Regional College North Rankings

Regional College North Methodology

These colleges focus on undergraduate education but grant fewer than half their degrees in liberal arts disciplines. Regional Colleges include Cooper Union, Florida Southern College, Ohio Northern University, and Carroll College.

These rankings are split into 4 regions: North, South, Midwest, and West.

U.S. News rank	School	Tuition	Total enrollment	Fall 2011 acceptance rate	Average freshman retention rate	6-year graduation rate	Classes with under 20 students	SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile
#11	Bard College at Simon's Rock Great Barrington, MA	$44,915	350	87.2%	75% ⁸	28 ⁸	Locked	Locked
#46	Bay State College ¹ Boston, MA	N/A	N/A	76.0%	75% ⁸	N/A	Locked	Locked
Rank Not Published	Becker College Worcester, MA	$29,540	1,784	72.5%	64% ⁸	30 ⁶	Locked	Locked
Unranked	Boricua College New York, NY	$10,000	1,296	76.5%	N/A	19 ⁶	Locked	Locked
Unranked	Briarcliffe College ¹ Bethpage, NY	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	25 ⁶	Locked	Locked
Rank Not Published	CUNY–Medgar Evers College Brooklyn, NY	N/A	6,966	100.0%	59% ⁸	13 ⁶	Locked	Locked
Rank Not Published	CUNY–New York City College of Technology Brooklyn, NY	in-state: $5,769, out-of-state: $14,889	15,961	87.2%	77%	21 ⁶	Locked	Locked
Rank Not Published	CUNY–York College Jamaica, NY	in-state: $5,496, out-of-state: $11,406	8,242	51.4%	74%	22 ⁶	Locked	Locked
#20	Cazenovia College Cazenovia, NY	$28,022	1,043	70.5%	68%	43 ⁶	Locked	Locked
#16	Cedar Crest College Allentown, PA	$31,596	1,620	62.3%	75%	56	Locked	Locked
Unranked	Central Penn College Summerdale, PA	N/A	1,462	42.3%	53%	56 ⁶	Locked	Locked
#15	Champlain College Burlington, VT	$29,865	3,084	84.6%	74%	62 ⁶	Locked	Locked
#17	Colby-Sawyer College ¹ New London, NH	N/A	N/A	82.9%	72% ⁸	62 ⁶	Locked	Locked
#23	College of Our Lady of the Elms ¹ Chicopee, MA	$29,112	N/A	83.1%	84% ⁸	71 ⁶	Locked	Locked
#29	Concordia College Bronxville, NY	N/A	825	69.5%	70%	44 ⁶	Locked	Locked
#1	Cooper Union New York, NY	$40,250	988	7.7%	94%	84 ⁶	Locked	Locked
Rank Not Published	Daniel Webster College ¹ Nashua, NH	N/A	N/A	66.0%	63% ⁸	43 ⁶	Locked	Locked
#36	Dean College Franklin, MA	$31,950	1,408	69.1%	73%	45 ⁶	Locked	Locked
#20	Delaware Valley College Doylestown, PA	$31,746	2,253	73.6%	74%	52	Locked	Locked
#4	Elizabethtown College Elizabethtown, PA	$36,550	2,389	65.8%	85%	76 ⁶	Locked	Locked
#7	Elmira College Elmira, NY	$38,150	1,530	75.5%	73% ⁸	62	Locked	Locked
#31	Farmingdale State College–SUNY Farmingdale, NY	in-state: $6,793, out-of-state: $16,403	7,633	46.0%	81%	36	Locked	Locked
