Fairfield University is the top regional university in the Northeast, according to the latest national college rankings from U.S. News & World Report.
The school ”“ which ranked third last year in the region ”“ also tied for fourth-best undergraduate teaching in the Northeast with Bentley University in Waltham, Massachusetts, and Providence College; State University of New York (SUNY) Geneseo finished first. Fairfield University also tied for fifth-most innovative school in the region with Champlain College, Vermont and Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia; Southern New Hampshire University was first. Furthermore, Fairfield University came in 21st in the publication”™s “Best Value Schools” in the region, with Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., topping that list.
Fellow Fairfield-based school Sacred Heart University tied with five other schools for 35th best in the Northeast; tied with the same five institutions for 17th best college for veterans; placed 64th in best value; and placed 274th for its business programs.
The University of Bridgeport and Western Connecticut State in Danbury both placed in a large 142nd-187th rank in the “Best in the Northeast” rankings. Bridgeport was also included in the 190th-206th cohort of schools with doctorates in engineering.
Colleges and universities included in the Regional Colleges ranking offer a broad scope of undergraduate degrees and some master”™s degree programs and are divided and ranked in four geographical groups: North, South, Midwest and West.
Princeton University in New Jersey was named the best national university, followed by Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Tied for third place were Yale in New Haven; Columbia University in New York City; the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge; and the University of Chicago. Also making that list were the University of Connecticut (63rd) and the University of Hartford (194th).
