50 Best Colleges on the East Coast

50. Lafayette College

• Location: Easton, PA
• Undergraduate enrollment: 2,603
• Student to faculty ratio: 10:1
• Acceptance rate: 31%
• Graduation rate: 88%
• Six-year median earnings: $68,600
• Two-year employment rate: 93%
• Overall rank: #72

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49. Smith College

• Location: Northampton, MA
• Undergraduate enrollment: 2,490
• Student to faculty ratio: 9:1
• Acceptance rate: 32%
• Graduation rate: 89%
• Six-year median earnings: $46,200
• Two-year employment rate: 88%
• Overall rank: #71

48. University of Miami

• Location: Coral Gables, FL
• Undergraduate enrollment: 10,484
• Student to faculty ratio: 12:1
• Acceptance rate: 27%
• Graduation rate: 83%
• Six-year median earnings: $60,100
• Two-year employment rate: 90%
• Overall rank: #70

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47. Bates College

• Location: Lewiston, ME
• Undergraduate enrollment: 1,832
• Student to faculty ratio: 10:1
• Acceptance rate: 12%
• Graduation rate: 91%
• Six-year median earnings: $59,200
• Two-year employment rate: 94%
• Overall rank: #69

46. Vassar College

• Location: Poughkeepsie, NY
• Undergraduate enrollment: 2,442
• Student to faculty ratio: 8:1
• Acceptance rate: 24%
• Graduation rate: 91%
• Six-year median earnings: $54,600
• Two-year employment rate: 93%
• Overall rank: #67

45. Villanova University

• Location: Villanova, PA
• Undergraduate enrollment: 6,565
• Student to faculty ratio: 11:1
• Acceptance rate: 28%
• Graduation rate: 90%
• Six-year median earnings: $77,900
• Two-year employment rate: 95%
• Overall rank: #64

44. Lehigh University

• Location: Bethlehem, PA
• Undergraduate enrollment: 4,982
• Student to faculty ratio: 9:1
• Acceptance rate: 32%
• Graduation rate: 90%
• Six-year median earnings: $81,900
• Two-year employment rate: 95%
• Overall rank: #63

43. University of Richmond

• Location: Richmond, VA
• Undergraduate enrollment: 3,040
• Student to faculty ratio: 8:1
• Acceptance rate: 28%
• Graduation rate: 89%
• Six-year median earnings: $64,500
• Two-year employment rate: 95%
• Overall rank: #62

42. Virginia Tech

• Location: Blacksburg, VA
• Undergraduate enrollment: 27,180
• Student to faculty ratio: 14:1
• Acceptance rate: 70%
• Graduation rate: 86%
• Six-year median earnings: $62,500
• Two-year employment rate: 96%
• Overall rank: #60

41. University of Georgia

• Location: Athens, GA
• Undergraduate enrollment: 27,947
• Student to faculty ratio: 17:1
• Acceptance rate: 45%
• Graduation rate: 87%
• Six-year median earnings: $50,500
• Two-year employment rate: 92%
• Overall rank: #59

40. University of Florida

• Location: Gainesville, FL
• Undergraduate enrollment: 32,209
• Student to faculty ratio: 18:1
• Acceptance rate: 37%
• Graduation rate: 88%
• Six-year median earnings: $56,000
• Two-year employment rate: 92%
• Overall rank: #56

39. Boston University

• Location: Boston, MA
• Undergraduate enrollment: 17,396
• Student to faculty ratio: 10:1
• Acceptance rate: 19%
• Graduation rate: 88%
• Six-year median earnings: $65,300
• Two-year employment rate: 93%
• Overall rank: #55

38. William & Mary

• Location: Williamsburg, VA
• Undergraduate enrollment: 6,300
• Student to faculty ratio: 11:1
• Acceptance rate: 38%
• Graduation rate: 90%
• Six-year median earnings: $58,500
• Two-year employment rate: 94%
• Overall rank: #54

37. Hamilton College

• Location: Clinton, NY
• Undergraduate enrollment: 1,991
• Student to faculty ratio: 9:1
• Acceptance rate: 16%
• Graduation rate: 93%
• Six-year median earnings: $60,200
• Two-year employment rate: 91%
• Overall rank: #53

36. Wesleyan University

• Location: Middletown, CT
• Undergraduate enrollment: 2,928
• Student to faculty ratio: 8:1
• Acceptance rate: 16%
• Graduation rate: 92%
• Six-year median earnings: $54,700
• Two-year employment rate: 90%
• Overall rank: #52

35. New York University

• Location: New York, NY
• Undergraduate enrollment: 25,725
• Student to faculty ratio: 9:1
• Acceptance rate: 16%
• Graduation rate: 85%
• Six-year median earnings: $61,900
• Two-year employment rate: 91%
• Overall rank: #51

34. Northeastern University

• Location: Boston, MA
• Undergraduate enrollment: 13,864
• Student to faculty ratio: 14:1
• Acceptance rate: 18%
• Graduation rate: 89%
• Six-year median earnings: $67,400
• Two-year employment rate: 95%
• Overall rank: #50

