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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City University of New York—Brooklyn College

  • Brooklyn, NY
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  • 11,525 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

Sarah Lawrence College

  • Bronxville, NY
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  • 1,582 Full-Time Enrollment

State University of New York - Purchase College

  • Purchase, NY
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  • 3,283 Full-Time Enrollment

Manhattanville University

  • Purchase, NY
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  • 1,466 Full-Time Enrollment

Manhattan University

  • Riverdale, NY
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  • 2,746 Full-Time Enrollment

State University of New York - Maritime College

  • Throggs Neck, NY
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  • 1,511 Full-Time Enrollment

Fordham University

  • Bronx, NY
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  • 10,582 Full-Time Enrollment

City University of New York—Hunter College

  • New York, NY
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  • 18,758 Full-Time Enrollment

Pace University

  • New York, NY
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  • 8,038 Full-Time Enrollment

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

  • New York, NY
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  • 12,982 Full-Time Enrollment

Columbia University

  • New York, NY
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  • 9,134 Full-Time Enrollment

Barnard College

  • New York, NY
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  • 3,353 Full-Time Enrollment

New York University

  • New York, NY
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  • 29,060 Full-Time Enrollment

City University of New York—Baruch College

  • New York, NY
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  • 16,496 Full-Time Enrollment

Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts at The New School

  • New York, NY
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  • 1,449 Full-Time Enrollment

The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

  • New York, NY
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  • 876 Full-Time Enrollment

Parsons School of Design at The New School

  • New York, NY
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  • 4,392 Full-Time Enrollment

Rutgers University-New Brunswick

  • Piscataway, NJ
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  • 37,985 Full-Time Enrollment

The College of New Jersey

  • Ewing, NJ
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  • 7,435 Full-Time Enrollment

Princeton University

  • Princeton, NJ
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  • 5,813 Full-Time Enrollment

Stockton University

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

Rowan University

  • Glassboro, NJ
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  • 16,199 Full-Time Enrollment

Ramapo College of New Jersey

  • Mahwah, NJ
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  • 5,013 Full-Time Enrollment

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