Stanford University , #1 Private Colleges, #1 Research Universities, #1 Northeast

Pomona College , #2 Private Colleges, #2 Northeast

Princeton University , #3 Private Colleges, #2 Research Universities, #1 Northeast

Founded in 1701, Yale University is the third oldest higher education institution in the U.S. It is comprised of three main academic parts: Yale College, the undergraduate school, the Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the 13 professional schools. Some 29,000 applied for 1,300 spots for the Class of 2016. Yale’s student retention rate is 99%. Five U.S. Presidents were Yalies, including both

Columbia University , #5 Private Colleges, #4 Research Universities, #3 Northeast

Swarthmore College , #6 Private Colleges, #4 Northeast

United States Military Academy , #5 Northeast

Harvard University , #7 Private Colleges, #5 Research Universities, #6 Northeast