainfield
Rockland Community College is a public community college offering associate degrees in nursing, business, and liberal arts transfer programs. The suburban campus is in Suffern in Rockland County.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $12,025
Lafayette College
- Private 4 Year
- Easton, PA
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- 42 miles from Plainfield
Lafayette is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate engineering alongside the liberal arts. The residential hillside campus in Easton overlooks the Delaware and Lehigh rivers.
- SAT Range 1350-1500
- Avg GPA 3.53
- Acceptance Rate 31%
- Net Price $38,442
Ocean County College
- Public 2 Year
- Toms River, NJ
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- 44 miles from Plainfield
Ocean County College is a public community college known for undergraduate nursing and business. The suburban Toms River campus is near the Jersey Shore.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $11,117
Hofstra University
- Private 4 Year
- Hempstead, NY
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4.0 | 3 reviews
- 43 miles from Plainfield
Hofstra is a private university known for undergraduate communications, journalism, and business. The suburban Long Island campus sits in Hempstead near New York City.
- SAT Range 1230-1400
- Avg GPA 3.74
- Acceptance Rate 68%
- Net Price $35,792
Nassau Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Garden City, NY
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- 44 miles from Plainfield
Nassau is a public community college known for associate programs in nursing, business, and the liberal arts. Most students commute to the suburban campus in Garden City on Long Island.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $6,908
Long Island University
- Private 4 Year
- Brookville, NY
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- 45 miles from Plainfield
LIU is a private university known for undergraduate business, education, and nursing. The suburban Brookville campus occupies a former Gilded Age estate on Long Island's North Shore.
- SAT Range 1110-1350
- Avg GPA 3.36
- Acceptance Rate 86%
- Net Price $24,867
New York Institute of Technology
- Private 4 Year
- Old Westbury, NY
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3.0 | 2 reviews
- 44 miles from Plainfield
NYIT is a private university known for undergraduate architecture, engineering, and computer science. The suburban Old Westbury campus sits on Long Island.
- SAT Range 1190-1420
- Avg GPA 3.5
- Acceptance Rate 81%
- Net Price $24,688
Webb Institute
- Private 4 Year
- Glen Cove, NY
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- 44 miles from Plainfield
Webb Institute is a highly selective private college known for undergraduate naval architecture and marine engineering. The waterfront campus overlooks Long Island Sound.
- SAT Range 1430-1530
- Avg GPA 4.0
- Acceptance Rate 14%
- Net Price $21,966
The College of Westchester
- Private 4 Year
- White Plains, NY
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- 44 miles from Plainfield
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 94%
- Net Price $15,871
SUNY Westchester Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Valhalla, NY
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- 45 miles from Plainfield
Westchester Community College is a public SUNY community college offering associate degrees in nursing, business, and the liberal arts. The suburban campus is in Valhalla in Westchester County.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $9,156
Delaware Valley University
- Private 4 Year
- Doylestown, PA
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- 45 miles from Plainfield
Delaware Valley is a private university known for undergraduate agriculture, animal science, and equine studies. The suburban Doylestown campus includes extensive working farmland used in hands-on programs.
- SAT Range 1090-1303
- Avg GPA 3.46
- Acceptance Rate 93%
- Net Price $28,975
Manhattanville University
- Private 4 Year
- Purchase, NY
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4.4 | 25 reviews
- 47 miles from Plainfield
Manhattanville is a private university known for undergraduate education and the liberal arts. The suburban campus occupies a historic estate in Purchase.
- SAT Range 1020-1230
- Avg GPA 3.19
- Acceptance Rate 87%
- Net Price $21,690
SUNY Old Westbury
- Public 4 Year
- Old Westbury, NY
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- 46 miles from Plainfield
SUNY Old Westbury is a public university known for undergraduate business, teacher education, and the biological sciences. The suburban Long Island campus occupies wooded grounds of a former estate in Nassau County.
- SAT Range 1010-1206
- Avg GPA 3.1
- Acceptance Rate 84%
- Net Price $10,944
SUNY at Purchase College
- Public 4 Year
- Purchase, NY
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 48 miles from Plainfield
Purchase is a public college known for undergraduate performing arts, visual arts, and film. The suburban Westchester campus sits near New York City.
- SAT Range 1185-1380
- Avg GPA 3.37
- Acceptance Rate 74%
- Net Price $18,211
Bryn Athyn College of the New Church
- Private 4 Year
- Bryn Athyn, PA
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 48 miles from Plainfield
Bryn Athyn is a small private liberal arts college affiliated with the Swedenborgian New Church. The suburban campus outside Philadelphia sits beside the Bryn Athyn Cathedral and the New Church community.
- SAT Range 1060-1298
- Avg GPA 2.87
- Acceptance Rate 83%
- Net Price $20,728
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania
- Public 4 Year
- East Stroudsburg, PA
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4.0 | 2 reviews
- 48 miles from Plainfield
East Stroudsburg is a public university known for undergraduate education, athletic training, and exercise science. The campus sits in the Pocono Mountains near the Delaware Water Gap.
- SAT Range 1000-1180
- Avg GPA 3.24
- Acceptance Rate 92%
- Net Price $18,610
Holy Family University
- Private 4 Year
- Philadelphia, PA
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3.2 | 4 reviews
- 49 miles from Plainfield
Holy Family is a private Catholic university known for undergraduate nursing and education. The urban campus is in Northeast Philadelphia.
- SAT Range 910-1150
- Avg GPA 3.13
- Acceptance Rate 71%
- Net Price $14,072