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 more 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.

Larger Private Colleges in the Northeast

College	City	State	Full-time undergrads	Tuition
Trinity College	Hartford	CT	2,277	$36,870
University of New Haven	West Haven	CT	2,677	$26,396
Wesleyan University	Middletown	CT	3,026	$36,806
Sacred Heart University	Fairfield	CT	3,674	$27,150
Fairfield University	Fairfield	CT	4,292	$33,905
University of Hartford	West Hartford	CT	5,265	$26,996
Quinnipiac University	Hamden	CT	5,785	$28,720
Yale University	New Haven	CT	6,565	$34,530
Endicott College	Beverly	MA	2,037	$22,950
Williams College	Williamstown	MA	2,045	$35,670
Emmanuel College	Boston	MA	2,049	$26,250
Merrimack College	North Andover	MA	2,168	$27,040
Assumption College	Worcester	MA	2,252	$27,485
Mount Holyoke College	South Hadley	MA	2,292	$35,940
Stonehill College	Easton	MA	2,294	$28,440
Clark University	Worcester	MA	2,333	$32,865
Wellesley College	Wellesley	MA	2,507	$34,994
Curry College	Milton	MA	2,519	$25,755
Western New England College	Springfield	MA	2,622	$25,942
Smith College	Northampton	MA	2,651	$34,186
Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Worcester	MA	2,972	$34,830
College of the Holy Cross	Worcester	MA	3,004	$35,142
Emerson College	Boston	MA	3,366	$27,366
Springfield College	Springfield	MA	3,545	$24,075
Brandeis University	Waltham	MA	3,713	$35,702
Bentley College	Waltham	MA	4,051	$31,696
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Cambridge	MA	4,088	$34,986
Suffolk University	Boston	MA	4,572	$24,270
Tufts University	Medford	MA	4,659	$36,700
Boston College	Chestnut Hill	MA	9,702	$35,674
Harvard University	Cambridge	MA	10,027	$34,998
Northeastern University	Boston	MA	16,395	$31,899
Boston University	Boston	MA	20,619	$35,418
Saint Anselm College	Manchester	NH	2,082	$27,690
Franklin Pierce University	Rindge	NH	2,138	$26,516
Southern New Hampshire University	Manchester	NH	3,985	$23,346
Dartmouth College	Hanover	NH	4,141	$35,178
Fairleigh Dickinson University-College at Florham	Madison	NJ	2,512	$28,778
Monmouth University	West Long Branch	NJ	2,577	$23,034
Saint Peters College	Jersey City	NJ	2,809	$24,026
Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus	Teaneck	NJ	3,276	$25,636
Rider University	Lawrenceville	NJ	4,238	$26,230
Princeton University	Princeton	NJ	4,829	$33,000
Seton Hall University	South Orange	NJ	5,365	$27,850
Alfred University	Alfred	NY	2,006	$23,162
Nazareth College of Rochester	Rochester	NY	2,026	$22,834
Bard College	Annandale-On-Hudson	NY	2,085	$36,534
St Lawrence University	Canton	NY	2,134	$35,600
Utica College	Utica	NY	2,146	$24,584
Barnard College	New York	NY	2,270	$35,190
Vassar College	Poughkeepsie	NY	2,472	$38,115
Le Moyne College	Syracuse	NY	2,499	$23,760
Dowling College	Oakdale	NY	2,519	$17,452
Clarkson University	Potsdam	NY	2,561	$29,160
Molloy College	Rockville Centre	NY	2,585	$18,390
Saint John Fisher College	Rochester	NY	2,676	$21,930
Colgate University	Hamilton	NY	2,742	$37,660
Skidmore College	Saratoga Springs	NY	2,785	$36,860
Niagara University	Niagara University	NY	2,928	$22,300
The College of Saint Rose	Albany	NY	2,978	$20,620
Saint Josephs College-Suffolk Campus	Patchogue	NY	3,046	$14,520
Yeshiva University	New York	NY	3,058	$30,560
Siena College	Loudonville	NY	3,061	$22,685
