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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Salve Regina University

  • Newport, RI
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  • 2,128 Full-Time Enrollment
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Sarah Lawrence College

  • Bronxville, NY
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  • 1,447 Full-Time Enrollment
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Seton Hall University

  • South Orange, NJ
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  • 6,178 Full-Time Enrollment
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St. John Fisher University

  • Rochester, NY
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  • 2,583 Full-Time Enrollment
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St. Lawrence University

  • Canton, NY
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  • 1,947 Full-Time Enrollment
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State University of New York - Binghamton University

  • Binghamton, NY
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  • 14,668 Full-Time Enrollment
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State University of New York - University at Albany

  • Albany, NY
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  • 12,889 Full-Time Enrollment
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Suffolk University

  • Boston, MA
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  • 4,247 Full-Time Enrollment
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University of Maine

  • Orono, ME
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  • 9,182 Full-Time Enrollment
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University of New England

  • Biddeford, ME
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  • 4,631 Full-Time Enrollment
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University of Rochester

  • Rochester, NY
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  • 6,580 Full-Time Enrollment
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Wagner College

  • Staten Island, NY
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  • 1,666 Full-Time Enrollment
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Wheaton College (MA)

  • Norton, MA
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  • 1,785 Full-Time Enrollment

Adelphi University

  • Garden City, NY
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  • 5,325 Full-Time Enrollment

Alfred University

  • Alfred, NY
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  • 1,474 Full-Time Enrollment

Amherst College

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

Assumption University

  • Worcester, MA
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  • 1,713 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

Boston College

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

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

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