Core colleges within about 25 estimated driving miles of a Great Lakes shore, closest first. Distance is from the campus point to the Natural Earth lake outline, straight-line miles multiplied by 1.25 to estimate driving miles.
83 colleges
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| College | State | Distance to the lake (estimated driving miles) | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | WI | Under 1 mile · Lake Michigan | |
| Loyola University Chicago | IL | Under 1 mile · Lake Michigan | |
| University of Minnesota-Duluth | MN | Under 1 mile · Lake Superior | |
| Concordia University-Wisconsin | WI | Under 1 mile · Lake Michigan | |
| D'Youville University | NY | Under 1 mile · Lake Erie | |
| Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | WI | Under 1 mile · Lake Michigan | |
| National Louis University | IL | Under 1 mile · Lake Michigan | |
| Lake Forest College | IL | Under 1 mile · Lake Michigan | |
| Michigan Technological University | MI | Under 1 mile · Lake Superior | |
| Roosevelt University | IL | Under 1 mile · Lake Michigan | |
| School of the Art Institute of Chicago | IL | Under 1 mile · Lake Michigan | |
| Carthage College | WI | Under 1 mile · Lake Michigan | |
| Columbia College Chicago | IL | Under 1 mile · Lake Michigan | |
| DePaul University | IL | Under 1 mile · Lake Michigan | |
| East-West University | IL | Under 1 mile · Lake Michigan | |
| Milwaukee School of Engineering | WI | Under 1 mile · Lake Michigan | |
| Northwestern University | IL | Under 1 mile · Lake Michigan | |
| Northern Michigan University | MI | About 1 miles · Lake Superior | |
| State University of New York at Oswego | NY | About 1 miles · Lake Ontario | |
| Gannon University | PA | About 1 miles · Lake Erie | |
| The College of Saint Scholastica | MN | About 1 miles · Lake Superior | |
| University of Chicago | IL | About 1 miles · Lake Michigan | |
| SUNY Buffalo State University | NY | About 2 miles · Lake Erie | |
| Cleveland State University | OH | About 2 miles · Lake Erie | |
| University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | WI | About 2 miles · Lake Michigan | |
| University of Wisconsin-Superior | WI | About 2 miles · Lake Superior | |
| Calumet College of Saint Joseph | IN | About 2 miles · Lake Michigan | |
| Illinois Institute of Technology | IL | About 2 miles · Lake Michigan | |
| Marquette University | WI | About 2 miles · Lake Michigan | |
| University of Illinois Chicago | IL | About 3 miles · Lake Michigan | |
| University of Wisconsin-Parkside | WI | About 3 miles · Lake Michigan | |
| Canisius University | NY | About 3 miles · Lake Erie | |
| Niagara University | NY | About 3 miles · Lake Erie | |
| Cleveland Institute of Music | OH | About 3 miles · Lake Erie | |
| SUNY at Fredonia | NY | About 4 miles · Lake Erie | |
| Case Western Reserve University | OH | About 4 miles · Lake Erie | |
| Lake Erie College | OH | About 4 miles · Lake Erie | |
| North Park University | IL | About 4 miles · Lake Michigan | |
| Cleveland Institute of Art | OH | About 4 miles · Lake Erie | |
| Mercyhurst University | PA | About 4 miles · Lake Erie | |
| Northeastern Illinois University | IL | About 4 miles · Lake Michigan | |
| Hilbert College | NY | About 4 miles · Lake Erie | |
| Wayne State University | MI | About 4 miles · Lake Erie | |
| College for Creative Studies | MI | About 5 miles · Lake Erie | |
| Alverno College | WI | About 5 miles · Lake Michigan | |
| Chicago State University | IL | About 5 miles · Lake Michigan | |
| Villa Maria College | NY | About 6 miles · Lake Erie | |
| Indiana University-Northwest | IN | About 7 miles · Lake Michigan | |
| Hebrew Theological College | IL | About 7 miles · Lake Michigan | |
| Purdue University Northwest | IN | About 7 miles · Lake Michigan | |
| University at Buffalo | NY | About 7 miles · Lake Erie | |
| Hope College | MI | About 8 miles · Lake Michigan | |
| Daemen University | NY | About 8 miles · Lake Erie | |
| Lake Superior State University | MI | About 8 miles · Lake Superior | |
| Wisconsin Lutheran College | WI | About 8 miles · Lake Michigan | |
| John Carroll University | OH | About 8 miles · Lake Erie | |
| University of Michigan-Dearborn | MI | About 8 miles · Lake Erie | |
| Mount Mary University | WI | About 9 miles · Lake Michigan | |
| Lakeland University | WI | About 9 miles · Lake Michigan | |
| Saint Norbert College | WI | About 10 miles · Lake Michigan | |
| University of Detroit Mercy | MI | About 10 miles · Lake Erie | |
| Baldwin Wallace University | OH | About 10 miles · Lake Erie | |
| Ursuline College | OH | About 10 miles · Lake Erie | |
| Concordia University-Chicago | IL | About 11 miles · Lake Michigan | |
| Saint Xavier University | IL | About 11 miles · Lake Michigan | |
| University of Toledo | OH | About 11 miles · Lake Erie | |
| Dominican University | IL | About 12 miles · Lake Michigan | |
| University of Rochester | NY | About 12 miles · Lake Ontario | |
| St. John Fisher University | NY | About 12 miles · Lake Ontario | |
| Nazareth University | NY | About 14 miles · Lake Ontario | |
| SUNY Brockport | NY | About 14 miles · Lake Ontario | |
| Andrews University | MI | About 14 miles · Lake Michigan | |
| Oberlin College | OH | About 14 miles · Lake Erie | |
| Saginaw Valley State University | MI | About 15 miles · Lake Huron | |
| Rochester Institute of Technology | NY | About 16 miles · Lake Ontario | |
| Roberts Wesleyan University | NY | About 17 miles · Lake Ontario | |
| Trinity Christian College | IL | About 17 miles · Lake Michigan | |
| Valparaiso University | IN | About 18 miles · Lake Michigan | |
| Lawrence Technological University | MI | About 18 miles · Lake Erie | |
| Elmhurst University | IL | About 20 miles · Lake Michigan | |
| Madonna University | MI | About 21 miles · Lake Erie | |
| Carroll University | WI | About 21 miles · Lake Michigan | |
| Grand Valley State University | MI | About 21 miles · Lake Michigan |