Best Eastern Colleges
There are 284 ranked four-year colleges in the East, evaluated with the same methodology used for our national rankings. Only nonprofit, selective four-year schools are included.
Leading our 2027 rankings is Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey, topping our list in the East. The top rated public university is University at Buffalo. Also highly ranked: Harvard University, Yale University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Compare tuition, acceptance rates, and enrollment across the colleges below. See how rankings are calculated on our methodology page. Explore the regional list below or browse individual states.
Johnson & Wales University Providence
- Private 4 Year
- Providence, RI
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Johnson & Wales is a private university known for undergraduate culinary arts, hospitality management, and business. The urban campus sits in downtown Providence.
- SAT Range 890-1160
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 88%
- Net Price $32,057
University of Southern Maine
- Public 4 Year
- Portland, ME
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USM is a public university known for undergraduate nursing, education, and business. Students split time between an urban Portland campus and a residential campus in nearby Gorham.
- SAT Range 990-1250
- Avg GPA 3.33
- Acceptance Rate 79%
- Net Price $14,028
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
- Public 4 Year
- Slippery Rock, PA
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Slippery Rock is a public university known for undergraduate education, physical therapy, and exercise science. The residential campus sits in a small college town in western Pennsylvania.
- SAT Range 980-1190
- Avg GPA 3.5
- Acceptance Rate 71%
- Net Price $18,252
Franklin Pierce University
- Private 4 Year
- Rindge, NH
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Franklin Pierce is a private university known for undergraduate nursing, health sciences, and sports management. The rural campus sits near Mount Monadnock and Pearly Pond in southwestern New Hampshire.
- SAT Range 1057-1282
- Avg GPA 2.97
- Acceptance Rate 93%
- Net Price $26,152
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
- Public 4 Year
- Shippensburg, PA
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Shippensburg is a public university known for undergraduate education, business, and criminal justice. The residential campus sits in a small college town in south-central Pennsylvania's Cumberland Valley.
- SAT Range 990-1210
- Avg GPA 3.23
- Acceptance Rate 87%
- Net Price $23,772
Penn State Berks
- Public 4 Year
- Reading, PA
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4.0 | 1 reviews
Penn State Berks is a small public campus of Penn State known for undergraduate business, engineering, and information sciences. The suburban campus is located just outside Reading.
- SAT Range 1090-1275
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.39
- Acceptance Rate 99%
- Net Price $23,721
Lancaster Bible College
- Private 4 Year
- Lancaster, PA
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1.0 | 1 reviews
Lancaster Bible College is a private Bible college known for undergraduate biblical studies, ministry, and Christian education. The suburban campus sits in Lancaster County and pairs Bible coursework with professional majors.
- SAT Range 1070-1280
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.31
- Acceptance Rate 56%
- Net Price $25,940
SUNY Old Westbury
- Public 4 Year
- Old Westbury, NY
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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.
- SAT Range 1010-1206
- Avg GPA 3.1
- Acceptance Rate 84%
- Net Price $10,944
Millersville University of Pennsylvania
- Public 4 Year
- Millersville, PA
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Millersville is a public university known for undergraduate education and meteorology. The campus sits in a small college town near Lancaster in southeastern Pennsylvania.
- SAT Range 1020-1210
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.21
- Acceptance Rate 86%
- Net Price $20,551
University of Maine at Farmington
- Public 4 Year
- Farmington, ME
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University of Maine at Farmington is a small public liberal arts college known for undergraduate teacher education and creative writing. The residential campus is set in the western Maine college town of Farmington.
- SAT Range 995-1245
- Avg GPA 3.15
- Acceptance Rate 97%
- Net Price $17,451
Carlow University
- Private 4 Year
- Pittsburgh, PA
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3.0 | 3 reviews
Carlow is a private Catholic university known for undergraduate nursing, health sciences, and education. The compact urban campus sits in Pittsburgh's Oakland neighborhood.
- SAT Range 960-1168
- Avg GPA 3.6
- Acceptance Rate 87%
- Net Price $21,002
Seton Hill University
- Private 4 Year
- Greensburg, PA
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- Aug 15 application deadline
Seton Hill is a private Catholic university known for undergraduate performing arts, education, and business. The campus is in Greensburg, a small city east of Pittsburgh.
- SAT Range 1020-1240
- Avg GPA 3.74
- Acceptance Rate 80%
- Net Price $23,056
Saint Joseph's College of Maine
- Private 4 Year
- Standish, ME
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A private Catholic college known for undergraduate nursing and health sciences. The campus sits on the shores of Sebago Lake in a rural Maine setting.
- SAT Range 960-1150
- Avg GPA 3.0
- Acceptance Rate 84%
- Net Price $28,217
Kean University
- Public 4 Year
- Union, NJ
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4.1 | 7 reviews
- Aug 15 application deadline
Kean is a public university known for undergraduate teacher education, nursing, and design. The suburban campus in Union sits near New York City.
- SAT Range 930-1150
- Avg GPA 3.2
- Acceptance Rate 76%
- Net Price $12,708
La Roche University
- Private 4 Year
- Pittsburgh, PA
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- Aug 1 application deadline
La Roche is a private Catholic university known for undergraduate nursing and design. The suburban campus sits in Pittsburgh's North Hills.
- SAT Range 940-1200
- Avg GPA 3.2
- Acceptance Rate 76%
- Net Price $24,108
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
- Public 4 Year
- Kutztown, PA
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Kutztown is a public university known for undergraduate education, communication design, and the visual arts. The campus sits in a small college town in eastern Pennsylvania.
- SAT Range 1120-1310
- Avg GPA 3.31
- Acceptance Rate 91%
- Net Price $22,134
SUNY Morrisville
- Public 4 Year
- Morrisville, NY
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- Aug 15 application deadline
SUNY Morrisville is a public college known for undergraduate agriculture, equine studies, and applied technology. The rural campus is set in the village of Morrisville in central New York.
- SAT Range 990-1230
- Avg GPA 2.7
- Acceptance Rate 92%
- Net Price $15,960
Point Park University
- Private 4 Year
- Pittsburgh, PA
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3.0 | 2 reviews
Point Park is a private university known for undergraduate dance, theater, and cinema. The urban campus sits in downtown Pittsburgh near the city's Cultural District.
- SAT Range 1035-1240
- Avg GPA 3.47
- Acceptance Rate 97%
- Net Price $26,502