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 "2025 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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Columbia University

  • New York, NY
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  • 6,579 Full-Time Enrollment

Barnard College

  • New York, NY
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  • 3,353 Full-Time Enrollment

New York University

  • New York, NY
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  • 29,401 Full-Time Enrollment

City University of New York—Baruch College

  • New York, NY
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  • 16,086 Full-Time Enrollment

Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts at The New School

  • New York, NY
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  • 1,449 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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  • 4,392 Full-Time Enrollment

State University of New York - College of Environmental Science and Forestry

  • Syracuse, NY
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  • 1,984 Full-Time Enrollment

Syracuse University

  • Syracuse, NY
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  • 15,739 Full-Time Enrollment

Hamilton College

  • Clinton, NY
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  • 2,037 Full-Time Enrollment

Colgate University

  • Hamilton, NY
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  • 3,193 Full-Time Enrollment

Hartwick College

  • Oneonta, NY
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  • 1,112 Full-Time Enrollment

State University of New York - Fredonia

  • Fredonia, NY
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  • 3,217 Full-Time Enrollment

Niagara University

  • Niagara University, NY
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  • 2,747 Full-Time Enrollment

State University of New York - University at Buffalo

  • Buffalo, NY
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  • 20,360 Full-Time Enrollment

Rutgers University-New Brunswick

  • Piscataway, NJ
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  • 36,588 Full-Time Enrollment

State University of New York–Brockport

  • Brockport, NY
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  • 5,816 Full-Time Enrollment

State University of New York at Geneseo

  • Geneseo, NY
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  • 3,902 Full-Time Enrollment

Princeton University

  • Princeton, NJ
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  • 5,813 Full-Time Enrollment

Roberts Wesleyan University

  • Rochester, NY
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  • 1,323 Full-Time Enrollment

Houghton College

  • Houghton, NY
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  • 1,032 Full-Time Enrollment

St. Bonaventure University

  • St. Bonaventure, NY
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  • 2,048 Full-Time Enrollment

State University of New York—Alfred State College

  • Alfred, NY
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  • 3,525 Full-Time Enrollment

Alfred University

  • Alfred, NY
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  • 1,463 Full-Time Enrollment

Cornell University

  • Ithaca, NY
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  • 16,063 Full-Time Enrollment

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