Campuses Closest to a Major Airport
Shortest straight-line distance to an FAA large-hub airport, for students who plan to fly home often.
Ranked by miles to nearest large-hub airport · 1,644 of 2,406 institutions report this measure · Compiled 2026-09-01
- 1Vaughn College of Aeronautics and TechnologyFlushing, NY · Private1 miCompare nearby
- 2Otis College of Art and DesignLos Angeles, CA · Private1 miCompare nearby
- 3University of Nevada-Las VegasLas Vegas, NV · Public2 miCompare nearby
- 4University of Phoenix-ArizonaPhoenix, AZ · For-profit2 miCompare nearby
- 5Loyola Marymount UniversityLos Angeles, CA · Private2 miCompare nearby
- 6Aspen UniversityPhoenix, AZ · For-profit2 miCompare nearby
- 7University of San DiegoSan Diego, CA · Private3 miCompare nearby
- 8Suffolk UniversityBoston, MA · Private3 miCompare nearby
- 9Emerson CollegeBoston, MA · Private3 miCompare nearby
- 10Hult International Business SchoolCambridge, MA · Private3 miCompare nearby
- 11Broward CollegeFort Lauderdale, FL · Public3 miCompare nearby
- 12Kean UniversityUnion, NJ · Public3 miCompare nearby
- 13George Washington UniversityWashington, DC · Private3 miCompare nearby
- 14Cambridge CollegeBoston, MA · Private3 miCompare nearby
- 15Fisher CollegeBoston, MA · Private3 miCompare nearby
- 16St Catherine UniversitySaint Paul, MN · Private3 miCompare nearby
- 17Arizona College of Nursing-TempeTempe, AZ · For-profit3 miCompare nearby
- 18Point Loma Nazarene UniversitySan Diego, CA · Private4 miCompare nearby
- 19Ana G. Mendez UniversityOrlando, FL · Private4 miCompare nearby
- 20New Jersey Institute of TechnologyNewark, NJ · Public4 miCompare nearby
- 21Bryan UniversityTempe, AZ · For-profit4 miCompare nearby
- 22University of Massachusetts-BostonBoston, MA · Public4 miCompare nearby
- 23University of DallasIrving, TX · Private4 miCompare nearby
- 24CUNY Queens CollegeQueens, NY · Public4 miCompare nearby
- 25Helene Fuld College of NursingNew York, NY · Private4 miCompare nearby
How this list was built
- Measure
- Miles to nearest large-hub airport — sorted lowest to highest
- Source variable
Computed from IPEDS coordinates + FAA hub list- Dataset
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most-Recent-Cohorts-Institution (05-19-2025 release)
- Four-year, main-campus institutions awarding bachelor's degrees or higher (2,406 schools).
- Limited to the 50 states and DC, since every FAA large-hub airport is located there.
- Institutions enrolling fewer than 500 undergraduates are excluded so that small-cohort medians do not distort the ranking.
- 1,644 of 2,406 institutions report this measure; the rest are omitted rather than estimated.
A single measure is a narrow way to judge a college. Read this alongside the others, and see the methodology for what these figures do and do not capture.
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