Colleges Near Watkins Glen
There are no colleges in Watkins Glen, but 62 are within 100 miles, enrolling 267,457 students combined.
The closest option is Cornell University in Ithaca, 20.1 miles from Watkins Glen (about 24-34 minutes by car). Watkins Glen (pop. 1,859) is in New York.
Genesee Community College in Batavia has the lowest tuition at $5,900 per year.
Results are sorted by distance from Watkins Glen. Browse public and private 2-year and 4-year schools near Watkins Glen. For a more affordable start, see community colleges near Watkins Glen.
Syracuse University
- Private 4 Year
- Syracuse, NY
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4.0 | 3 reviews
- 59 miles from Watkins Glen
Syracuse is a private university known for undergraduate communications, journalism, and architecture. The residential campus sits on a hill overlooking the city of Syracuse.
- SAT Range 1270-1440
- Avg GPA 3.69
- Acceptance Rate 46%
- Net Price $48,215
Le Moyne College
- Private 4 Year
- Syracuse, NY
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- 61 miles from Watkins Glen
Le Moyne is a private Jesuit college known for undergraduate nursing, business, and biology. The suburban campus sits just outside downtown Syracuse.
- SAT Range 1160-1330
- Avg GPA 3.55
- Acceptance Rate 83%
- Net Price $23,702
Nazareth University
- Private 4 Year
- Rochester, NY
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- 60 miles from Watkins Glen
Nazareth is a private university known for undergraduate education, nursing, and music. The suburban campus sits in Pittsford just outside Rochester.
- SAT Range 1070-1320
- Avg GPA 3.6
- Acceptance Rate 75%
- Net Price $30,785
St. John Fisher University
- Private 4 Year
- Rochester, NY
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4.0 | 1 reviews
- 60 miles from Watkins Glen
St. John Fisher is a private Catholic university known for undergraduate pharmacy, nursing, and business. The suburban campus sits in the Rochester area of western New York.
- SAT Range 1120-1300
- Avg GPA 3.53
- Acceptance Rate 66%
- Net Price $30,540
Bryant & Stratton College Syracuse North
- Private 2 Year
- Liverpool, NY
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- 62 miles from Watkins Glen
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $12,725
Monroe Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Rochester, NY
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- 62 miles from Watkins Glen
MCC is a public community college known for undergraduate nursing, health sciences, and business. The main campus is in the Rochester suburb of Brighton.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $6,284
Rochester Institute of Technology
- Private 4 Year
- Rochester, NY
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5.0 | 2 reviews
- 64 miles from Watkins Glen
RIT is a private university known for undergraduate engineering, computing, and photography. The suburban campus near Rochester includes the National Technical Institute for the Deaf.
- SAT Range 1300-1460
- Avg GPA 3.7
- Acceptance Rate 67%
- Net Price $39,534
Pomeroy College of Nursing at Crouse Hospital
- Private 2 Year
- East Syracuse, NY
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- 65 miles from Watkins Glen
Pomeroy College of Nursing is a private hospital-affiliated nursing college known for undergraduate nursing programs. Students complete clinical training at Crouse Hospital in East Syracuse.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 78%
- Net Price -
University of Rochester
- Private 4 Year
- Rochester, NY
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 64 miles from Watkins Glen
Rochester is a highly selective private university known for undergraduate optics, music through the Eastman School, and engineering. Undergraduates follow a flexible curriculum built around interdisciplinary clusters rather than fixed general-education requirements.
- SAT Range 1410-1540
- Avg GPA 3.75
- Acceptance Rate 40%
- Net Price $40,462
Talmudical Institute of Upstate New York
- Private 4 Year
- Rochester, NY
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- 64 miles from Watkins Glen
Talmudical Institute is a private Orthodox Jewish yeshiva known for undergraduate Talmudic studies. Most students follow a full-time residential program centered on classical Jewish texts and law.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $6,966
Houghton University
- Private 4 Year
- Houghton, NY
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3.5 | 2 reviews
- 66 miles from Watkins Glen
Houghton is a private Christian liberal arts university known for undergraduate music and the liberal arts. The rural residential campus sits in a small village in western New York.
- SAT Range 1170-1375
- Avg GPA 3.25
- Acceptance Rate 89%
- Net Price $21,274
Roberts Wesleyan University
- Private 4 Year
- Rochester, NY
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- 70 miles from Watkins Glen
Roberts Wesleyan is a private Christian university known for undergraduate nursing and teacher education. The suburban campus sits outside Rochester in western New York.
- SAT Range 990-1305
- Avg GPA 3.6
- Acceptance Rate 71%
- Net Price $23,275
SUNY Morrisville
- Public 4 Year
- Morrisville, NY
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- 72 miles from Watkins Glen
SUNY Morrisville is a public college known for undergraduate agriculture, equine studies, and applied technology. The rural campus is set in the village of Morrisville in central New York.
- SAT Range 990-1230
- Avg GPA 2.7
- Acceptance Rate 92%
- Net Price $15,960
Bryant & Stratton College Greece
- Private 2 Year
- Rochester, NY
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- 73 miles from Watkins Glen
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $9,741
Colgate University
- Private 4 Year
- Hamilton, NY
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 74 miles from Watkins Glen
Colgate is a highly selective private liberal arts college known for undergraduate economics, political science, and the sciences. The hillside campus overlooks the small college town of Hamilton in upstate New York.
- SAT Range 1430-1540
- Avg GPA 3.77
- Acceptance Rate 14%
- Net Price $28,736
State University of New York at Oswego
- Public 4 Year
- Oswego, NY
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- 76 miles from Watkins Glen
SUNY Oswego is a public university known for undergraduate meteorology, broadcasting, and education. The campus sits on the southern shore of Lake Ontario.
- SAT Range 1070-1270
- Avg GPA 3.49
- Acceptance Rate 81%
- Net Price $15,853
Genesee Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Batavia, NY
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- 78 miles from Watkins Glen
Genesee Community College is a public two-year college in the SUNY system offering associate degrees for career training and transfer. The main campus is in Batavia in western New York.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $7,908
SUNY Brockport
- Public 4 Year
- Brockport, NY
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- 79 miles from Watkins Glen
SUNY Brockport is a public university known for undergraduate teacher education, nursing, and exercise science. The residential campus sits in the college town of Brockport along the Erie Canal.
- SAT Range 1100-1280
- Avg GPA 2.79
- Acceptance Rate 71%
- Net Price $15,725