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 "2025 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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State University of New York–Brockport

  • Brockport, NY
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  • 5,816 Full-Time Enrollment

Stevens Institute of Technology

  • Hoboken, NJ
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  • 4,236 Full-Time Enrollment

Stockton University

  • Galloway, NJ
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  • 7,565 Full-Time Enrollment

Syracuse University

  • Syracuse, NY
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  • 15,957 Full-Time Enrollment

Trinity College (CT)

  • Hartford, CT
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  • 2,204 Full-Time Enrollment

Tufts University

  • Medford, MA
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  • 6,815 Full-Time Enrollment

United States Coast Guard Academy

  • New London, CT
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  • 1,108 Full-Time Enrollment

United States Merchant Marine Academy

  • Kings Point, NY
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  • 952 Full-Time Enrollment

United States Military Academy

  • West Point, NY
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  • 4,656 Full-Time Enrollment

University of Connecticut

  • Storrs, CT
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  • 19,324 Full-Time Enrollment

University of Maine-Fort Kent

  • Fort Kent, ME
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  • 1,760 Full-Time Enrollment

University of Massachusetts - Boston

  • Boston, MA
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  • 12,221 Full-Time Enrollment

University of Massachusetts-Amherst

  • Amherst, MA
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  • 23,920 Full-Time Enrollment

University of New Hampshire

  • Durham, New Hampshire
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  • 11,365 Full-Time Enrollment

University of Rhode Island

  • Kingston, RI
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  • 14,376 Full-Time Enrollment

University of Vermont

  • Burlington, VT
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  • 12,276 Full-Time Enrollment

Vassar College

  • Poughkeepsie, NY
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  • 2,462 Full-Time Enrollment

Webb Institute

  • Glen Cove, NY
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  • 106 Full-Time Enrollment

Wellesley College

  • Wellesley, MA
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  • 2,407 Full-Time Enrollment

Wesleyan University

  • Middletown, CT
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  • 3,805 Full-Time Enrollment

Williams College

  • Williamstown, MA
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  • 2,101 Full-Time Enrollment

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

  • Worcester, MA
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  • 5,558 Full-Time Enrollment

Worcester State University

  • Worcester, MA
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  • 4,892 Full-Time Enrollment

Yale University

  • New Haven, CT
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  • 6,818 Full-Time Enrollment

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