Best Colleges in the Northeast

Best Colleges in the Northeast, ranked by median 10-year earnings. Region: Census Northeast region. Included states / district: CT ME MA NH RI VT NJ NY PA. 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 311 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

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 5Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania12%1546$32k$115k94%7,304110 mi 6University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania5%1553$29k$111k97%10,6503 mi 7Princeton UniversityPrinceton, New Jersey5%1553$6k$110k98%5,70922 mi 8Stevens Institute of TechnologyHoboken, New Jersey48%1446$41k$109k87%4,222< 1 mi 9Lehigh UniversityBethlehem, Pennsylvania26%1440$37k$106k88%5,89845 mi 10Cornell UniversityIthaca, New York9%1535$29k$104k95%15,99561 mi 11Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, Massachusetts16%1507$42k$104k91%10,0856 mi 12Worcester Polytechnic InstituteWorcester, Massachusetts60%—$43k$103k90%5,44738 mi 13Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, New York4%1553$22k$102k96%8,973< 1 mi 14Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTroy, New York63%1456$36k$102k84%5,71499 mi 15Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts4%1553$19k$102k98%7,6014 mi 16Yale UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut4%1534$24k$101k96%6,7581 mi 17Villanova UniversityVillanova, Pennsylvania27%1460$44k$100k92%6,93812 mi 18Dartmouth CollegeHanover, New Hampshire5%1534$30k$97k96%4,54188 mi 19SUNY Maritime CollegeThroggs Neck, New York72%1214$22k$96k64%1,285< 1 mi 20Bucknell UniversityLewisburg, Pennsylvania29%1410$41k$94k86%3,876105 mi 21Brown UniversityProvidence, Rhode Island5%1546$25k$93k96%7,2261 mi 22Northeastern UniversityBoston, Massachusetts5%1497$31k$93k91%17,3262 mi 23Northeastern University Professional ProgramsBoston, Massachusetts———$93k—1,8022 mi 24Chamberlain University-New JerseyNorth Brunswick, New Jersey100%—$38k$92k33%1,2268 mi 25Lafayette CollegeEaston, Pennsylvania31%1424$34k$91k88%2,75748 mi 26Trinity CollegeHartford, Connecticut29%1415$35k$91k84%2,14631 mi 27College of the Holy CrossWorcester, Massachusetts18%1353$39k$91k87%3,10636 mi 28Bryant UniversitySmithfield, Rhode Island65%1265$41k$90k80%3,19410 mi 29Clarkson UniversityPotsdam, New York77%1304$30k$90k75%2,19627 mi 30Fairfield UniversityFairfield, Connecticut33%1335$48k$89k84%5,3732 mi 31Williams CollegeWilliamstown, Massachusetts8%1533$18k$89k94%2,07698 mi 32Union CollegeSchenectady, New York44%1395$35k$89k80%2,046104 mi 33Providence CollegeProvidence, Rhode Island51%1346$49k$87k86%4,2293 mi 34Saint Joseph's University - PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania89%1258$30k$87k79%4,9486 mi 35Manhattan UniversityRiverdale, New York79%1270$27k$86k64%2,7441 mi 36Fordham UniversityBronx, New York59%1418$44k$86k82%10,5122 mi 37Colgate UniversityHamilton, New York14%1508$29k$85k91%3,18061 mi 38Wellesley CollegeWellesley, Massachusetts14%1520$25k$85k92%2,30013 mi 39Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania79%1345$39k$85k78%13,2333 mi 40New Jersey Institute of TechnologyNewark, New Jersey65%1337$17k$84k73%9,0194 mi 41Quinnipiac UniversityHamden, Connecticut72%1242$41k$84k76%6,5318 mi 42Boston UniversityBoston, Massachusetts11%1480$24k$83k89%18,2483 mi 43Tufts UniversityMedford, Massachusetts11%1513$40k$83k94%7,0615 mi 44Bowdoin CollegeBrunswick, Maine7%1520$14k$83k95%1,8733 mi 45Wentworth Institute of TechnologyBoston, Massachusetts91%1229$34k$83k68%3,7473 mi 46New York UniversityNew York, New York9%1520$37k$83k88%28,6631 mi 47Massachusetts Maritime AcademyBuzzards Bay, Massachusetts95%—$22k$82k74%1,395< 1 mi 48Binghamton