Smaller Private Colleges in the Northeast
More than half of all college freshmen are enrolled at a college within 100 miles of their permanent home. Only a small fraction venture further than 500 miles from home for college.
But knowing which colleges are in your region is important for several reasons. First, because of their location, these colleges provide you a good opportunity to visit the campus. Even if you move far away for college, seeing what is available nearby will help you decide which type of college fits you best. Also, colleges nearby may have state-funded merit aid programs that extend across state lines. So you may be able to pay in-state tuition for a college that is located across state lines.
These are the private colleges and universities with fewer than 2,000 full-time undergrads located in the Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont. Tuition listed is for one full academic year, based on 2007 data.
Smaller Private Colleges in the Northeast
| College | City | State | Full-time undergrads | Tuition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Joseph College | West Hartford | CT | 868 | $24,690 |
| University of Bridgeport | Bridgeport | CT | 1,428 | $22,860 |
| Albertus Magnus College | New Haven | CT | 1,616 | $21,114 |
| Cambridge College | Cambridge | MA | 320 | $12,530 |
| Pine Manor College | Chestnut Hill | MA | 505 | $17,750 |
| Atlantic Union College | South Lancaster | MA | 522 | $16,080 |
| Eastern Nazarene College | Quincy | MA | 614 | $20,788 |
| Anna Maria College | Paxton | MA | 748 | $24,617 |
| Wheelock College | Boston | MA | 793 | $26,080 |
| College of Our Lady of the Elms | Chicopee | MA | 845 | $23,380 |
| Regis College | Weston | MA | 902 | $25,990 |
| Newbury College-Brookline | Brookline | MA | 1,063 | $20,000 |
| Bay Path College | Longmeadow | MA | 1,134 | $22,073 |
| Lasell College | Newton | MA | 1,214 | $21,850 |
| American International College | Springfield | MA | 1,266 | $22,500 |
| Mount Ida College | Newton | MA | 1,328 | $21,330 |
| Becker College | Worcester | MA | 1,368 | $23,725 |
| Hampshire College | Amherst | MA | 1,402 | $36,545 |
| Lesley University | Cambridge | MA | 1,414 | $25,750 |
| Gordon College | Wenham | MA | 1,498 | $25,748 |
| Simmons College | Boston | MA | 1,533 | $28,302 |
| Wheaton College | Norton | MA | 1,595 | $36,690 |
| Amherst College | Amherst | MA | 1,639 | $36,232 |
| College of the Atlantic | Bar Harbor | ME | 296 | $29,970 |
| Unity College | Unity | ME | 562 | $19,595 |
| Thomas College | Waterville | ME | 641 | $18,710 |
| Saint Joseph’s College of Maine | Standish | ME | 1,376 | $23,300 |
| Bowdoin College | Brunswick | ME | 1,714 | $36,370 |
| Husson College | Bangor | ME | 1,749 | $11,970 |
| University of New England | Biddeford | ME | 1,861 | $25,605 |
| Thomas More College of Liberal Arts | Merrimack | NH | 92 | $12,250 |
| Daniel Webster College | Nashua | NH | 852 | $25,741 |
| Colby-Sawyer College | New London | NH | 883 | $28,010 |
| New England College | Henniker | NH | 1,030 | $25,100 |
| Rivier College | Nashua | NH | 1,210 | $22,160 |
| College of Saint Elizabeth | Morristown | NJ | 920 | $22,547 |
| Caldwell College | Caldwell | NJ | 1,167 | $22,000 |
| Felician College | Lodi | NJ | 1,363 | $21,700 |
| Georgian Court University | Lakewood | NJ | 1,623 | $22,078 |
| Drew University | Madison | NJ | 1,671 | $34,790 |
| Centenary College | Hackettstown | NJ | 1,805 | $23,950 |
| Bloomfield College | Bloomfield | NJ | 1,912 | $18,000 |
| Stevens Institute of Technology | Hoboken | NJ | 1,965 | $35,100 |
| Wells College | Aurora | NY | 452 | $17,810 |
| Marymount College of Fordham University | Tarrytown | NY | 471 | $15,226 |
| Russell Sage College | Troy | NY | 671 | $25,790 |
| Concordia College | Bronxville | NY | 726 | $22,450 |
| Sage College of Albany | Albany | NY | 755 | $18,440 |
| Metropolitan College of New York | New York | NY | 758 | $16,720 |
| Hilbert College | Hamburg | NY | 797 | $16,600 |
| Saint Josephs College-Main Campus | Brooklyn | NY | 832 | $14,520 |
| Cazenovia College | Cazenovia | NY | 855 | $21,500 |
| Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art | New York | NY | 926 | $33,050 |
| St Francis College | Heights | NY | 1,119 | $14,920 |
| Keuka College | Keuka Park | NY | 1,188 | $20,550 |
| Roberts Wesleyan College | Rochester | NY | 1,216 | $21,352 |
| Sarah Lawrence College | Bronxville | NY | 1,314 | $38,090 |
| Dominican College of Blauvelt | Orangeburg | NY | 1,346 | $19,510 |
| College of Mount Saint Vincent | Bronx | NY | 1,370 | $22,750 |
| D’Youville College | Buffalo | NY | 1,409 | $17,800 |
| Houghton College | Houghton | NY | 1,415 | $21,620 |
| Daemen College | Amherst | NY | 1,422 | $18,750 |
| Elmira College | Elmira | NY | 1,465 | $31,700 |
| Saint Thomas Aquinas College | Sparkill | NY | 1,475 | $18,900 |
| Hartwick College | Oneonta | NY | 1,483 | $31,035 |
| Medaille College | Buffalo | NY | 1,536 | ,$16,590 |
| Polytechnic University | Brooklyn | NY | 1,582 | $30,972 |
| New York Institute of Technology-Manhattan Campus | New York | NY | 1,641 | $21,498 |
| Marymount Manhattan College | New York | NY | 1,668 | $20,600 |
| Nyack College | Nyack | NY | 1,766 | $15,950 |
| Hamilton College | Clinton | NY | 1,793 | $36,860 |
| Mount Saint Mary College | Newburgh | NY | 1,848 | $19,520 |
| Manhattanville College | Purchase | NY | 1,890 | $29,680 |
| Hobart William Smith Colleges | Geneva | NY | 1,899 | $36,718 |
| Wagner College | Staten Island | NY | 1,910 | $29,500 |
| Saint Bonaventure University | Saint Bonaventure | NY | 1,935 | $23,605 |
| Bryn Athyn College of the New Church | Bryn Athyn | PA | 119 | $10,114 |
| Rosemont College | Rosemont | PA | 563 | $22,535 |
| Wilson College | Chambersburg | PA | 608 | $23,770 |
| Chatham University | Pittsburgh | PA | 738 | $25,816 |
| Valley Forge Christian College | Phoenixville | PA | 836 | $12,600 |
| Philadelphia Biblical University-Langhorne | Langhorne | PA | 966 | $16,730 |
| Haverford College | Haverford | PA | 1,225 | $35,390 |
| Thiel College | Greenville | PA | 1,270 | $20,024 |
| Chestnut Hill College | Philadelphia | PA | 1,277 | $24,900 |
| La Roche College | Pittsburgh | PA | 1,307 | $19,252 |
| Bryn Mawr College | Bryn Mawr | PA | 1,323 | $34,650 |
| Saint Francis University | Loretto | PA | 1,371 | $23,494 |
| Seton Hill University | Greensburg | PA | 1,394 | $25,006 |
| Carlow University | Pittsburgh | PA | 1,397 | $19,514 |
| Lycoming College | Pittsburgh | PA | 1,409 | $26,749 |
| Juniata College | Huntingdon | PA | 1,429 | $28,920 |
| Swarthmore College | Swarthmore | PA | 1,465 | $34,884 |
| Peirce College | Philadelphia | PA | 1,482 | $13,750 |
| Washington & Jefferson College | Washington | PA | 1,506 | $29,532 |
| Westminster College | New Wilmington | 1,524 | $25,530 | |
| Cedar Crest College | Allentown | PA | 1,525 | $25,340 |
| Ursinus College | Collegeville | PA | 1,575 | $35,160 |
| Waynesburg University | Waynesburg | PA | 1,589 | $16,420 |
| Saint Vincent College | Latrobe | PA | 1,620 | $24,106 |
| Geneva College | Beaver Falls | PA | 1,665 | $19,430 |
| Lebanon Valley College | Annville | PA | 1,676 | $27,800 |
| Holy Family University | Philadelphia | PA | 1,771 | $20,300 |
| Gwynedd Mercy College | Gwynedd Valley | PA | 1,775 | $21,025 |
| Cabrini College | Radnor | PA | 1,778 | $28,030 |
| Marywood University | Scranton | PA | 1,843 | $24,090 |
| Misericordia University | Dallas | PA | 1,851 | $21,950 |
| Delaware Valley College | Doylestown | PA | 1,899 | $24,410 |
| Alvernia College | Reading | PA | 1,943 | $21,614 |
| King’s College | Wilkes Barre | PA | 1,956 | $23,450 |
| Immaculata University | Immaculata | PA | 1,980 | $22,650 |
| Woodbury College | Montpelier | VT | 82 | $16,050 |
| Burlington College | Burlington | VT | 134 | $18,350 |
| Goddard College | Plainfield | VT | 138 | $11,606 |
| Marlboro College | Marlboro | VT | 342 | $30,680 |
| Southern Vermont College | Bennington | VT | 352 | $16,800 |
| College of St Joseph | Rutland | VT | 465 | $15,760 |
| Bennington College | Bennington | VT | 505 | $36,800 |
| Green Mountain College | Poultney | VT | 714 | $24,565 |
| Norwich University | Northfield | VT | 1,795 | $24,430 |