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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Adelphi University

  • Garden City, NY
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  • 5,097 Full-Time Enrollment

Alfred University

  • Alfred, NY
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  • 1,478 Full-Time Enrollment

Amherst College

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

Assumption University

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

  • Babson Park, MA
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  • 2,853 Full-Time Enrollment

Bard College

  • Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
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  • 1,893 Full-Time Enrollment

Barnard College

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

Bates College

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

Bennington College

  • Bennington, VT
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  • 708 Full-Time Enrollment
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Bentley University

  • Waltham, MA
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  • 4,620 Full-Time Enrollment

Boston College

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

  • Boston, MA
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  • 18,289 Full-Time Enrollment
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Bowdoin College

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

Brandeis University

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

Brown University

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Bryant University

  • Smithfield, RI
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  • 3,511 Full-Time Enrollment
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Central Connecticut State University

  • New Britain, CT
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  • 8,170 Full-Time Enrollment
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Champlain College

  • Burlington, VT
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  • 1,514 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

City University of New York—Baruch College

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

City University of New York—Brooklyn College

  • Brooklyn, NY
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  • 11,456 Full-Time Enrollment

City University of New York—Hunter College

  • New York, NY
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  • 18,758 Full-Time Enrollment

City University of New York—Queens College

  • Queens, NY
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  • 12,404 Full-Time Enrollment
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Clark University

  • Worcester, MA
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  • 2,266 Full-Time Enrollment
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Clarkson University

  • Potsdam, NY
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  • 2,163 Full-Time Enrollment

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