Rank Not Published	Fisher College Boston, MA	$26,775	1,812	61.4%	67% ⁸	25 ⁶	Locked	Locked
Rank Not Published	Five Towns College Dix Hills, NY	N/A	1,041	61.2%	N/A	43 ⁶	Locked	Locked
#20	Geneva College Beaver Falls, PA	N/A	1,705	78.8%	76%	61 ⁶	Locked	Locked
Unranked	Hesser College ¹ Manchester, NH	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	14 ⁶	Locked	Locked
#43	Hilbert College ¹ Hamburg, NY	N/A	N/A	69.1%	68% ⁸	52 ⁶	Locked	Locked
#44	Keystone College La Plume, PA	$20,400	1,752	92.8%	65%	44 ⁶	Locked	Locked
#29	La Roche College Pittsburgh, PA	$24,058	1,419	51.4%	67%	55 ⁶	Locked	Locked
#25	Lasell College Newton, MA	$29,000	1,752	74.1%	69%	47	Locked	Locked
#6	Lebanon Valley College Annville, PA	$34,470	2,102	67.5%	84%	73 ⁶	Locked	Locked
Rank Not Published	Lyndon State College ¹ Lyndonville, VT	N/A	N/A	98.7%	61% ⁸	34 ⁶	Locked	Locked
#8	Maine Maritime Academy Castine, ME	in-state: $15,925, out-of-state: $21,525	943	64.0%	80%	62 ⁶	Locked	Locked
#8	Massachusetts Maritime Academy Buzzards Bay, MA	N/A	1,368	62.8%	85%	63 ⁶	Locked	Locked
#10	Merrimack College North Andover, MA	$33,920	2,453	87.9%	78%	68 ⁶	Locked	Locked
#4	Messiah College Mechanicsburg, PA	$29,460	2,976	64.4%	85%	77 ⁶	Locked	Locked
Unranked	Mitchell College ¹ New London, CT	N/A	N/A	N/A	66% ⁸	29 ⁶	Locked	Locked
Rank Not Published	Morrisville State College Morrisville, NY	N/A	3,229	61.1%	52%	42 ⁶	Locked	Locked
#39	Mount Aloysius College Cresson, PA	$19,520	1,692	75.9%	61%	35	Locked	Locked
#41	Mount Ida College Newton, MA	$26,929	1,434	75.0%	61%	37 ⁶	Locked	Locked
Unranked	New England Institute of Technology East Greenwich, RI	N/A	2,933	N/A	N/A	N/A	Locked	Locked
Unranked	Newbury College ¹ Brookline, MA	$27,850	N/A	N/A	N/A	45 ⁶	Locked	Locked
#37	Nichols College Dudley, MA	$31,740	1,547	73.9%	67% ⁸	44 ⁶	Locked	Locked
#41	Paul Smith's College ¹ Paul Smiths, NY	$26,808	N/A	78.5% ⁴	62% ⁸	38 ⁶	Locked	Locked
Unranked	Peirce College Philadelphia, PA	N/A	2,276	N/A	87% ⁸	53	Locked	Locked
#33	Pennsylvania College of Technology Williamsport, PA	N/A	5,976	92.0%	67%	42 ⁶	Locked	Locked
Unranked	Plaza College Jackson Heights, NY	N/A	751	37.4%	N/A	N/A	Locked	Locked
Rank Not Published	Post University Waterbury, CT	$27,450	5,634	68.8%	57%	30 ⁶	Locked	Locked
#38	SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology–Cobleskill Cobleskill, NY	N/A	2,532	92.0%	76%	41 ⁶	Locked	Locked
#23	SUNY College of Technology–Alfred Alfred, NY	in-state: $6,874, out-of-state: $16,124	3,617	54.9%	74%	52 ⁶	Locked	Locked