Manhattan College	Bronx	NY	3,087	$22,840
Canisius College	Buffalo	NY	3,372	$26,427
Iona College	New Rochelle	NY	3,391	$24,724
Mercy College-Main Campus	Dobbs Ferry	NY	4,419	$14,170
Adelphi University	Garden City	NY	4,507	$23,000
Long Island University-C W Post Campus	Brookville	NY	4,721	$25,750
The College of New Rochelle	New Rochelle	NY	4,736	$23,700
Marist College	Poughkeepsie	NY	4,742	$24,040
New York Institute of Technology-Old Westbury	Old Westbury	NY	4,911	$21,498
Long Island University-Brooklyn Campus	Brooklyn	NY	4,917	$26,102
The New School	New York	NY	5,421	$31,940
University of Rochester	Rochester	NY	5,431	$35,190
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Troy	NY	5,699	$35,878
Ithaca College	Ithaca	NY	6,073	$28,670
Fordham University	Bronx	NY	7,275	$32,720
Pace University-New York	New York	NY	7,382	$30,158
Columbia University in the City of New York	New York	NY	7,624	$37,223
Hofstra University	Hempstead	NY	8,859	$26,730
Rochester Institute of Technology	Rochester	NY	9,931	$26,481
Touro College	New York	NY	10,351	$13,500
Syracuse University	Syracuse	NY	12,812	$31,686
St. John’s University-New York	Queens	NY	13,057	$26,890
Cornell University	Ithaca	NY	13,964	$34,781
New York University	New York	NY	22,484	$35,290
Susquehanna University	Selinsgrove	PA	2,011	$28,320
Allegheny College	Meadville	PA	2,025	$30,000
Arcadia University	Glenside	PA	2,029	$27,800
DeSales University	Center Valley	PA	2,033	$23,900
Wilkes University	Wilkes-Barre	PA	2,096	$24,080
Albright College	Reading	PA	2,146	$28,884
Keystone College	La Plume	PA	2,147	$18,340
Franklin and Marshall College	Lancaster	PA	2,160	$36,480
Neumann College	Aston	PA	2,162	$19,486
Elizabethtown College	Elizabethtown	PA	2,193	$29,000
Eastern University	Saint Davids	PA	2,248	$21,395
Lafayette College	Easton	PA	2,432	$33,811
Gannon University	Erie	PA	2,484	$21,976
Grove City College	Grove City	PA	2,542	$11,500
Dickinson College	Carlisle	PA	2,576	$35,784
Philadelphia University	Philadelphia	PA	2,647	$25,556
Gettysburg College	Gettysburg	PA	2,710	$35,770
Muhlenberg College	Allentown	PA	2,760	$33,090
Widener University-Main Campus	Chester	PA	2,771	$28,630
Point Park University	Pittsburgh	PA	2,771	$18,990
Messiah College	Grantham	PA	2,899	$24,420
Bucknell University	Lewisburg	PA	3,536	$38,134
Robert Morris University	Moon Township	PA	3,625	$17,900
La Salle University	Philadelphia	PA	3,878	$29,400
University of Scranton	Scranton	PA	4,240	$28,758
Mercyhurst College	Erie	PA	4,248	$21,876
Saint Joseph’s University	Philadelphia	PA	4,362	$30,985
York College Pennsylvania	York	PA	4,815	$12,750
Lehigh University	Bethlehem	PA	4,952	$35,610
Carnegie Mellon University	Pittsburgh	PA	5,547	$37,354
Duquesne University	Pittsburgh	PA	5,709	$23,950
Villanova University	Villanova	PA	9,540	$34,900
University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	PA	13,825	$35,916
Drexel University	Philadelphia	PA	14,332	$29,065
Salve Regina University	Newport	RI	2,166	$26,950
Bryant University	Smithfield	RI	3,271	$27,639
Roger Williams University	Bristol	RI	3,881	$25,942
Providence College	Providence	RI	4,280	$29,499
Brown University	Providence	RI	5,770	$36,342
Johnson & Wales University	Providence	RI	9,404	$21,717
Saint Michaels College	Colchester	VT	2,055	$29,945
Champlain College	Burlington	VT	2,322	$22,550