33. Boston College

• Location: Chestnut Hill, MA
• Undergraduate enrollment: 9,696
• Student to faculty ratio: 13:1
• Acceptance rate: 27%
• Graduation rate: 94%
• Six-year median earnings: $72,500
• Two-year employment rate: 94%
• Overall rank: #49

32. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• Location: Chapel Hill, NC
• Undergraduate enrollment: 18,526
• Student to faculty ratio: 13:1
• Acceptance rate: 23%
• Graduation rate: 91%
• Six-year median earnings: $55,600
• Two-year employment rate: 94%
• Overall rank: #48

31. Davidson College

• Location: Davidson, NC
• Undergraduate enrollment: 1,843
• Student to faculty ratio: 9:1
• Acceptance rate: 18%
• Graduation rate: 91%
• Six-year median earnings: $58,900
• Two-year employment rate: 88%
• Overall rank: #47

30. Colgate University

• Location: Hamilton, NY
• Undergraduate enrollment: 2,936
• Student to faculty ratio: 9:1
• Acceptance rate: 23%
• Graduation rate: 91%
• Six-year median earnings: $63,600
• Two-year employment rate: 93%
• Overall rank: #45

29. Wake Forest University

• Location: Winston-Salem, NC
• Undergraduate enrollment: 5,171
• Student to faculty ratio: 10:1
• Acceptance rate: 30%
• Graduation rate: 88%
• Six-year median earnings: $63,800
• Two-year employment rate: 94%
• Overall rank: #44

28. Wellesley College

• Location: Wellesley, MA
• Undergraduate enrollment: 2,391
• Student to faculty ratio: 8:1
• Acceptance rate: 22%
• Graduation rate: 91%
• Six-year median earnings: $60,800
• Two-year employment rate: 94%
• Overall rank: #43

27. Swarthmore College

• Location: Swarthmore, PA
• Undergraduate enrollment: 1,554
• Student to faculty ratio: 8:1
• Acceptance rate: 9%
• Graduation rate: 94%
• Six-year median earnings: $56,700
• Two-year employment rate: 85%
• Overall rank: #42

26. Barnard College

• Location: New York, NY
• Undergraduate enrollment: 2,519
• Student to faculty ratio: 9:1
• Acceptance rate: 12%
• Graduation rate: 92%
• Six-year median earnings: $57,900
• Two-year employment rate: 90%
• Overall rank: #41

25. Emory University

• Location: Atlanta, GA
• Undergraduate enrollment: 6,985
• Student to faculty ratio: 9:1
• Acceptance rate: 16%
• Graduation rate: 90%
• Six-year median earnings: $66,000
• Two-year employment rate: 92%
• Overall rank: #40

24. Middlebury College

• Location: Middlebury, VT
• Undergraduate enrollment: 2,551
• Student to faculty ratio: 8:1
• Acceptance rate: 15%
• Graduation rate: 93%
• Six-year median earnings: $58,200
• Two-year employment rate: 87%
• Overall rank: #38

23. Amherst College

• Location: Amherst, MA
• Undergraduate enrollment: 1,855
• Student to faculty ratio: 7:1
• Acceptance rate: 11%
• Graduation rate: 95%
• Six-year median earnings: $65,000
• Two-year employment rate: 90%
• Overall rank: #37

22. Washington & Lee University

• Location: Lexington, VA
• Undergraduate enrollment: 1,825
• Student to faculty ratio: 8:1
• Acceptance rate: 19%
• Graduation rate: 94%
• Six-year median earnings: $76,100
• Two-year employment rate: 94%
• Overall rank: #36

21. Colby College

• Location: Waterville, ME
• Undergraduate enrollment: 2,000
• Student to faculty ratio: 10:1
• Acceptance rate: 10%
• Graduation rate: 89%
• Six-year median earnings: $58,100
• Two-year employment rate: 92%
• Overall rank: #35

20. Haverford College

• Location: Haverford, PA
• Undergraduate enrollment: 1,308
• Student to faculty ratio: 8:1
• Acceptance rate: 16%
• Graduation rate: 90%
• Six-year median earnings: $60,700
• Two-year employment rate: 92%
• Overall rank: #34

19. Williams College

• Location: Williamstown, MA
• Undergraduate enrollment: 2,042
• Student to faculty ratio: 6:1
• Acceptance rate: 13%
• Graduation rate: 95%
• Six-year median earnings: $59,000
• Two-year employment rate: 90%
• Overall rank: #33

18. United States Military Academy at West Point

• Location: West Point, NY
• Undergraduate enrollment: 4,589
• Student to faculty ratio: 7:1
• Acceptance rate: 12%
• Graduation rate: 85%
• Six-year median earnings: null
• Two-year employment rate: null
• Overall rank: #32

