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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Brown University

  • Providence, RI
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  • 7,741 Full-Time Enrollment

University of Rhode Island

  • Kingston, RI
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  • 13,904 Full-Time Enrollment

Roger Williams University

  • Bristol, RI
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  • 4,050 Full-Time Enrollment

Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

  • Needham, MA
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  • 402 Full-Time Enrollment

Wellesley College

  • Wellesley, MA
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  • 2,417 Full-Time Enrollment

Boston College

  • Chestnut Hill, MA
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  • 9,575 Full-Time Enrollment

Brandeis University

  • Waltham, MA
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  • 3,675 Full-Time Enrollment

University of Massachusetts - Boston

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

Tufts University

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

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Cambridge, MA
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  • 4,576 Full-Time Enrollment

Harvard College

  • Cambridge, MA
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  • 7,110 Full-Time Enrollment

Emerson College

  • Boston, MA
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  • 4,148 Full-Time Enrollment

Simmons University

  • Boston, MA
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  • 1,760 Full-Time Enrollment

Gordon College

  • Wenham, MA
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  • 1,293 Full-Time Enrollment

Merrimack College

  • North Andover, MA
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  • 4,199 Full-Time Enrollment

College of the Holy Cross

  • Worcester, MA
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  • 3,198 Full-Time Enrollment

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

  • Worcester, MA
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  • 5,453 Full-Time Enrollment

Worcester State University

  • Worcester, MA
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  • 4,734 Full-Time Enrollment

Williams College

  • Williamstown, MA
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  • 2,097 Full-Time Enrollment

Mount Holyoke College

  • South Hadley, MA
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  • 2,209 Full-Time Enrollment

Smith College

  • Northampton, MA
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  • 2,565 Full-Time Enrollment

University of Massachusetts-Amherst

  • Amherst, MA
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  • 23,936 Full-Time Enrollment

Hampshire College

  • Amherst, MA
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  • 472 Full-Time Enrollment

Amherst College

  • Amherst, MA
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  • 1,910 Full-Time Enrollment

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