Best Colleges in New England

Best Colleges in New England, ranked by median 10-year earnings. Region: Census New England division. Included states / district: CT ME MA NH RI VT. Median earnings of federally aided former students who are working and not enrolled, 10 years after entry; includes students who did not graduate. “Best” on this page means highest reported earnings, not an overall quality score. Four-year colleges with at least 1,000 undergraduates. Online-only schools are excluded. This page lists all 105 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

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1Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, Massachusetts5%1560$20k$143k96%4,5352 mi 2Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health SciencesBoston, Massachusetts85%1269$40k$126k62%3,4513 mi 3Babson CollegeWellesley, Massachusetts17%1457$41k$124k93%2,72811 mi 4Bentley UniversityWaltham, Massachusetts45%1352$38k$121k87%4,4749 mi 5Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, Massachusetts16%1507$42k$104k91%10,0856 mi 6Worcester Polytechnic InstituteWorcester, Massachusetts60%—$43k$103k90%5,44738 mi 7Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts4%1553$19k$102k98%7,6014 mi 8Yale UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut4%1534$24k$101k96%6,7581 mi 9Dartmouth CollegeHanover, New Hampshire5%1534$30k$97k96%4,54188 mi 10Brown UniversityProvidence, Rhode Island5%1546$25k$93k96%7,2261 mi 11Northeastern UniversityBoston, Massachusetts5%1497$31k$93k91%17,3262 mi 12Northeastern University Professional ProgramsBoston, Massachusetts———$93k—1,8022 mi 13Trinity CollegeHartford, Connecticut29%1415$35k$91k84%2,14631 mi 14College of the Holy CrossWorcester, Massachusetts18%1353$39k$91k87%3,10636 mi 15Bryant UniversitySmithfield, Rhode Island65%1265$41k$90k80%3,19410 mi 16Fairfield UniversityFairfield, Connecticut33%1335$48k$89k84%5,3732 mi 17Williams CollegeWilliamstown, Massachusetts8%1533$18k$89k94%2,07698 mi 18Providence CollegeProvidence, Rhode Island51%1346$49k$87k86%4,2293 mi 19Wellesley CollegeWellesley, Massachusetts14%1520$25k$85k92%2,30013 mi 20Quinnipiac UniversityHamden, Connecticut72%1242$41k$84k76%6,5318 mi 21Boston UniversityBoston, Massachusetts11%1480$24k$83k89%18,2483 mi 22Tufts UniversityMedford, Massachusetts11%1513$40k$83k94%7,0615 mi 23Bowdoin CollegeBrunswick, Maine7%1520$14k$83k95%1,8733 mi 24Wentworth Institute of TechnologyBoston, Massachusetts91%1229$34k$83k68%3,7473 mi 25Massachusetts Maritime AcademyBuzzards Bay, Massachusetts95%—$22k$82k74%1,395< 1 mi 26Colby CollegeWaterville, Maine7%1501$17k$80k89%2,40735 mi 27Stonehill CollegeEaston, Massachusetts66%—$33k$78k76%2,52814 mi 28Amherst CollegeAmherst, Massachusetts9%1533$23k$78k94%1,91169 mi 29Brandeis UniversityWaltham, Massachusetts41%1462$36k$77k86%3,61811 mi 30Middlebury CollegeMiddlebury, Vermont11%1508$31k$76k91%2,73895 mi 31Merrimack CollegeNorth Andover, Massachusetts70%—$38k$76k70%3,91615 mi 32Sacred Heart UniversityFairfield, Connecticut65%—$46k$75k73%7,0874 mi 33Connecticut CollegeNew London, Connecticut37%1432$36k$75k82%1,9372 mi 34Assumption UniversityWorcester, Massachusetts83%—$29k$75k75%1,66940 mi 35University of ConnecticutStorrs, Connecticut52%1348$25k$74k83%19,83531 mi 36University of Connecticut-StamfordStamford, Connecticut83%1094$17k$74k57%2,4322 mi 37University of Connecticut-Hartford CampusHartford, Connecticut88%1073$16k$74k65%1,52531 mi 38Wesleyan UniversityMiddletown, Connecticut16%1501$30k$74k93%3,06719 mi 39Saint Anselm CollegeManchester, New Hampshire78%1201$35k$73k80%2,08734 mi 40Western New England UniversitySpringfield, Massachusetts83%1192$27k$73k64%2,60352 mi 41Salve Regina UniversityNewport, Rhode Island68%1232$37k$73k77%2,121< 1 mi 42University of Massachusetts-AmherstAmherst, Massachusetts60%1423$22k$72k83%23,67170 mi 43Roger Williams UniversityBristol, Rhode Island88%1223$38k$70k69%3,946< 1 mi 44University of Rhode IslandKingston, Rhode Island72%1160$21k$70k73%13,3815 mi 45Bates CollegeLewiston, Maine13%1468$29k$69k90%1,76018 mi 