Best Northeast

Connecticut (CT), Maine (ME), Massachusetts (MA), New Hampshire (NH), New Jersey (NJ), New York (NY), Rhode Island (RI), and Vermont (VT)

For our "2026 Best Colleges: Region by Region" web feature, we salute 631 colleges in seven zones—Northeast, South, Southwest, Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, West, and International (outside of the United States)—that we consider academically outstanding and well worth consideration in your college search.

Please note that these lists are not ranked. These lists appear in alphabetical order. Schools marked "featured" have paid a fee for that designation but not for inclusion in this list.


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City University of New York—Baruch College

  • New York, NY
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  • 16,496 Full-Time Enrollment

Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts at The New School

  • New York, NY
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  • 1,227 Full-Time Enrollment

The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

  • New York, NY
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  • 876 Full-Time Enrollment

Parsons School of Design at The New School

  • New York, NY
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  • 4,268 Full-Time Enrollment

Pace University

  • New York, NY
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  • 7,956 Full-Time Enrollment

New York University

  • New York, NY
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  • 29,471 Full-Time Enrollment

Columbia University

  • New York, NY
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  • 6,872 Full-Time Enrollment

Barnard College

  • New York, NY
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  • 3,223 Full-Time Enrollment

Fordham University

  • Bronx, NY
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  • 10,383 Full-Time Enrollment

City College of New York of The City University of New York

  • New York, NY
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  • 14,379 Full-Time Enrollment

Stevens Institute of Technology

  • Hoboken, NJ
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  • 4,236 Full-Time Enrollment

Manhattan University

  • Riverdale, NY
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  • 2,378 Full-Time Enrollment

State University of New York - Purchase College

  • Purchase, NY
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  • 3,283 Full-Time Enrollment

Manhattanville University

  • Purchase, NY
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  • 1,465 Full-Time Enrollment

State University of New York - Stony Brook University

  • Stony Brook, NY
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  • 18,615 Full-Time Enrollment

Ramapo College of New Jersey

  • Mahwah, NJ
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  • 5,013 Full-Time Enrollment

Fairfield University

  • Fairfield, Connecticut
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  • 5,671 Full-Time Enrollment

Rutgers University-New Brunswick

  • Piscataway, NJ
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  • 37,985 Full-Time Enrollment

United States Military Academy

  • West Point, NY
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  • 4,507 Full-Time Enrollment

Princeton University

  • Princeton, NJ
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  • 5,916 Full-Time Enrollment

University of New Haven

  • West Haven, CT
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  • 4,969 Full-Time Enrollment

Yale University

  • New Haven, CT
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  • 6,667 Full-Time Enrollment

The College of New Jersey

  • Ewing, NJ
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  • 7,433 Full-Time Enrollment

Quinnipiac University

  • Hamden, CT
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  • 6,610 Full-Time Enrollment

Vassar College

  • Poughkeepsie, NY
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  • 2,514 Full-Time Enrollment

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