Colleges Near Albany
8 colleges are in Albany, and 176 total within 200 miles enrolling 913,568 students.
The closest option is Sterling College in Craftsbury Common, 5.4 miles from Albany (about 6-9 minutes by car). Albany (pop. 193) is in Vermont.
Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts ranks #4 nationally. University at Albany enrolls the most students with 17,560. Central Maine Community College in Auburn has the lowest tuition at $4,140 per year.
Results are sorted by distance from Albany. Browse public and private 2-year and 4-year schools near Albany. For a more affordable start, see community colleges near Albany.
North Shore Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Danvers, MA
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- 164 miles from Albany
North Shore Community College is a public community college known for undergraduate nursing and allied health programs. Students primarily commute to its Danvers and Lynn campuses north of Boston.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $9,875
Anna Maria College
- Private 4 Year
- Paxton, MA
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 167 miles from Albany
Anna Maria is a small private Catholic college known for undergraduate nursing, criminal justice, and fire science. The suburban campus sits in a wooded setting outside Worcester.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 2.94
- Acceptance Rate 50%
- Net Price $29,094
Gordon College
- Private 4 Year
- Wenham, MA
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- 167 miles from Albany
Gordon is a private Christian liberal arts college known for undergraduate music, education, and psychology. Most students live on a wooded residential campus in the small North Shore town of Wenham.
- SAT Range 1130-1355
- Avg GPA 3.58
- Acceptance Rate 69%
- Net Price $25,299
Hampshire College
- Private 4 Year
- Amherst, MA
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3.7 | 6 reviews
- 166 miles from Albany
Hampshire is a private liberal arts college known for student-designed majors and narrative evaluations instead of letter grades. Students can also take courses through the Five College Consortium with nearby Amherst, Smith, Mount Holyoke, and UMass.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 75%
- Net Price $27,895
Smith College
- Private 4 Year
- Northampton, MA
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 167 miles from Albany
Smith is a highly selective private women's liberal arts college known for undergraduate engineering, government, and the arts. Students live on a historic campus in Northampton and can cross-register through the Five College Consortium.
- SAT Range 1420-1540
- Avg GPA 4.0
- Acceptance Rate 21%
- Net Price $27,305
Endicott College
- Private 4 Year
- Beverly, MA
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- 169 miles from Albany
Endicott is a private college known for undergraduate hospitality management, nursing, and business. The oceanfront campus sits along the North Shore coastline in Beverly.
- SAT Range 1193-1340
- Avg GPA 3.55
- Acceptance Rate 71%
- Net Price $41,394
Montserrat College of Art
- Private 4 Year
- Beverly, MA
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- 168 miles from Albany
Montserrat is a private art college known for undergraduate illustration, fine arts, and graphic design. The compact campus is in coastal Beverly on Boston's North Shore.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 2.93
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $34,166
Quinsigamond Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Worcester, MA
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3.0 | 1 reviews
- 170 miles from Albany
A public community college known for undergraduate nursing and allied health programs. The Worcester campus centers on associate degrees and career certificates.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $8,994
Assumption University
- Private 4 Year
- Worcester, MA
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 171 miles from Albany
Assumption is a private Catholic university known for undergraduate nursing, business, and education. Most students live on the residential campus in Worcester.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.45
- Acceptance Rate 83%
- Net Price $29,748
Bentley University
- Private 4 Year
- Waltham, MA
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 172 miles from Albany
Bentley is a private university known for undergraduate business, accounting, and finance. The suburban campus sits in Waltham just west of Boston.
- SAT Range 1280-1430
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.75
- Acceptance Rate 45%
- Net Price $45,802
Lawrence Memorial Hospital School of Nursing
- Private 2 Year
- Medford, MA
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- 171 miles from Albany
A private hospital-based school of nursing known for undergraduate nursing programs. Students train on the affiliated hospital campus in the Boston suburb of Medford.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price -
Mount Holyoke College
- Private 4 Year
- South Hadley, MA
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- 171 miles from Albany
Mount Holyoke is a private women's liberal arts college known for undergraduate sciences, international relations, and economics. The South Hadley campus is part of the Five College Consortium with Amherst, Smith, Hampshire, and UMass Amherst.
- SAT Range 1380-1530
- Avg GPA 3.87
- Acceptance Rate 36%
- Net Price $32,526
Salem State University
- Public 4 Year
- Salem, MA
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- 171 miles from Albany
Salem State is a public university known for undergraduate nursing, education, and social work. The campus sits in the historic coastal city of Salem north of Boston.
- SAT Range 990-1160
- Avg GPA 3.17
- Acceptance Rate 96%
- Net Price $17,541
Brandeis University
- Private 4 Year
- Waltham, MA
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4.0 | 1 reviews
- 173 miles from Albany
Brandeis is a private university known for undergraduate neuroscience, biology, and the social sciences. The suburban campus in Waltham sits just west of Boston.
- SAT Range 1390-1520
- Avg GPA 3.84
- Acceptance Rate 40%
- Net Price $43,550
Tufts University
- Private 4 Year
- Medford, MA
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4.5 | 2 reviews
- 172 miles from Albany
Tufts is a highly selective private university known for undergraduate international relations and biology. Most undergrads live on a residential hilltop campus in the Boston suburbs of Medford and Somerville.
- SAT Range 1470-1560
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.91
- Acceptance Rate 11%
- Net Price $32,367
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
- Private 4 Year
- Worcester, MA
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- 172 miles from Albany
WPI is a private university known for undergraduate engineering, robotics, and project-based learning. Most undergrads complete required major qualifying projects before graduation.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.9
- Acceptance Rate 60%
- Net Price $47,372
Worcester State University
- Public 4 Year
- Worcester, MA
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- 172 miles from Albany
Worcester State is a public university known for undergraduate nursing, education, and business. The urban campus sits in Worcester, a mid-sized Massachusetts city west of Boston.
- SAT Range 1026-1283
- Avg GPA 3.3
- Acceptance Rate 88%
- Net Price $12,778
Clark University
- Private 4 Year
- Worcester, MA
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- 174 miles from Albany
Clark is a private university known for undergraduate psychology and geography. The compact urban campus sits in Worcester, west of Boston.
- SAT Range 1288-1460
- Avg GPA 3.69
- Acceptance Rate 40%
- Net Price $33,865