Colleges Near Chester
There are no colleges in Chester, but 119 are within 100 miles, enrolling 736,587 students combined.
The closest option is River Valley Community College in Claremont, 16 miles from Chester (about 19-27 minutes by car). Chester (pop. 1,005) is in Vermont.
Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts ranks #4 nationally. North Shore Community College in Danvers has the lowest tuition at $5,352 per year.
Results are sorted by distance from Chester. Browse public and private 2-year and 4-year schools near Chester. For a more affordable start, see community colleges near Chester.
Schenectady County Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Schenectady, NY
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3.5 | 2 reviews
- 75 miles from Chester
A public community college known for undergraduate culinary arts and music. The urban campus is located in Schenectady in New York's Capital Region.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $8,872
Excelsior University
- Private 4 Year
- Albany, NY
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| 0 reviews
- 75 miles from Chester
Excelsior is a private university focused on online undergraduate study for adult and nontraditional students, with strengths in nursing, business, and liberal arts. Most undergrads complete degrees remotely rather than on a residential campus in Albany.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price -
Union College
- Private 4 Year
- Schenectady, NY
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 74 miles from Chester
Union is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate engineering alongside the sciences and social sciences. Most students belong to Minerva Houses that organize dining and campus social life.
- SAT Range 1310-1480
- Avg GPA 3.5
- Acceptance Rate 44%
- Net Price $42,137
Assumption University
- Private 4 Year
- Worcester, MA
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 78 miles from Chester
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
University of Massachusetts Lowell
- Public 4 Year
- Lowell, MA
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3.5 | 2 reviews
- 77 miles from Chester
UMass Lowell is a public university known for undergraduate engineering, nursing, and sciences. The urban campus sits along the Merrimack River in Lowell.
- SAT Range 1180-1370
- Avg GPA 3.67
- Acceptance Rate 83%
- Net Price $16,530
College of Our Lady of the Elms
- Private 4 Year
- Chicopee, MA
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3.5 | 4 reviews
- 78 miles from Chester
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
Quinsigamond Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Worcester, MA
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3.0 | 1 reviews
- 78 miles from Chester
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
American International College
- Private 4 Year
- Springfield, MA
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| 0 reviews
- 80 miles from Chester
AIC is a private college known for undergraduate nursing, health sciences, and business. The urban campus sits in a residential section of Springfield.
- SAT Range 940-1110
- Avg GPA 2.91
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $23,086
Clark University
- Private 4 Year
- Worcester, MA
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| 0 reviews
- 81 miles from Chester
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
Springfield College
- Private 4 Year
- Springfield, MA
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| 0 reviews
- 81 miles from Chester
Springfield College is a private college known for undergraduate physical education, exercise science, and health sciences. Basketball was invented on its campus, and the school keeps a long focus on sport and human services.
- SAT Range 1080-1330
- Avg GPA 3.56
- Acceptance Rate 72%
- Net Price $30,039
Springfield Technical Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Springfield, MA
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 80 miles from Chester
STCC is a public community college known for undergraduate health sciences, engineering technology, and information technology. The campus occupies part of the historic Springfield Armory National Historic Site.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $5,957
Western New England University
- Private 4 Year
- Springfield, MA
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| 0 reviews
- 80 miles from Chester
Western New England is a private university known for undergraduate engineering, business, and pharmacy. The residential campus sits in Springfield in western Massachusetts.
- SAT Range 1090-1300
- Avg GPA 3.49
- Acceptance Rate 83%
- Net Price $27,056
Westfield State University
- Public 4 Year
- Westfield, MA
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| 0 reviews
- 79 miles from Chester
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
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
- Private 4 Year
- Worcester, MA
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| 0 reviews
- 79 miles from Chester
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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| 0 reviews
- 79 miles from Chester
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
College of the Holy Cross
- Private 4 Year
- Worcester, MA
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| 0 reviews
- 82 miles from Chester
Holy Cross is a highly selective Jesuit liberal arts college known for undergraduate economics, political science, and history. The hilltop campus overlooks the city of Worcester.
- SAT Range 1240-1410
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 18%
- Net Price $36,014
Bay Path University
- Private 4 Year
- Longmeadow, MA
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| 0 reviews
- 84 miles from Chester
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
Bard College at Simon's Rock
- Private 4 Year
- Great Barrington, MA
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4.0 | 3 reviews
- 83 miles from Chester
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