17. Tufts University

• Location: Medford, MA
• Undergraduate enrollment: 5,508
• Student to faculty ratio: 9:1
• Acceptance rate: 15%
• Graduation rate: 94%
• Six-year median earnings: $75,800
• Two-year employment rate: 92%
• Overall rank: #31

16. University of Virginia

• Location: Charlottesville, VA
• Undergraduate enrollment: 15,990
• Student to faculty ratio: 15:1
• Acceptance rate: 24%
• Graduation rate: 95%
• Six-year median earnings: $61,200
• Two-year employment rate: 94%
• Overall rank: #29

15. Georgia Institute of Technology

• Location: Atlanta, GA
• Undergraduate enrollment: 14,318
• Student to faculty ratio: 18:1
• Acceptance rate: 21%
• Graduation rate: 90%
• Six-year median earnings: $79,100
• Two-year employment rate: 95%
• Overall rank: #27

14. Bowdoin College

• Location: Brunswick, ME
• Undergraduate enrollment: 1,825
• Student to faculty ratio: 9:1
• Acceptance rate: 9%
• Graduation rate: 95%
• Six-year median earnings: $65,500
• Two-year employment rate: 93%
• Overall rank: #26

13. Georgetown University

• Location: Washington, DC
• Undergraduate enrollment: 6,990
• Student to faculty ratio: 11:1
• Acceptance rate: 14%
• Graduation rate: 95%
• Six-year median earnings: $93,500
• Two-year employment rate: 92%
• Overall rank: #25

12. Carnegie Mellon University

• Location: Pittsburgh, PA
• Undergraduate enrollment: 6,343
• Student to faculty ratio: 10:1
• Acceptance rate: 15%
• Graduation rate: 90%
• Six-year median earnings: $83,600
• Two-year employment rate: 91%
• Overall rank: #22

11. Johns Hopkins University

• Location: Baltimore, MD
• Undergraduate enrollment: 5,595
• Student to faculty ratio: 7:1
• Acceptance rate: 11%
• Graduation rate: 93%
• Six-year median earnings: $73,200
• Two-year employment rate: 91%
• Overall rank: #21

10. Cornell University

• Location: Ithaca, NY
• Undergraduate enrollment: 15,175
• Student to faculty ratio: 9:1
• Acceptance rate: 11%
• Graduation rate: 95%
• Six-year median earnings: $77,200
• Two-year employment rate: 93%
• Overall rank: #18

9. Dartmouth College

• Location: Hanover, NH
• Undergraduate enrollment: 4,357
• Student to faculty ratio: 7:1
• Acceptance rate: 8%
• Graduation rate: 95%
• Six-year median earnings: $75,500
• Two-year employment rate: 94%
• Overall rank: #13

8. Columbia University

• Location: New York, NY
• Undergraduate enrollment: 7,666
• Student to faculty ratio: 6:1
• Acceptance rate: 5%
• Graduation rate: 95%
• Six-year median earnings: $83,300
• Two-year employment rate: 89%
• Overall rank: #12

7. University of Pennsylvania

• Location: Philadelphia, PA
• Undergraduate enrollment: 10,605
• Student to faculty ratio: 6:1
• Acceptance rate: 8%
• Graduation rate: 96%
• Six-year median earnings: $85,900
• Two-year employment rate: 91%
• Overall rank: #10

6. Brown University

• Location: Providence, RI
• Undergraduate enrollment: 6,735
• Student to faculty ratio: 6:1
• Acceptance rate: 7%
• Graduation rate: 96%
• Six-year median earnings: $67,500
• Two-year employment rate: 91%
• Overall rank: #9

5. Princeton University

• Location: Princeton, NJ
• Undergraduate enrollment: 5,321
• Student to faculty ratio: 5:1
• Acceptance rate: 6%
• Graduation rate: 98%
• Six-year median earnings: $74,700
• Two-year employment rate: 87%
• Overall rank: #6

4. Duke University

• Location: Durham, NC
• Undergraduate enrollment: 6,659
• Student to faculty ratio: 6:1
• Acceptance rate: 8%
• Graduation rate: 95%
• Six-year median earnings: $84,400
• Two-year employment rate: 94%
• Overall rank: #5

3. Yale University

• Location: New Haven, CT
• Undergraduate enrollment: 5,939
• Student to faculty ratio: 6:1
• Acceptance rate: 6%
• Graduation rate: 97%
• Six-year median earnings: $83,200
• Two-year employment rate: 92%
• Overall rank: #4

2. Harvard University

• Location: Cambridge, MA
• Undergraduate enrollment: 7,210
• Student to faculty ratio: 7:1
• Acceptance rate: 5%
• Graduation rate: 97%
• Six-year median earnings: $89,700
• Two-year employment rate: 89%
• Overall rank: #2

1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Location: Cambridge, MA
• Undergraduate enrollment: 4,557
• Student to faculty ratio: 3:1
• Acceptance rate: 7%
• Graduation rate: 95%
• Six-year median earnings: $104,700
• Two-year employment rate: 94%
• Overall rank: #1