Eastern Public Colleges

There are 235 public colleges and universities in the East enrolling 1,657,090 students. Explore the list below to find the public college match for you. Public college tend to be larger in size and more affordable than private schools when attended by students with East state residency. The  East is home to popular public schools like Penn State Main Campus, Stony Brook University and Binghamton University.

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East Public 4 Year 2 Year

  • Public 4 Year
  • Plymouth, NH
  • | 0 reviews
  • Apr 1 application deadline

Plymouth State is a public university known for undergraduate meteorology, education, and adventure education. The campus sits in a small college town near New Hampshire's White Mountains.

0/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range -
  • Avg GPA 3.08
  • Acceptance Rate 88%
  • Net Price $20,183

  • Public 2 Year
  • Brooklyn, NY
  • | 0 reviews

Kingsborough is a CUNY community college known for nursing, liberal arts, and maritime technology. The campus sits on a waterfront peninsula in Brooklyn's Manhattan Beach neighborhood.

  • SAT Range -
  • Avg GPA NA
  • Acceptance Rate 100%
  • Net Price $6,281

  • Public 4 Year
  • Throggs Neck, NY
  • 5.0 | 1 reviews
  • Jan 31 application deadline

SUNY Maritime is a public maritime college known for undergraduate marine transportation, marine engineering, and naval architecture. The waterfront campus occupies historic Fort Schuyler on the Throggs Neck peninsula in the Bronx.

#17 Best Public Universities in New York 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1123-1288
  • Avg GPA 3.4
  • Acceptance Rate 72%
  • Net Price $20,312

  • Public 4 Year
  • Jamaica, NY
  • 5.0 | 1 reviews
  • Feb 1 application deadline

York College is a public CUNY college known for undergraduate nursing, health professions, and aviation. The urban campus sits in Jamaica, Queens.

#31 Best Public Universities in New York 5/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 790-960
  • Predicted Avg GPA 3.15
  • Acceptance Rate 64%
  • Net Price $5,131
Bucks County Community College Campus
 

  • Public 2 Year
  • Newtown, PA
  • | 0 reviews

Bucks County Community College is a public community college known for associate degrees and transfer programs. The suburban main campus is located in Newtown in Bucks County.

  • SAT Range -
  • Avg GPA NA
  • Acceptance Rate 100%
  • Net Price $5,176

  • Public 4 Year
  • Danbury, CT
  • | 0 reviews

Western Connecticut State is a public university known for undergraduate education, nursing, and the visual and performing arts. Students take classes across Midtown and Westside campuses in Danbury.

#5 Best Public Universities in Connecticut 5/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1040-1170
  • Avg GPA 3.38
  • Acceptance Rate 87%
  • Net Price $17,185
Middlesex Community College Campus
 

  • Public 2 Year
  • Bedford, MA
  • | 0 reviews

Middlesex Community College is a public community college known for undergraduate nursing and health sciences. The college operates suburban campuses in Bedford and Lowell northwest of Boston.

  • SAT Range -
  • Avg GPA NA
  • Acceptance Rate 100%
  • Net Price $2,430

  • Public 2 Year
  • Blackwood, NJ
  • | 0 reviews
  • Aug 31 application deadline

Camden County College is a public community college known for associate programs in nursing and health sciences. The suburban Blackwood campus serves students from across southern New Jersey.

  • SAT Range -
  • Avg GPA NA
  • Acceptance Rate 100%
  • Net Price $5,779

  • Public 4 Year
  • Willimantic, CT
  • | 0 reviews

Eastern is a public liberal arts university known for undergraduate education and environmental earth science. The residential campus sits in the small town of Willimantic in eastern Connecticut.

#4 Best Public Universities in Connecticut 6/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1070-1260
  • Avg GPA 3.4
  • Acceptance Rate 83%
  • Net Price $21,512

  • Public 4 Year
  • Brooklyn, NY
  • 5.0 | 1 reviews
  • Sep 1 application deadline

City Tech is a public CUNY college of technology known for undergraduate architecture, engineering technology, and hospitality management. The urban campus is in Downtown Brooklyn.

#33 Best Public Universities in New York 4/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 900-1140
  • Avg GPA NA
  • Acceptance Rate 80%
  • Net Price $5,794
UCNJ Union College of Union County, New Jersey Campus
 

  • Public 2 Year
  • Cranford, NJ
  • | 0 reviews

UCNJ is a public community college known for undergraduate nursing and allied health programs. The main campus is in suburban Cranford, with additional sites across Union County.

  • SAT Range -
  • Avg GPA NA
  • Acceptance Rate 100%
  • Net Price $6,798
Harrisburg Area Community College Campus
 

  • Public 2 Year
  • Harrisburg, PA
  • 5.0 | 1 reviews

HACC is a community college known for associate degree programs in nursing, allied health, and business. Most students commute to the Harrisburg campus and other locations across central Pennsylvania.

  • SAT Range -
  • Avg GPA NA
  • Acceptance Rate 100%
  • Net Price $12,059
SUNY Old Westbury Campus
 

  • Public 4 Year
  • Old Westbury, NY
  • | 0 reviews

SUNY Old Westbury is a public university known for undergraduate business, teacher education, and the biological sciences. The suburban Long Island campus occupies wooded grounds of a former estate in Nassau County.

#29 Best Public Universities in New York 5/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1010-1206
  • Avg GPA 3.1
  • Acceptance Rate 84%
  • Net Price $10,944

  • Public 4 Year
  • Indiana, PA
  • | 0 reviews

IUP is a public university known for undergraduate criminology, education, and safety sciences. Students live on a residential campus in the small college town of Indiana in western Pennsylvania.

#18 Best Public Universities in Pennsylvania 4/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 970-1180
  • Avg GPA 3.39
  • Acceptance Rate 91%
  • Net Price $17,626
Brookdale Community College Campus
 

  • Public 2 Year
  • Lincroft, NJ
  • | 0 reviews

Brookdale is a public community college known for undergraduate nursing, business, and transfer-oriented liberal arts programs. Most students commute to the suburban main campus in Lincroft.

  • SAT Range -
  • Avg GPA NA
  • Acceptance Rate 100%
  • Net Price $11,100

  • Public 4 Year
  • Syracuse, NY
  • | 0 reviews
  • Feb 1 application deadline

ESF is a specialized public college known for undergraduate environmental science, forestry, and landscape architecture. The campus adjoins Syracuse University in Syracuse.

#7 Best Public Universities in New York 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1130-1300
  • Avg GPA 3.7
  • Acceptance Rate 63%
  • Net Price $19,814

  • Public 4 Year
  • Canton, NY
  • | 0 reviews

SUNY Canton is a public college of technology known for undergraduate nursing, engineering technology, and veterinary science technology. The residential campus sits in the small college town of Canton in northern New York.

#35 Best Public Universities in New York 4/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1000-1160
  • Avg GPA 3.0
  • Acceptance Rate 92%
  • Net Price $14,754

  • Public 4 Year
  • Media, PA
  • | 0 reviews

Penn State Brandywine is a public university campus known for undergraduate business, information sciences and technology, and biology. The suburban campus is located near Philadelphia in Media.

#16 Best Public Universities in Pennsylvania 4/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1080-1310
  • Avg GPA NA
  • Acceptance Rate 98%
  • Net Price $22,710