Great Value Colleges Releases List of 50 Great Affordable Colleges in the Northeast

SALISBURY, Md., Sept. 23, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- A creative new ranking for colleges in the Northeast has just been published to the website of educational leader Great Value Colleges. "50 Great Affordable Colleges in the Northeast" were picked for the piece, which represents an innovative evaluation of post-secondary education in the Northeast region of the United States.

The Northeast states represent one of the highest-paying regions in the U.S., according to federal employment and wage statistics. Students who attend affordable colleges in the Northeast can gain experiential footholds that may impact a lifelong career. It is for these reasons that researchers for the article focused not on statistics like SAT scores or pre-college GPAs, but on the overall quality of student experience. The author of the piece Iris Stone said, "We came up with our own ranking based on eight equally-weighted categories, only one of which has anything to do with input."

Research began with a huge list of all accredited post-secondary institutions in the Northeast. True to the mission of Great Value Colleges, editors picked only the lowest cost schools and eliminated those with annual tuition fees higher than $22,000. The remaining list of more than 180 accredited degree programs were graded on a system of eight quality points including student-to-faculty ratio, 6-year graduation rate, freshmen retention rate, Forbes ranking and more.

The final ranking for 50 affordable and best Northeast colleges includes both public and private schools with 25 entries in each category. The full article contains more details about why each of the schools deserves recognition. "50 Great Affordable Colleges in the Northeast" is available now on Great Value Colleges' website at this URL: http://www.greatvaluecolleges.net/affordable/northeast-us/

Following is the list of 50 colleges and the cities in which they reside divided into public and private institutions. Schools are ranked by tuition cost from highest to lowest as numbered in the article:

Public Schools

25. University of New Hampshire: Durham, New Hampshire

24. West Chester University of Pennsylvania: West Chester, Pennsylvania

23. Rowan University: Glassboro, New Jersey

22. University of Massachusetts Amherst: Amherst, Massachusetts

21. College of New Jersey: Township, New Jersey

20. University of Connecticut: Storrs, Connecticut

19. University of Maine: Orono, Maine

18. Rutgers University: Township, New Jersey

17. SUNY Geneseo: Geneseo, New York

16. University of Vermont: Burlington, Vermont

15. SUNY Fredonia: Fredonia, New York

14. SUNY at Oswego: Oswego, New York

13. University of Maryland College Park: College Park, Maryland

12. Binghamton University: Binghamton, New York

11. SUNY Oneonta: Oneonta, New York

10. University of Delaware: Newark, Delaware

9. University at Albany: Albany, New York

8. Towson University: Towson, Maryland

7. Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, New York

6. SUNY at New Paltz: New Paltz, New York

5. Baruch College: New York, New York

4. Hunter College: New York, New York

3. Brooklyn College: New York, New York

2. Queens College: Flushing, New York

1. The City College of New York: New York, New York

Private Schools

25. University of Pennsylvania: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

24. College of the Atlantic: Bar Harbor, Maine

23. Wesleyan University: Middletown, Connecticut

22. Westminster College: New Wilmington, Pennsylvania

21. Johns Hopkins University: Baltimore, Maryland

20. Princeton University: Princeton, New Jersey

19. Trinity College: Hartford, Connecticut

18. Houghton College: Houghton, New York

17. Dartmouth College: Hanover, New Hampshire

16. Colby College: Waterville, Maine

15. Hamilton College: Clinton, New York

14. Columbia University: New York, New York

13. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Cambridge, Massachusetts

12. Temple University: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

11. Haverford College: Haverford, Pennsylvania

10. Canisius College: Buffalo, New York

9. Williams College: Williamstown, Massachusetts

8. Wellesley College: Wellesley, Massachusetts

7. Vassar College: Poughkeepsie, New York

6. Grove City College: Grove City, Pennsylvania

5. Niagara University: Niagara Univ, New York

4. Amherst College: Amherst, Massachusetts

3. Yale University: New Haven, Connecticut

2. Harvard University: Cambridge, Massachusetts

1. Saint Joseph's College: Brooklyn, New York

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