Colleges Near Athens
There are no colleges in Athens, but 60 are within 100 miles, enrolling 235,887 students combined.
The closest option is Elmira College in Elmira, 19 miles from Athens (about 23-33 minutes by car). Athens (pop. 3,367) is in Pennsylvania.
Cornell University in Ithaca, New York ranks #19 nationally. Monroe Community College in Rochester has the lowest tuition at $6,006 per year.
Results are sorted by distance from Athens. Browse public and private 2-year and 4-year schools near Athens. For a more affordable start, see community colleges near Athens.
Elmira College
- Private 4 Year
- Elmira, NY
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 19 miles from Athens
Elmira is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate nursing and education. Most undergrads live on a compact residential campus in the small city of Elmira.
- SAT Range 1090-1385
- Avg GPA 3.22
- Acceptance Rate 77%
- Net Price $23,682
Binghamton University
- Public 4 Year
- Vestal, NY
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4.2 | 4 reviews
- 30 miles from Athens
Binghamton is a selective public university known for undergraduate business, accounting, and engineering. The wooded hillside campus in Vestal sits above the Susquehanna River valley in New York's Southern Tier.
- SAT Range 1340-1500
- Avg GPA 4.0
- Acceptance Rate 39%
- Net Price $18,877
SUNY Corning Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Corning, NY
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- 31 miles from Athens
A public community college in the SUNY system known for associate degrees in nursing and the liberal arts. Students attend classes on a campus in the small city of Corning in New York's Southern Tier.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.25
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $6,465
SUNY Broome Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Binghamton, NY
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- 34 miles from Athens
SUNY Broome is a public community college known for nursing, dental hygiene, and other allied health programs. Most students commute to the Binghamton-area campus in upstate New York.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $8,629
Ithaca College
- Private 4 Year
- Ithaca, NY
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- 34 miles from Athens
Ithaca College is a private college known for undergraduate communications, journalism, and music. The hillside campus overlooks Cayuga Lake in the college town of Ithaca.
- SAT Range 1230-1390
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 69%
- Net Price $35,253
Cornell University
- Private 4 Year
- Ithaca, NY
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4.0 | 4 reviews
- 36 miles from Athens
Cornell is an Ivy League university known for undergraduate engineering, hotel administration, and agriculture and life sciences. The hillside campus overlooks Cayuga Lake in the college town of Ithaca.
- SAT Range 1500-1570
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.9
- Acceptance Rate 9%
- Net Price $26,361
Tompkins Cortland Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Dryden, NY
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- 41 miles from Athens
Tompkins Cortland is a public community college known for associate degree programs in nursing and business. Students attend a rural campus in Dryden in New York's Finger Lakes region.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $12,465
Keystone College
- Private 4 Year
- La Plume, PA
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4.0 | 1 reviews
- 46 miles from Athens
Keystone is a small private college known for undergraduate environmental science, wildlife biology, and culinary arts. The rural campus sits in northeastern Pennsylvania near the Scranton area.
- SAT Range 910-1130
- Avg GPA 3.0
- Acceptance Rate 85%
- Net Price $21,952
State University of New York at Cortland
- Public 4 Year
- Cortland, NY
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- 49 miles from Athens
SUNY Cortland is a public university known for undergraduate teacher education, physical education, and sport management. The residential campus sits in the small college town of Cortland in central New York.
- SAT Range 1090-1240
- Avg GPA 3.7
- Acceptance Rate 60%
- Net Price $19,847
Misericordia University
- Private 4 Year
- Dallas, PA
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- 49 miles from Athens
Misericordia is a private Catholic university known for undergraduate nursing, physical therapy, and occupational therapy. The residential campus sits in a suburban setting near Wilkes-Barre in northeastern Pennsylvania.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.48
- Acceptance Rate 71%
- Net Price $26,747
Penn State Wilkes Barre
- Public 4 Year
- Dallas, PA
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 50 miles from Athens
Penn State Wilkes-Barre is a small public campus of Penn State known for undergraduate surveying engineering and engineering technology. The wooded campus sits in the Back Mountain region near Dallas.
- SAT Range 1090-1330
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 97%
- Net Price $16,621
Lycoming College
- Private 4 Year
- Williamsport, PA
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- 54 miles from Athens
Lycoming is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate biology, archaeology, and business. The residential campus sits in Williamsport along the Susquehanna River in north-central Pennsylvania.
- SAT Range 1080-1300
- Avg GPA 3.57
- Acceptance Rate 74%
- Net Price $20,492
Keuka College
- Private 4 Year
- Keuka Park, NY
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1.0 | 1 reviews
- 56 miles from Athens
Keuka is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate nursing, occupational therapy, and education. The campus sits on Keuka Lake in New York's Finger Lakes region.
- SAT Range 1008-1183
- Avg GPA 3.3
- Acceptance Rate 68%
- Net Price $24,628
Johnson College
- Private 2 Year
- Scranton, PA
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- 56 miles from Athens
Johnson College is a private technical college known for undergraduate programs in automotive technology, veterinary technology, and other career-focused trades. The compact campus sits in Scranton in northeastern Pennsylvania.
- SAT Range 950-1140
- Avg GPA 2.95
- Acceptance Rate 98%
- Net Price $17,826
Fortis Institute Forty Fort
- Private 2 Year
- Forty Fort, PA
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- 56 miles from Athens
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $22,489
Pennsylvania College of Technology
- Public 4 Year
- Williamsport, PA
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- 55 miles from Athens
Penn College is a public college known for undergraduate engineering technology, construction, and applied technical programs. The campus is located in Williamsport in north-central Pennsylvania.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.05
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $23,675
King's College
- Private 4 Year
- Wilkes-Barre, PA
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- 58 miles from Athens
King's is a private Catholic college known for undergraduate business and physician assistant studies. The urban campus occupies several blocks in downtown Wilkes-Barre.
- SAT Range 1070-1270
- Avg GPA 3.5
- Acceptance Rate 93%
- Net Price $23,689
Lackawanna College
- Private 2 Year
- Scranton, PA
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- 57 miles from Athens
Lackawanna is a private college known for undergraduate culinary arts, hospitality, and criminal justice. The urban campus sits in downtown Scranton.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $19,682