Colleges with the Lowest Student Debt in the Northeast

Colleges with the Lowest Student Debt in the Northeast, ranked by median federal student debt. Region: Census Northeast region. Included states / district: CT ME MA NH RI VT NJ NY PA. This ranks the named measure, not overall college quality. Four-year colleges with at least 1,000 undergraduates. Online-only schools are excluded. This page lists all 308 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

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1Wellesley CollegeWellesley, Massachusetts$10,00014%1520$25k$85k92%2,30013 mi 2CUNY Queens CollegeQueens, New York$10,29864%1120$4k$63k53%12,5503 mi 3Princeton UniversityPrinceton, New Jersey$10,3205%1553$6k$110k98%5,70922 mi 4CUNY New York City College of TechnologyBrooklyn, New York$10,53380%1010$5k$49k21%13,580< 1 mi 5CUNY Lehman CollegeBronx, New York$10,95057%970$3k$58k51%10,6961 mi 6CUNY Medgar Evers CollegeBrooklyn, New York$10,98886%920$6k$46k20%3,2333 mi 7CUNY Hunter CollegeNew York, New York$11,00054%1280$3k$63k57%16,2891 mi 8CUNY John Jay College of Criminal JusticeNew York, New York$11,00057%1080$3k$56k56%11,590< 1 mi 9CUNY Brooklyn CollegeBrooklyn, New York$11,00058%1140$3k$61k54%10,5433 mi 10CUNY York CollegeJamaica, New York$11,00064%880$4k$57k32%4,3454 mi 11SUNY College of Environmental Science and ForestrySyracuse, New York$11,00063%—$19k$56k66%1,83935 mi 12Brown UniversityProvidence, Rhode Island$11,4285%1546$25k$93k96%7,2261 mi 13CUNY Bernard M Baruch CollegeNew York, New York$11,51248%1280$3k$76k72%16,1541 mi 14CUNY City CollegeNew York, New York$11,99060%1260$4k$66k57%12,505< 1 mi 15Thomas Edison State UniversityTrenton, New Jersey$12,500———$69k—6,70720 mi 16CUNY Graduate School and University CenterNew York, New York$12,58468%——$66k—3,2541 mi 17Williams CollegeWilliamstown, Massachusetts$12,7618%1533$18k$89k94%2,07698 mi 18Yale UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut$12,9754%1534$24k$101k96%6,7581 mi 19Haverford CollegeHaverford, Pennsylvania$13,62112%1513$25k$80k90%1,4309 mi 20Amherst CollegeAmherst, Massachusetts$13,7409%1533$23k$78k94%1,91169 mi 21Middlebury CollegeMiddlebury, Vermont$13,85711%1508$31k$76k91%2,73895 mi 22Cornell UniversityIthaca, New York$14,0009%1535$29k$104k95%15,99561 mi 23Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts$14,0004%1553$19k$102k98%7,6014 mi 24Bates CollegeLewiston, Maine$14,27513%1468$29k$69k90%1,76018 mi 25College of Staten Island CUNYStaten Island, New York$14,35092%1040$6k$54k34%9,6572 mi 26Farmingdale State CollegeFarmingdale, New York$14,71863%1147$11k$70k53%9,5527 mi 27Thomas Jefferson UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania$14,74481%1243$29k$77k69%3,7551 mi 28Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, Massachusetts$14,7685%1560$20k$143k96%4,5352 mi 29SUNY Old WestburyOld Westbury, New York$14,99784%—$11k$59k45%4,1624 mi 30Vermont State UniversityRandolph, Vermont$15,00082%—$18k$50k47%3,590109 mi 31Colgate UniversityHamilton, New York$15,00014%1508$29k$85k91%3,18061 mi 32Touro UniversityNew York, New York$15,54761%1348$30k$53k72%4,0401 mi 33University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania$15,7155%1553$29k$111k97%10,6503 mi 34Lafayette CollegeEaston, Pennsylvania$16,00031%1424$34k$91k88%2,75748 mi 35University of Maine at Presque IslePresque Isle, Maine$16,000100%—$7k$41k52%1,913107 mi 36SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at CobleskillCobleskill, New York$16,02384%—$19k$45k42%1,90498 mi 37Tufts UniversityMedford, Massachusetts$16,25011%1513$40k$83k94%7,0615 mi 38Wesleyan UniversityMiddletown, Connecticut$17,00016%1501$30k$74k93%3,06719 mi 39Hamilton CollegeClinton, New York$17,00014%1506$29k$78k91%2,03054 mi 40SUNY Polytechnic InstituteUtica, New York$17,25081%1201$14k$64k55%1,84957 mi 41Dartmouth CollegeHanover, New Hampshire$17,5005%1534$30k$97k96%4,54188 mi 42Swarthmore CollegeSwarthmore, Pennsylvania$17,5007%1534$23k$80k92%1,6133 mi 43Smith CollegeNorthampton, Massachusetts$17,55021%1500$28k$64k89%2,54467 mi 44Barnard CollegeNew York, New York$18,0009%1520$29k$81k93%3,264< 1 mi 45Stony Brook UniversityStony Brook, New York$18,22849%1419$19k$75k76%18,1012 mi 46Yeshiva UniversityNew York, New York$18,25056%1426$50k$71k83%2,852< 