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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Houghton College

  • Houghton, NY

Ithaca College

  • Ithaca, NY

Keene State College

  • Keene, NH

Long Island University

  • Brookville, NY

Manhattan University

  • Riverdale, NY

Manhattanville University

  • Purchase, NY

Marist University

  • Poughkeepsie, NY

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Cambridge, MA

Merrimack College

  • North Andover, MA

Middlebury College

  • Middlebury, VT

Molloy University

  • Rockville Centre, NY

Mount Holyoke College

  • South Hadley, MA

New York University

  • New York, NY

Niagara University

  • Niagara University, NY

Nichols College

  • Dudley, MA

Pace University

  • New York, NY

Parsons School of Design at The New School

  • New York, NY

Pratt Institute

  • Brooklyn, NY

Princeton University

  • Princeton, NJ

Providence College

  • Providence, RI

Quinnipiac University

  • Hamden, CT

Ramapo College of New Jersey

  • Mahwah, NJ

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  • Troy, NY

Roberts Wesleyan University

  • Rochester, NY

Roger Williams University

  • Bristol, RI

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