UniversityVestal, New York39%1415$22k$81k82%14,65594 mi 49Barnard CollegeNew York, New York9%1520$29k$81k93%3,264< 1 mi 50Colby CollegeWaterville, Maine7%1501$17k$80k89%2,40735 mi 51Swarthmore CollegeSwarthmore, Pennsylvania7%1534$23k$80k92%1,6133 mi 52Haverford CollegeHaverford, Pennsylvania12%1513$25k$80k90%1,4309 mi 53Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, New York46%1375$39k$79k84%15,47735 mi 54University of RochesterRochester, New York40%1488$29k$79k85%6,3319 mi 55Hamilton CollegeClinton, New York14%1506$29k$78k91%2,03054 mi 56Marist UniversityPoughkeepsie, New York57%1295$42k$78k80%5,18228 mi 57Molloy UniversityRockville Centre, New York82%1187$24k$78k70%3,1624 mi 58Stonehill CollegeEaston, Massachusetts66%—$33k$78k76%2,52814 mi 59Amherst CollegeAmherst, Massachusetts9%1533$23k$78k94%1,91169 mi 60Thomas Jefferson UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania81%1243$29k$77k69%3,7551 mi 61Brandeis UniversityWaltham, Massachusetts41%1462$36k$77k86%3,61811 mi 62Rochester Institute of TechnologyRochester, New York67%1383$35k$77k70%13,21513 mi 63Middlebury CollegeMiddlebury, Vermont11%1508$31k$76k91%2,73895 mi 64Franklin and Marshall CollegeLancaster, Pennsylvania28%1392$36k$76k84%1,79936 mi 65Siena UniversityLoudonville, New York69%1254$34k$76k75%3,40998 mi 66CUNY Bernard M Baruch CollegeNew York, New York48%1280$3k$76k72%16,1541 mi 67Immaculata UniversityImmaculata, Pennsylvania86%1260$24k$76k71%1,32016 mi 68Merrimack CollegeNorth Andover, Massachusetts70%—$38k$76k70%3,91615 mi 69Adelphi UniversityGarden City, New York66%1219$31k$75k67%5,2766 mi 70Bryn Mawr CollegeBryn Mawr, Pennsylvania29%1396$32k$75k82%1,35911 mi 71Sacred Heart UniversityFairfield, Connecticut65%—$46k$75k73%7,0874 mi 72Connecticut CollegeNew London, Connecticut37%1432$36k$75k82%1,9372 mi 73Assumption UniversityWorcester, Massachusetts83%—$29k$75k75%1,66940 mi 74Duquesne UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania84%1276$38k$75k77%5,350110 mi 75University of ScrantonScranton, Pennsylvania81%1237$33k$75k80%3,55487 mi 76Stony Brook UniversityStony Brook, New York49%1419$19k$75k76%18,1012 mi 77Rutgers University-New BrunswickNew Brunswick, New Jersey58%1410$24k$74k84%37,7519 mi 78Rutgers University-NewarkNewark, New Jersey71%—$20k$74k64%7,7094 mi 79Rutgers University-CamdenCamden, New Jersey66%1178$19k$74k67%3,753< 1 mi 80Wagner CollegeStaten Island, New York88%1243$28k$74k65%1,6511 mi 81University of ConnecticutStorrs, Connecticut52%1348$25k$74k83%19,83531 mi 82University of Connecticut-StamfordStamford, Connecticut83%1094$17k$74k57%2,4322 mi 83University of Connecticut-Hartford CampusHartford, Connecticut88%1073$16k$74k65%1,52531 mi 84Wesleyan UniversityMiddletown, Connecticut16%1501$30k$74k93%3,06719 mi 85Ursinus CollegeCollegeville, Pennsylvania92%1310$31k$74k73%1,49123 mi 86Iona UniversityNew Rochelle, New York87%1217$29k$74k56%2,9512 mi 87Saint Anselm CollegeManchester, New Hampshire78%1201$35k$73k80%2,08734 mi 88The College of New JerseyEwing, New Jersey62%1246$28k$73k86%7,10522 mi 89Western New England UniversitySpringfield, Massachusetts83%1192$27k$73k64%2,60352 mi 90Salve Regina UniversityNewport, Rhode Island68%1232$37k$73k77%2,121< 1 mi 91University of Massachusetts-AmherstAmherst, Massachusetts60%1423$22k$72k83%23,67170 mi 92Gettysburg CollegeGettysburg, Pennsylvania39%1379$31k$72k83%2,09952 mi 93Vassar CollegePoughkeepsie, New York19%1494$39k$71k91%2,44426 mi 94Yeshiva UniversityNew York, New York56%1426$50k$71k83%2,852< 1 mi 95Widener UniversityChester, Pennsylvania71%1180$26k$71k68%2,9511 mi 96University at BuffaloBuffalo, New York74%1295$21k$71k75%20,1126 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.