1 mi 47Binghamton UniversityVestal, New York$18,50039%1415$22k$81k82%14,65594 mi 48New Jersey City UniversityJersey City, New Jersey$18,50098%—$16k$53k34%3,6811 mi 49Bowdoin CollegeBrunswick, Maine$18,5007%1520$14k$83k95%1,8733 mi 50Vassar CollegePoughkeepsie, New York$18,62519%1494$39k$71k91%2,44426 mi 51Empire State UniversitySaratoga Springs, New York$18,730——$12k$54k41%7,585122 mi 52State University of New York at New PaltzNew Paltz, New York$18,75062%1265$19k$58k72%6,08631 mi 53University at BuffaloBuffalo, New York$19,00074%1295$21k$71k75%20,1126 mi 54Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, Massachusetts$19,00016%1507$42k$104k91%10,0856 mi 55Dickinson CollegeCarlisle, Pennsylvania$19,00042%1391$38k$70k80%2,27370 mi 56Franklin and Marshall CollegeLancaster, Pennsylvania$19,00028%1392$36k$76k84%1,79936 mi 57University of Southern MainePortland, Maine$19,06079%1116$14k$50k40%4,2221 mi 58Colby CollegeWaterville, Maine$19,1577%1501$17k$80k89%2,40735 mi 59University at AlbanyAlbany, New York$19,50069%—$17k$68k61%12,56495 mi 60Worcester State UniversityWorcester, Massachusetts$19,50088%1150$13k$61k61%3,93039 mi 61SUNY College at GeneseoGeneseo, New York$19,50066%1286$18k$67k71%3,86934 mi 62Skidmore CollegeSaratoga Springs, New York$19,50021%1405$32k$69k83%2,694124 mi 63Mercy UniversityDobbs Ferry, New York$19,63786%—$14k$52k46%5,735< 1 mi 64SUNY OneontaOneonta, New York$19,81270%1230$19k$60k69%4,64395 mi 65SUNY BrockportBrockport, New York$20,00071%1193$16k$54k55%5,78411 mi 66SUNY College of Technology at CantonCanton, New York$20,00092%—$15k$48k38%2,74131 mi 67Babson CollegeWellesley, Massachusetts$20,00017%1457$41k$124k93%2,72811 mi 68New York UniversityNew York, New York$20,5009%1520$37k$83k88%28,6631 mi 69Rowan UniversityGlassboro, New Jersey$20,50078%1212$22k$60k67%15,84112 mi 70Stockton UniversityGalloway, New Jersey$20,50089%1139$21k$58k69%7,5375 mi 71Rhode Island CollegeProvidence, Rhode Island$20,50092%990$9k$56k48%5,0494 mi 72Saint Peter's UniversityJersey City, New Jersey$20,50090%—$12k$58k58%2,1352 mi 73Lancaster Bible CollegeLancaster, Pennsylvania$20,50056%1180$25k$44k67%1,56937 mi 74State University of New York at OswegoOswego, New York$20,88081%1187$16k$58k60%5,4731 mi 75Chamberlain University-New JerseyNorth Brunswick, New Jersey$20,919100%—$38k$92k33%1,2268 mi 76University of VermontBurlington, Vermont$20,95165%1374$19k$62k79%11,74366 mi 77New Jersey Institute of TechnologyNewark, New Jersey$21,00065%1337$17k$84k73%9,0194 mi 78University of RochesterRochester, New York$21,00040%1488$29k$79k85%6,3319 mi 79Ramapo College of New JerseyMahwah, New Jersey$21,00071%1211$18k$68k70%4,89813 mi 80Lesley UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts$21,00097%—$31k$51k58%1,1224 mi 81SUNY Buffalo State UniversityBuffalo, New York$21,02873%1070$11k$52k33%5,0971 mi 82SUNY at Purchase CollegePurchase, New York$21,06774%1312$19k$45k63%3,1974 mi 83Southern New Hampshire UniversityManchester, New Hampshire$21,082100%—$37k$50k43%163,16433 mi 84State University of New York at PlattsburghPlattsburgh, New York$21,19678%1165$17k$56k59%3,76946 mi 85Rutgers University-New BrunswickNew Brunswick, New Jersey$21,50058%1410$24k$74k84%37,7519 mi 86University of ConnecticutStorrs, Connecticut$21,50052%1348$25k$74k83%19,83531 mi 87Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, New York$21,5004%1553$22k$102k96%8,973< 1 mi 88Rutgers University-NewarkNewark, New Jersey$21,50071%—$20k$74k64%7,7094 mi 89State University of New York at CortlandCortland, New York$21,50060%—$22k$60k68%5,90158 mi 90Rutgers University-CamdenCamden, New Jersey$21,50066%1178$19k$74k67%3,753< 1 mi 91University of Connecticut-StamfordStamford, Connecticut$21,50083%1094$17k$74k57%2,4322 mi 92University of Connecticut-Hartford CampusHartford, Connecticut$21,50088%1073$16k$74k65%1,52531 mi 93Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania$21,75012%1546$32k$115k94%7,304110 mi 94Georgian Court UniversityLakewood, New Jersey$21,81679%—$19k$53k54%1,1958 mi 95Lehigh UniversityBethlehem, Pennsylvania$21,96026%1440$37k$106k88%5,89845 mi 96University of Massachusetts-BostonBoston, Massachusetts$21,97484%1194$18k$66k49%11,512< 1 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.