Colleges Near Chester
There are no colleges in Chester, but 44 are within 50 miles, enrolling 412,804 students combined.
The closest option is Chesapeake College in Wye Mills, 10.9 miles from Chester (about 13-19 minutes by car). Chester (pop. 4,167) is in Maryland.
Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore ranks #10 nationally. Baltimore City Community College in Baltimore has the lowest tuition at $3,314 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.
Loyola University Maryland
- Private 4 Year
- Baltimore, MD
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4.0 | 1 reviews
- 32 miles from Chester
Loyola Maryland is a private Jesuit university known for undergraduate business and communications. The wooded residential campus sits in a northern Baltimore neighborhood.
- SAT Range 1200-1370
- Avg GPA 3.65
- Acceptance Rate 75%
- Net Price $32,846
Notre Dame of Maryland University
- Private 4 Year
- Baltimore, MD
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- 32 miles from Chester
Notre Dame of Maryland is a private Catholic university known for undergraduate nursing and education. The residential campus sits in a neighborhood of northern Baltimore.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.66
- Acceptance Rate 82%
- Net Price $21,191
Goucher College
- Private 4 Year
- Baltimore, MD
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- 35 miles from Chester
Goucher is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate creative writing, dance, and international studies. Every undergraduate completes a required study abroad experience.
- SAT Range 1090-1325
- Avg GPA 3.23
- Acceptance Rate 78%
- Net Price $26,913
Howard Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Columbia, MD
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 36 miles from Chester
Howard Community College is a public community college known for undergraduate nursing and health sciences. The suburban campus sits in Columbia, a planned community between Baltimore and Washington, D.C.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $11,468
University of Maryland College Park
- Public 4 Year
- College Park, MD
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4.8 | 6 reviews
- 35 miles from Chester
UMD is a large public university known for undergraduate computer science, engineering, and journalism. The College Park campus sits just outside Washington, D.C.
- SAT Range 1400-1530
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.84
- Acceptance Rate 45%
- Net Price $16,581
Towson University
- Public 4 Year
- Towson, MD
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3.8 | 4 reviews
- 35 miles from Chester
Towson is a public university known for undergraduate education, nursing, and communications. The suburban campus sits just north of Baltimore.
- SAT Range 950-1235
- Avg GPA 3.69
- Acceptance Rate 82%
- Net Price $16,653
The Catholic University of America
- Private 4 Year
- Washington, DC
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| 0 reviews
- 38 miles from Chester
Catholic University is a private Catholic university known for undergraduate architecture, theology, and music. The urban Brookland campus in Northeast Washington adjoins the Basilica of the National Shrine.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.52
- Acceptance Rate 83%
- Net Price $32,705
Gallaudet University
- Private 4 Year
- Washington, DC
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- 38 miles from Chester
Gallaudet is a private university designed for deaf and hard of hearing students, known for undergraduate deaf education, American Sign Language, and interpreting. Students communicate primarily in ASL on the urban Washington, D.C. campus.
- SAT Range 780-1022
- Avg GPA 3.3
- Acceptance Rate 58%
- Net Price $15,944
Washington Adventist University
- Private 4 Year
- Takoma Park, MD
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- 38 miles from Chester
Washington Adventist is a private Seventh-day Adventist university known for undergraduate nursing and health sciences. The small campus is in Takoma Park just outside Washington, D.C.
- SAT Range 860-1130
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.24
- Acceptance Rate 46%
- Net Price $18,154
Howard University
- Private 4 Year
- Washington, DC
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4.8 | 4 reviews
- 39 miles from Chester
Howard is a private historically Black university known for undergraduate communications, political science, and business. The urban campus sits in Washington's Shaw neighborhood.
- SAT Range 1090-1320
- Avg GPA 3.66
- Acceptance Rate 41%
- Net Price $33,368
Trinity Washington University
- Private 4 Year
- Washington, DC
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- 39 miles from Chester
Trinity Washington is a private Catholic university known for undergraduate nursing and education. Most traditional undergraduates are women on an urban campus in Northeast Washington, D.C.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $11,755
Ner Israel Rabbinical College
- Private 4 Year
- Baltimore, MD
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- 39 miles from Chester
Ner Israel is a private Orthodox Jewish rabbinical college known for undergraduate Talmudic studies and Jewish law. The residential campus in suburban Baltimore is organized around traditional yeshiva life for men.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 66%
- Net Price $17,808
George Washington University
- Private 4 Year
- Washington, DC
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| 0 reviews
- 41 miles from Chester
George Washington is a private university known for undergraduate international affairs, political science, and public policy. The urban Foggy Bottom campus sits near the White House and major federal agencies.
- SAT Range 1350-1500
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.81
- Acceptance Rate 47%
- Net Price $46,485
University of the Potomac Washington DC Campus
- Private 4 Year
- Washington, DC
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- 40 miles from Chester
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price -
Delaware Technical Community College Terry
- Public 2 Year
- Dover, DE
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| 0 reviews
- 42 miles from Chester
A public community college known for undergraduate nursing, allied health, and technical programs. The Terry campus is located in Dover, Delaware's state capital.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $11,195
University of the District of Columbia
- Public 4 Year
- Washington, DC
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 42 miles from Chester
UDC is a public historically Black university known for undergraduate business, education, and engineering. The urban campus is the District of Columbia's only public four-year university.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $12,895
Harford Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Bel Air, MD
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- 41 miles from Chester
A public community college known for undergraduate nursing and business programs. The suburban campus is in Bel Air northeast of Baltimore.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $8,960
Stevenson University
- Private 4 Year
- Owings Mills, MD
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3.0 | 2 reviews
- 41 miles from Chester
Stevenson is a private university known for undergraduate nursing, forensic science, and business. The suburban Owings Mills campus sits northwest of Baltimore.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.1
- Acceptance Rate 79%
- Net Price $27,162