46University of Massachusetts-DartmouthNorth Dartmouth, Massachusetts91%1182$21k$69k52%5,2215 mi 47Emmanuel CollegeBoston, Massachusetts76%1250$27k$68k68%1,8543 mi 48Rhode Island School of DesignProvidence, Rhode Island19%1473$51k$68k89%2,0841 mi 49Wheaton College (Massachusetts)Norton, Massachusetts68%1308$30k$68k73%1,77312 mi 50Suffolk UniversityBoston, Massachusetts82%1216$30k$68k61%4,2681 mi 51University of New Hampshire-Main CampusDurham, New Hampshire88%1218$24k$66k76%11,26110 mi 52University of Massachusetts-BostonBoston, Massachusetts84%1194$18k$66k49%11,512< 1 mi 53Norwich UniversityNorthfield, Vermont74%1190$22k$66k60%2,42898 mi 54University of Massachusetts-LowellLowell, Massachusetts83%1285$17k$65k65%11,43424 mi 55Smith CollegeNorthampton, Massachusetts21%1500$28k$64k89%2,54467 mi 56Simmons UniversityBoston, Massachusetts70%1316$25k$63k72%1,6703 mi 57Emerson CollegeBoston, Massachusetts51%1358$49k$63k77%3,8701 mi 58University of VermontBurlington, Vermont65%1374$19k$62k79%11,74366 mi 59Clark UniversityWorcester, Massachusetts40%1370$29k$62k77%2,21437 mi 60Saint Michael's CollegeColchester, Vermont85%1245$25k$61k73%1,09266 mi 61University of HartfordWest Hartford, Connecticut96%1219$30k$61k54%4,14634 mi 62Worcester State UniversityWorcester, Massachusetts88%1150$13k$61k61%3,93039 mi 63University of New HavenWest Haven, Connecticut60%1160$34k$60k63%4,8412 mi 64Western Connecticut State UniversityDanbury, Connecticut87%1110$18k$59k52%3,51120 mi 65Central Connecticut State UniversityNew Britain, Connecticut73%1080$17k$59k48%7,82228 mi 66Mount Holyoke CollegeSouth Hadley, Massachusetts36%1463$26k$58k84%2,16962 mi 67Champlain CollegeBurlington, Vermont83%1312$36k$58k65%2,75266 mi 68Endicott CollegeBeverly, Massachusetts71%1274$41k$58k76%3,125< 1 mi 69Nichols CollegeDudley, Massachusetts81%1140$33k$58k63%1,16332 mi 70Bridgewater State UniversityBridgewater, Massachusetts88%1180$16k$57k53%7,82913 mi 71Westfield State UniversityWestfield, Massachusetts81%—$17k$57k54%3,61557 mi 72Plymouth State UniversityPlymouth, New Hampshire88%—$19k$57k52%3,15365 mi 73Salem State UniversitySalem, Massachusetts96%—$16k$57k50%4,291< 1 mi 74Eastern Connecticut State UniversityWillimantic, Connecticut83%1160$21k$56k58%3,41826 mi 75Rhode Island CollegeProvidence, Rhode Island92%990$9k$56k48%5,0494 mi 76University of New EnglandBiddeford, Maine92%—$38k$56k68%2,1351 mi 77Bay Path UniversityLongmeadow, Massachusetts85%1120$14k$55k44%1,10849 mi 78Southern Connecticut State UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut91%—$21k$55k50%6,2953 mi 79Curry CollegeMilton, Massachusetts88%1125$29k$54k51%1,7806 mi 80Keene State CollegeKeene, New Hampshire90%—$18k$54k60%2,69972 mi 81Fitchburg State UniversityFitchburg, Massachusetts87%1150$14k$54k55%2,75241 mi 82American International CollegeSpringfield, Massachusetts100%—$23k$53k46%1,01752 mi 83Framingham State UniversityFramingham, Massachusetts84%1180$16k$52k48%2,56620 mi 84Rivier UniversityNashua, New Hampshire83%1070$28k$52k52%1,23131 mi 85Gordon CollegeWenham, Massachusetts69%1265$25k$52k69%1,2782 mi 86Lesley UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts97%—$31k$51k58%1,1224 mi 87Vermont State UniversityRandolph, Vermont82%—$18k$50k47%3,590109 mi 88University of BridgeportBridgeport, Connecticut83%—$28k$50k41%1,534< 1 mi 89Southern New Hampshire UniversityManchester, New Hampshire100%—$37k$50k43%163,16433 mi 90University of Southern MainePortland, Maine79%1116$14k$50k40%4,2221 mi 91Lasell UniversityNewton, Massachusetts81%1100$28k$50k59%1,22610 mi 92Fisher CollegeBoston, Massachusetts71%—$27k$50k28%1,1671 mi 93University of MaineOrono, Maine97%—$18k$49k55%8,49624 mi 94Springfield CollegeSpringfield, Massachusetts72%1275$31k$48k74%1,75152 mi 95Husson UniversityBangor, Maine81%1180$21k$45k59%2,61818 mi 96University of Maine at FarmingtonFarmington, Maine97%1130$17k$44k52%1,14046 mi

US Department of Education College Scorecard and IPEDS. Missing or suppressed values are excluded. A ranking is a comparison of the named measure, not an overall quality score.