Colleges with the smallest classes in New England

50 colleges ranked by student–faculty ratio

These 50 smallest-class colleges in New England, ranked by student–faculty ratio, run from 3:1 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology to 11:1 at Curry College. 4 are public and 46 are private.

#	College	Type	Student:faculty	Undergrads	Acceptance
1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	Private	3:1	4,571	5%
2	The New England Conservatory of Music Boston, MA	Private	5:1	371	43%
3	Brown University Providence, RI	Private	6:1	7,273	5%
4	Williams College Williamstown, MA	Private	6:1	2,060	10%
5	Yale University New Haven, CT	Private	6:1	6,811	5%
6	Amherst College Amherst, MA	Private	7:1	1,907	10%
7	Bay Path University Longmeadow, MA	Private	7:1	1,186	74%
8	Dartmouth College Hanover, NH	Private	7:1	4,367	6%
9	Goddard College Plainfield, VT	Private	7:1	113	20%
10	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	Private	7:1	7,755	3%
11	Wellesley College Wellesley, MA	Private	7:1	2,318	14%
12	Wesleyan University Middletown, CT	Private	7:1	2,973	17%
13	Eastern Nazarene College Quincy, MA	Private	8:1	378	59%
14	Maine College of Art & Design Portland, ME	Private	8:1	415	78%
15	Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts North Adams, MA	Public	8:1	748	92%
16	Montserrat College of Art Beverly, MA	Private	8:1	261	—
17	New England College Henniker, NH	Private	8:1	980	96%
18	Rhode Island School of Design Providence, RI	Private	8:1	2,090	14%
19	Smith College Northampton, MA	Private	8:1	2,501	20%
20	Bennington College Bennington, VT	Private	9:1	759	48%
21	Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME	Private	9:1	1,846	8%
22	Clark University Worcester, MA	Private	9:1	2,336	42%
23	Colby College Waterville, ME	Private	9:1	2,282	7%
24	College of the Holy Cross Worcester, MA	Private	9:1	3,015	21%
25	Connecticut College New London, CT	Private	9:1	1,960	38%
26	Franklin W Olin College of Engineering Needham, MA	Private	9:1	373	22%
27	Massachusetts College of Art and Design Boston, MA	Public	9:1	1,812	77%
28	Middlebury College Middlebury, VT	Private	9:1	2,785	10%
29	Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MA	Private	9:1	2,198	38%
30	Simmons University Boston, MA	Private	9:1	1,750	66%
31	Sterling College Craftsbury Common, VT	Private	9:1	66	92%
32	Trinity College Hartford, CT	Private	9:1	2,193	34%
33	University of Saint Joseph West Hartford, CT	Private	9:1	825	80%
34	Vermont State University Randolph, VT	Public	9:1	3,567	83%
35	Bates College Lewiston, ME	Private	10:1	1,753	13%
36	Berklee College of Music Boston, MA	Private	10:1	7,510	50%
37	Boston University Boston, MA	Private	10:1	17,850	11%
38	Colby-Sawyer College New London, NH	Private	10:1	778	90%
39	College of the Atlantic Bar Harbor, ME	Private	10:1	358	65%
40	Lesley University Cambridge, MA	Private	10:1	1,252	94%
41	Maine Maritime Academy Castine, ME	Public	10:1	888	61%
42	MCPHS University Boston, MA	Private	10:1	3,474	85%
43	Saint Joseph's College of Maine Standish, ME	Private	10:1	930	82%
44	Saint Michael's College Colchester, VT	Private	10:1	1,157	92%
45	Tufts University Medford, MA	Private	10:1	6,804	10%
46	Assumption University Worcester, MA	Private	11:1	1,664	87%
47	Brandeis University Waltham, MA	Private	11:1	3,663	35%
48	Cambridge College Boston, MA	Private	11:1	591	—
49	College of Our Lady of the Elms Chicopee, MA	Private	11:1	951	88%
50	Curry College Milton, MA	Private	11:1	1,757	92%

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