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U.S. News rank

School

Tuition

Total enrollment

Fall 2011 acceptance rate

Average freshman retention rate

6-year graduation rate

Classes with under 20 students

SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile

#11

Bard College at Simon's Rock

Great Barrington, MA

$44,915

350

87.2%

75% ⁸

28 ⁸

Locked

#46

Bay State College ¹

Boston, MA

N/A

76.0%

75% ⁸

N/A

Locked

Rank Not Published

Becker College

Worcester, MA

$29,540

1,784

72.5%

64% ⁸

30 ⁶

Locked

Unranked

Boricua College

New York, NY

$10,000

1,296

76.5%

N/A

19 ⁶

Locked

Unranked

Briarcliffe College ¹

Bethpage, NY

N/A

25 ⁶

Locked

Rank Not Published

CUNY–Medgar Evers College

Brooklyn, NY

N/A

6,966

100.0%

59% ⁸

13 ⁶

Locked

Rank Not Published

CUNY–New York City College of Technology

Brooklyn, NY

in-state: $5,769, out-of-state: $14,889

15,961

87.2%

77%

21 ⁶

Locked

Rank Not Published

CUNY–York College

Jamaica, NY

in-state: $5,496, out-of-state: $11,406

8,242

51.4%

74%

22 ⁶

Locked

#20

Cazenovia College

Cazenovia, NY

$28,022

1,043

70.5%

68%

43 ⁶

Locked

#16

Cedar Crest College

Allentown, PA

$31,596

1,620

62.3%

75%

Locked

Unranked

Central Penn College

Summerdale, PA

N/A

1,462

42.3%

53%

56 ⁶

Locked

#15

Champlain College

Burlington, VT

$29,865

3,084

84.6%

74%

62 ⁶

Locked

#17

Colby-Sawyer College ¹

New London, NH

N/A

82.9%

72% ⁸

62 ⁶

Locked

#23

College of Our Lady of the Elms ¹

Chicopee, MA

$29,112

N/A

83.1%

84% ⁸

71 ⁶

Locked

#29

Concordia College

Bronxville, NY

N/A

825

69.5%

70%

44 ⁶

Locked

Cooper Union

New York, NY

$40,250

988

7.7%

94%

84 ⁶

Locked

Rank Not Published

Daniel Webster College ¹

Nashua, NH

N/A

66.0%

63% ⁸

43 ⁶

Locked

#36

Dean College

Franklin, MA

$31,950

1,408

69.1%

73%

45 ⁶

Locked

#20

Delaware Valley College

Doylestown, PA

$31,746

2,253

73.6%

74%

Locked

Elizabethtown College

Elizabethtown, PA

$36,550

2,389

65.8%

85%

76 ⁶

Locked

Elmira College

Elmira, NY

$38,150

1,530

75.5%

73% ⁸

Locked

#31

Farmingdale State College–SUNY

Farmingdale, NY

in-state: $6,793, out-of-state: $16,403

7,633

46.0%

81%

Locked

Rank Not Published

Fisher College

Boston, MA

$26,775

1,812

61.4%

67% ⁸

25 ⁶

Locked

Rank Not Published

Five Towns College

Dix Hills, NY

N/A

1,041

61.2%

N/A

43 ⁶

Locked

#20

Geneva College

Beaver Falls, PA

N/A

1,705

78.8%

76%

61 ⁶

Locked

Unranked

Hesser College ¹

Manchester, NH

N/A

14 ⁶

Locked

#43

Hilbert College ¹

Hamburg, NY

N/A

69.1%

68% ⁸

52 ⁶

Locked

#44

Keystone College

La Plume, PA

$20,400

1,752

92.8%

65%

44 ⁶

Locked

#29

La Roche College

Pittsburgh, PA

$24,058

1,419

51.4%

67%

55 ⁶

Locked

#25

Lasell College

Newton, MA

$29,000

1,752

74.1%

69%

Locked

Lebanon Valley College

Annville, PA

$34,470

2,102

67.5%

84%

73 ⁶

Locked

Rank Not Published

Lyndon State College ¹

Lyndonville, VT

N/A

98.7%

61% ⁸

34 ⁶

Locked

Maine Maritime Academy

Castine, ME

in-state: $15,925, out-of-state: $21,525

943

64.0%

80%

62 ⁶

Locked

Massachusetts Maritime Academy

Buzzards Bay, MA

N/A

1,368

62.8%

85%

63 ⁶

Locked

#10

Merrimack College

North Andover, MA

$33,920

2,453

87.9%

78%

68 ⁶

Locked

Messiah College

Mechanicsburg, PA

$29,460

2,976

64.4%

85%

77 ⁶

Locked

Unranked

Mitchell College ¹

New London, CT

N/A

66% ⁸

29 ⁶

Locked

Rank Not Published

Morrisville State College

Morrisville, NY

N/A

3,229

61.1%

52%

42 ⁶

Locked

#39

Mount Aloysius College

Cresson, PA

$19,520

1,692

75.9%

61%

Locked

#41

Mount Ida College

Newton, MA

$26,929

1,434

75.0%

61%

37 ⁶

Locked

Unranked

New England Institute of Technology

East Greenwich, RI

N/A

2,933

N/A

Locked

Unranked

Newbury College ¹

Brookline, MA

$27,850

N/A

45 ⁶

Locked

#37

Nichols College

Dudley, MA

$31,740

1,547

73.9%

67% ⁸

44 ⁶

Locked

#41

Paul Smith's College ¹

Paul Smiths, NY

$26,808

N/A

78.5% ⁴

62% ⁸

38 ⁶

Locked

Unranked

Peirce College

Philadelphia, PA

N/A

2,276

N/A

87% ⁸

Locked

#33

Pennsylvania College of Technology

Williamsport, PA

N/A

5,976

92.0%

67%

42 ⁶

Locked

Unranked

Plaza College

Jackson Heights, NY

N/A

751

37.4%

N/A

Locked

Rank Not Published

Post University

Waterbury, CT

$27,450

5,634

68.8%

57%

30 ⁶

Locked

#38

SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology–Cobleskill

Cobleskill, NY

N/A

2,532

92.0%

76%

41 ⁶

Locked

#23

SUNY College of Technology–Alfred

Alfred, NY

in-state: $6,874, out-of-state: $16,124

3,617

54.9%

74%

52 ⁶

Locked