Colleges Near Canaan
There are no colleges in Canaan, but 85 are within 100 miles, enrolling 542,837 students combined.
The closest option is Dartmouth College in Hanover, 14.2 miles from Canaan (about 17-24 minutes by car). Canaan (pop. 524) is in New Hampshire.
Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts ranks #4 nationally. Central Maine Community College in Auburn has the lowest tuition at $4,140 per year.
Results are sorted by distance from Canaan. Browse public and private 2-year and 4-year schools near Canaan. For a more affordable start, see community colleges near Canaan.
Bennington College
- Private 4 Year
- Bennington, VT
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 80 miles from Canaan
Bennington is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate visual and performing arts, writing, and student-designed academic plans. Students complete a required winter Field Work Term of off-campus work on its rural Vermont campus.
- SAT Range 1291-1403
- Avg GPA 3.51
- Acceptance Rate 45%
- Net Price $34,220
Merrimack College
- Private 4 Year
- North Andover, MA
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- 81 miles from Canaan
Merrimack is a private Catholic college known for undergraduate business, health sciences, and engineering. The suburban campus sits in North Andover north of Boston.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.3
- Acceptance Rate 70%
- Net Price $38,504
University of New England
- Private 4 Year
- Biddeford, ME
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- 83 miles from Canaan
UNE is a private university known for undergraduate marine science and the health professions. The Biddeford campus sits on the southern Maine coast along the Saco River estuary.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.41
- Acceptance Rate 92%
- Net Price $40,003
Champlain College
- Private 4 Year
- Burlington, VT
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 82 miles from Canaan
Champlain is a private college known for undergraduate game design, digital forensics, and media production. The hilltop campus overlooks Lake Champlain in downtown Burlington.
- SAT Range 1220-1380
- Avg GPA 3.35
- Acceptance Rate 83%
- Net Price $38,173
Saint Michael's College
- Private 4 Year
- Colchester, VT
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- 82 miles from Canaan
Saint Michael's is a private Catholic liberal arts college known for undergraduate education, biology, and business. The residential campus sits near Burlington and Lake Champlain in northwestern Vermont.
- SAT Range 1120-1280
- Avg GPA 3.27
- Acceptance Rate 85%
- Net Price $27,982
University of Vermont
- Public 4 Year
- Burlington, VT
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 82 miles from Canaan
UVM is a public university known for undergraduate environmental science, natural resources, and nursing. The hillside campus overlooks Lake Champlain in Burlington.
- SAT Range 1290-1440
- Avg GPA 3.75
- Acceptance Rate 65%
- Net Price $20,084
SUNY Adirondack
- Public 2 Year
- Queensbury, NY
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- 85 miles from Canaan
SUNY Adirondack is a public community college known for undergraduate nursing and business programs. The Queensbury campus sits near the Adirondack Mountains in upstate New York.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $9,939
Middlesex Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Bedford, MA
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- 86 miles from Canaan
Middlesex Community College is a public community college known for undergraduate nursing and health sciences. The college operates suburban campuses in Bedford and Lowell northwest of Boston.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $2,430
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
- Public 4 Year
- North Adams, MA
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- 86 miles from Canaan
MCLA is a public liberal arts college known for undergraduate programs in the arts, education, and humanities. The campus is located in North Adams in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts.
- SAT Range 960-1180
- Avg GPA 3.2
- Acceptance Rate 90%
- Net Price $16,544
Maine College of Art & Design
- Private 4 Year
- Portland, ME
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- 88 miles from Canaan
Maine College of Art & Design is a private art and design college known for undergraduate studio art, illustration, and graphic design. The urban campus sits in Portland's Arts District.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 76%
- Net Price $39,639
University of Southern Maine
- Public 4 Year
- Portland, ME
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- 87 miles from Canaan
USM is a public university known for undergraduate nursing, education, and business. Students split time between an urban Portland campus and a residential campus in nearby Gorham.
- SAT Range 990-1250
- Avg GPA 3.33
- Acceptance Rate 79%
- Net Price $14,028
Williams College
- Private 4 Year
- Williamstown, MA
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5.0 | 2 reviews
- 88 miles from Canaan
Williams is a highly selective liberal arts college known for undergraduate economics and Oxford-style tutorials. Most students live on the rural campus in the Berkshires town of Williamstown.
- SAT Range 1490-1570
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.94
- Acceptance Rate 8%
- Net Price $15,894
Southern Maine Community College
- Public 2 Year
- South Portland, ME
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- 89 miles from Canaan
A public community college known for undergraduate culinary arts, nursing, and marine science. The waterfront campus overlooks Casco Bay in South Portland.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $14,341
Unity Environmental University
- Private 4 Year
- New Gloucester, ME
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- 89 miles from Canaan
Unity Environmental is a private university known for undergraduate environmental science, wildlife conservation, and sustainability. The rural Flagship Campus occupies the Pineland site in New Gloucester.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $18,454
Davis College
- Private 4 Year
- Pottersville, NY
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- 90 miles from Canaan
Davis College is a small private Christian college known for undergraduate biblical studies and ministry. The rural campus sits in New York's Adirondack region at Pottersville.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.18
- Acceptance Rate 56%
- Net Price $14,840
Amherst College
- Private 4 Year
- Amherst, MA
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- 92 miles from Canaan
Amherst is a highly selective private liberal arts college known for undergraduate economics, English, and political science. Students follow an open curriculum, and the campus sits in a classic New England college town.
- SAT Range 1490-1580
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.91
- Acceptance Rate 9%
- Net Price $19,049
Anna Maria College
- Private 4 Year
- Paxton, MA
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 91 miles from Canaan
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
University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Public 4 Year
- Amherst, MA
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 91 miles from Canaan
UMass Amherst is a large public university known for undergraduate computer science, business, and engineering. Students can cross-register at nearby colleges through the Five College Consortium in the Pioneer Valley.
- SAT Range 1310-1500
- Avg GPA 3.99
- Acceptance Rate 60%
- Net Price $22,948