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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Brown University

City College of New York of The City University of New York

  • New York, NY

City University of New York—Baruch College

  • New York, NY

City University of New York—Brooklyn College

  • Brooklyn, NY

City University of New York—Hunter College

  • New York, NY

City University of New York—Queens College

  • Queens, NY

Colby College

  • Waterville, ME

Colgate University

  • Hamilton, NY

The College of New Jersey

  • Ewing, NJ

College of the Holy Cross

  • Worcester, MA

Columbia University

  • New York, NY

Connecticut College

  • New London, CT

The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

  • New York, NY

Cornell University

  • Ithaca, NY

Dartmouth College

  • Hanover, NH

Eastern Connecticut State University

  • Willimantic, CT

Elmira College

  • Elmira, NY

Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts at The New School

  • New York, NY

Fairfield University

  • Fairfield, Connecticut

Fordham University

  • Bronx, NY

Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

  • Needham, MA

Gordon College

  • Wenham, MA

Hamilton College

  • Clinton, NY

Hartwick College

  • Oneonta, NY

Harvard College

  • Cambridge, MA

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