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Colleges near Boron · College Scorecard

The nearest college is 36 miles from Boron

High Desert Medical College in Lancaster, CA. No college is within 30 miles of Boron.

Nearest college
36.4 mi
High Desert Medical College
Within 30 miles
0
degree-granting colleges
Residents in college
4%
CA 8%

College from Boron

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★ What stands out · Within reach

Colleges near Boron

The closest colleges to Boron.

20 mi40 mi Career Care Institute High Desert Medical College Cerro Coso Community College Boron
University or collegeCommunity college
High Desert Medical CollegeCareer school · For-profit · Lancaster
36.4 mi1,788 students
Career Care InstituteCareer school · For-profit · Lancaster
36.8 mi649 students
Cerro Coso Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Ridgecrest
37.1 mi3,023 students
San Joaquin Valley College-LancasterCareer school · For-profit · Lancaster
37.9 mi239 students

Straight-line distance. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus. Dashed rows are too small, or report too little to the Department of Education, for a page of their own.

What it costs

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Family income

Starts at $48–75k, where Boron’s median household income ($53K) falls.

Federal figures: your own price depends on your aid package. Every college has a net price calculator on its website. “—” = not reported for that income.

Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay?

Each dot is a college near Boron: across is the share who graduate, up is what they earn ten years after starting.

$0$20k$40k 0%25%50%75%100% Graduate → Career Care InstituteCerro Coso Community CollegeSan Joaquin Valley College-Lancaster
Career Care Institute71% graduate$40k earnings$17k typical debt
Cerro Coso Community College25% graduate$35k earnings— typical debt
San Joaquin Valley College-Lancaster57% graduate$38k earnings$11k typical debt

Graduation: first-time, full-time students within 6 years (4-year colleges) or 3 years (2-year). Earnings: median, students on federal aid. A college that’s part of a larger system reports earnings for the whole system.

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Colleges: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023). “On campus” counts fall enrollment minus students who study only online. Net price is the average a year after grants for families on federal aid; earnings are the median 10 years after starting, for students who got federal aid. Distances are straight-line from the center of Boron. Town figures: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

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