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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College of the Holy Cross

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

Dartmouth College

  • Hanover, NH
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  • 4,715 Full-Time Enrollment

University of Rhode Island

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

Providence College

  • Providence, RI
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  • 4,680 Full-Time Enrollment

Brown University

Roger Williams University

  • Bristol, RI
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  • 4,038 Full-Time Enrollment

Wellesley College

  • Wellesley, MA
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  • 2,366 Full-Time Enrollment

Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

  • Needham, MA
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  • 401 Full-Time Enrollment

Brandeis University

  • Waltham, MA
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  • 3,632 Full-Time Enrollment

Boston College

  • Chestnut Hill, MA
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  • 9,677 Full-Time Enrollment

Stonehill College

  • Easton, MA
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  • 2,506 Full-Time Enrollment

Harvard College

  • Cambridge, MA
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  • 6,738 Full-Time Enrollment

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Cambridge, MA
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  • 4,535 Full-Time Enrollment

Wentworth Institute of Technology

  • Boston, MA
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  • 3,965 Full-Time Enrollment

Simmons University

  • Boston, MA
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  • 1,575 Full-Time Enrollment

Tufts University

  • Medford, MA
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  • 6,815 Full-Time Enrollment

Merrimack College

  • North Andover, MA
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  • 4,123 Full-Time Enrollment

University of Massachusetts - Boston

  • Boston, MA
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  • 12,221 Full-Time Enrollment

Gordon College

  • Wenham, MA
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  • 1,221 Full-Time Enrollment

University of New Hampshire

  • Durham, New Hampshire
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  • 10,900 Full-Time Enrollment

Bates College

  • Lewiston, ME
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  • 1,760 Full-Time Enrollment

Bowdoin College

  • Brunswick, ME
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  • 1,841 Full-Time Enrollment

Colby College

  • Waterville, ME
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  • 2,360 Full-Time Enrollment

University of Maine-Fort Kent

  • Fort Kent, ME
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  • 1,760 Full-Time Enrollment

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