Top 20 Beach-Town Colleges
The closest 4-year colleges to the ocean
The 20 four-year colleges and universities located closest to the ocean in the United States, ranked by beach distance. Data from the U.S. Department of Education and CollegeCove proximity analysis.
Ranking methodology: Schools are ranked by their distance to the nearest ocean beach (miles). Only 4-year degree-granting institutions with at least 1,000 students enrolled are included.
Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
Monterey, CA
Antioch University-Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA
Del Mar College
Corpus Christi, TX
The Colleges of Law at Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA
Albizu University-San Juan
San Juan, PR
Ponce Health Sciences University
Ponce, PR
Rabbinical College of Long Island
Long Beach, NY
Bethune-Cookman University
Daytona Beach, FL
RAND School of Public Policy
Santa Monica, CA
University of Bridgeport
Bridgeport, CT
Emperor's College of Traditional Oriental Medicine
Santa Monica, CA
Center for Advanced Studies On Puerto Rico and the Caribbean
San Juan, PR
Yeshivah Gedolah Rabbinical College
Miami Beach, FL
Paier College
Bridgeport, CT
Palm Beach Atlantic University
West Palm Beach, FL
College of the Atlantic
Bar Harbor, ME
Escuela de Artes Plasticas y Diseno de Puerto Rico
San Juan, PR
Galveston College
Galveston, TX
Naval Postgraduate School
Monterey, CA
Mitchell College
New London, CT
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