Colleges Near Charleston
1 college is in Charleston, and 28 total within 100 miles enrolling 276,851 students.
Eastern Illinois University is the nearest college in Charleston. Charleston (pop. 21,838) is in Illinois.
DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana ranks #99 nationally. Lincoln Land Community College in Springfield has the lowest tuition at $7,104 per year.
Results are sorted by distance from Charleston. Browse public and private 2-year and 4-year schools near Charleston. For a more affordable start, see community colleges near Charleston.
Wabash College
- Private 4 Year
- Crawfordsville, IN
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- 78 miles from Charleston
Wabash is a private men's liberal arts college known for undergraduate rhetoric and the sciences. Students live under a single campus code known as the Gentleman's Rule.
- SAT Range 1060-1270
- Avg GPA 3.6
- Acceptance Rate 63%
- Net Price $25,562
Frontier Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Fairfield, IL
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- 77 miles from Charleston
A community college with undergraduate programs in nursing and technical trades. Most students commute to its small campus in rural southern Illinois.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price -
Illinois Wesleyan University
- Private 4 Year
- Bloomington, IL
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- 82 miles from Charleston
Illinois Wesleyan is a private liberal arts university known for undergraduate music, nursing, and the sciences. Most students live on a residential campus in Bloomington in central Illinois.
- SAT Range 1120-1340
- Avg GPA 3.86
- Acceptance Rate 39%
- Net Price $28,644
Illinois State University
- Public 4 Year
- Normal, IL
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4.8 | 4 reviews
- 83 miles from Charleston
Illinois State is a large public university known for undergraduate teacher education, nursing, and business. The residential campus sits in the college town of Normal, next to Bloomington.
- SAT Range 990-1210
- Avg GPA 3.41
- Acceptance Rate 88%
- Net Price $21,369
Kaskaskia College
- Public 2 Year
- Centralia, IL
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- 84 miles from Charleston
Kaskaskia is a community college known for associate programs in nursing and career-technical fields. The main campus sits in the small city of Centralia in southern Illinois.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.17
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $5,438
Heartland Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Normal, IL
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- 85 miles from Charleston
Heartland is a public community college known for undergraduate nursing and health sciences programs. The suburban campus is located in Normal in central Illinois.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $11,165
Blackburn College
- Private 4 Year
- Carlinville, IL
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4.0 | 1 reviews
- 91 miles from Charleston
Blackburn is a private liberal arts college that pairs undergraduate study with a required campus work program. Most students live on the residential campus in the small town of Carlinville.
- SAT Range 888-1125
- Avg GPA 3.23
- Acceptance Rate 63%
- Net Price $18,460
Indiana University Bloomington
- Public 4 Year
- Bloomington, IN
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5.0 | 2 reviews
- 91 miles from Charleston
IU is a large public university known for undergraduate business, music, and media. Bloomington is a classic college town built around a historic limestone campus.
- SAT Range 1170-1400
- Avg GPA 3.74
- Acceptance Rate 78%
- Net Price $17,270
Oakland City University
- Private 4 Year
- Oakland City, IN
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- 91 miles from Charleston
Oakland City is a small private university affiliated with the General Baptists and known for undergraduate education and business. Students study on a compact campus in the small town of Oakland City in southwestern Indiana.
- SAT Range 850-1150
- Avg GPA 3.29
- Acceptance Rate 83%
- Net Price $16,437
Purdue University Main Campus
- Public 4 Year
- West Lafayette, IN
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4.6 | 5 reviews
- 93 miles from Charleston
Purdue is a large public university known for undergraduate engineering, agriculture, and computer science. Students live on a large campus in the college town of West Lafayette along the Wabash River.
- SAT Range 1200-1480
- Avg GPA 3.67
- Acceptance Rate 50%
- Net Price $13,722