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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Quinnipiac University

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

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  • Troy, NY
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  • 5,833 Full-Time Enrollment

Skidmore College

  • Saratoga Springs, NY
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  • 2,719 Full-Time Enrollment

Wesleyan University

  • Middletown, CT
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  • 3,043 Full-Time Enrollment

Williams College

  • Williamstown, MA
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  • 2,101 Full-Time Enrollment

Bennington College

  • Bennington, VT
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  • 708 Full-Time Enrollment

Trinity College (CT)

  • Hartford, CT
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  • 2,112 Full-Time Enrollment

Smith College

  • Northampton, MA
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  • 2,565 Full-Time Enrollment

United States Coast Guard Academy

  • New London, CT
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  • 1,063 Full-Time Enrollment

Connecticut College

  • New London, CT
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  • 1,990 Full-Time Enrollment

Mount Holyoke College

  • South Hadley, MA
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  • 2,135 Full-Time Enrollment

Eastern Connecticut State University

  • Willimantic, CT
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  • 5,301 Full-Time Enrollment

University of Connecticut

  • Storrs, CT
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  • 19,324 Full-Time Enrollment

University of Massachusetts-Amherst

  • Amherst, MA
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  • 24,019 Full-Time Enrollment

Hampshire College

  • Amherst, MA
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  • 472 Full-Time Enrollment

Amherst College

  • Amherst, MA
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  • 1,907 Full-Time Enrollment

Middlebury College

  • Middlebury, VT
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  • 2,760 Full-Time Enrollment

Nichols College

  • Dudley, MA
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  • 1,322 Full-Time Enrollment

University of Rhode Island

  • Kingston, RI
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  • 14,464 Full-Time Enrollment

Keene State College

  • Keene, NH
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  • 2,744 Full-Time Enrollment

Worcester State University

  • Worcester, MA
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  • 4,892 Full-Time Enrollment

College of the Holy Cross

  • Worcester, MA
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  • 3,127 Full-Time Enrollment

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

  • Worcester, MA
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  • 5,461 Full-Time Enrollment

Assumption University

  • Worcester, MA
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  • 1,737 Full-Time Enrollment

University of Vermont

  • Burlington, VT
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  • 12,159 Full-Time Enrollment

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