Smallest colleges in New England

50 colleges ranked by undergraduate enrollment

These 50 smallest colleges in New England, ranked by undergraduate enrollment, run from 66 at Sterling College to 1,960 at Connecticut College. 7 are public and 43 are private.

#	College	Type	Undergrads	Acceptance	Net price / yr
1	Sterling College Craftsbury Common, VT	Private	66	92%	$30,785
2	Goddard College Plainfield, VT	Private	113	20%	$30,152
3	Montserrat College of Art Beverly, MA	Private	261	—	$34,725
4	College of the Atlantic Bar Harbor, ME	Private	358	65%	$24,028
5	The New England Conservatory of Music Boston, MA	Private	371	43%	$42,556
6	Franklin W Olin College of Engineering Needham, MA	Private	373	22%	$20,575
7	Eastern Nazarene College Quincy, MA	Private	378	59%	$17,733
8	Maine College of Art & Design Portland, ME	Private	415	78%	$36,443
9	Mitchell College New London, CT	Private	421	73%	$30,841
10	Cambridge College Boston, MA	Private	591	—	—
11	University of Maine at Fort Kent Fort Kent, ME	Public	638	99%	$10,865
12	Thomas College Waterville, ME	Private	688	97%	$19,223
13	Hampshire College Amherst, MA	Private	716	70%	$25,810
14	Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts North Adams, MA	Public	748	92%	$18,707
15	Bennington College Bennington, VT	Private	759	48%	$31,918
16	Colby-Sawyer College New London, NH	Private	778	90%	$25,857
17	University of Saint Joseph West Hartford, CT	Private	825	80%	$27,375
18	Albertus Magnus College New Haven, CT	Private	882	64%	$32,681
19	Maine Maritime Academy Castine, ME	Public	888	61%	$21,185
20	Saint Joseph's College of Maine Standish, ME	Private	930	82%	$24,666
21	Anna Maria College Paxton, MA	Private	948	90%	$29,396
22	College of Our Lady of the Elms Chicopee, MA	Private	951	88%	$21,436
23	New England College Henniker, NH	Private	980	96%	$30,299
24	Franklin Pierce University Rindge, NH	Private	1,055	90%	$26,906
25	Regis College Weston, MA	Private	1,061	89%	$28,346
26	American International College Springfield, MA	Private	1,097	97%	$25,299
27	University of Maine at Farmington Farmington, ME	Public	1,131	98%	$14,873
28	Fisher College Boston, MA	Private	1,138	71%	$25,702
29	Dean College Franklin, MA	Private	1,142	74%	$30,236
30	Lasell University Newton, MA	Private	1,152	82%	$24,944
31	Nichols College Dudley, MA	Private	1,152	88%	$31,065
32	Saint Michael's College Colchester, VT	Private	1,157	92%	$30,033
33	Bay Path University Longmeadow, MA	Private	1,186	74%	$14,590
34	Gordon College Wenham, MA	Private	1,247	59%	$24,817
35	Lesley University Cambridge, MA	Private	1,252	94%	$31,805
36	Massachusetts Maritime Academy Buzzards Bay, MA	Public	1,270	95%	$26,661
37	Rivier University Nashua, NH	Private	1,312	82%	$27,692
38	University of Maine at Presque Isle Presque Isle, ME	Public	1,362	97%	$10,028
39	University of Bridgeport Bridgeport, CT	Private	1,450	64%	$24,786
40	Assumption University Worcester, MA	Private	1,664	87%	$28,853
41	Wheaton College (Massachusetts) Norton, MA	Private	1,744	71%	$30,934
42	Simmons University Boston, MA	Private	1,750	66%	$27,313
43	Bates College Lewiston, ME	Private	1,753	13%	$30,703
44	Curry College Milton, MA	Private	1,757	92%	$29,504
45	Massachusetts College of Art and Design Boston, MA	Public	1,812	77%	$23,764
46	Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME	Private	1,846	8%	$20,786
47	Emmanuel College Boston, MA	Private	1,874	81%	$31,569
48	Amherst College Amherst, MA	Private	1,907	10%	$18,246
49	Springfield College Springfield, MA	Private	1,916	70%	$29,187
50	Connecticut College New London, CT	Private	1,960	38%	$33,998

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