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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Trinity College (CT)

  • Hartford, CT

Tufts University

  • Medford, MA

Union College (NY)

  • Schenectady, NY

United States Coast Guard Academy

  • New London, CT

United States Merchant Marine Academy

  • Kings Point, NY

United States Military Academy

  • West Point, NY

University of Connecticut

  • Storrs, CT

University of Maine-Fort Kent

  • Fort Kent, ME

University of Massachusetts - Boston

  • Boston, MA

University of Massachusetts-Amherst

  • Amherst, MA

University of New Hampshire

  • Durham, New Hampshire

University of New Haven

  • West Haven, CT

University of Rhode Island

  • Kingston, RI

University of Vermont

  • Burlington, VT

Vassar College

  • Poughkeepsie, NY

Webb Institute

  • Glen Cove, NY

Wellesley College

  • Wellesley, MA

Wentworth Institute of Technology

  • Boston, MA

Wesleyan University

  • Middletown, CT

Williams College

  • Williamstown, MA

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

  • Worcester, MA

Worcester State University

  • Worcester, MA

Yale University

  • New Haven, CT

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