With over 250 colleges and universities, a four-season climate, and many world-renowned cities within driving distance, New England is an amazing place for your higher education. Have you been unsatisfied with the college you’re attending or the program you’re in? Are you a community college student looking for the right place to take the next step? You can start your transfer search with this list of amazing colleges and universities in New England. The best part is you can connect with all of them from this page just by hitting the green “Connect me” buttons beneath each school. We hope you find your best-fit college to transfer to right here on this list!
Emerson College
Emerson College is a private liberal arts institution located in the heart of the Theatre District in Boston, Massachusetts. With 4,000+ total students and a student-faculty ratio of around 14:1, the College offers more than two dozen majors as well as 30 minors, plus 20+ graduate programs and certificates in communication and the arts. Admitting between 150–200 transfers from community colleges and other four-year schools each year, Emerson offers several merit-based scholarships exclusively for transfer students that require no additional applications or essays.
Sacred Heart University
Sacred Heart University—the second-largest Catholic university in New England—is a private coeducational institution in Fairfield, Connecticut, with satellite campuses throughout the state and abroad in Ireland and Luxembourg. With an enrollment of more than 9,000 and a 14:1 student-faculty ratio, students can choose from more than 80 academic programs. Welcoming over 200 full-time transfers each year, Sacred Heart offers a generous policy of up to 66 credits transferred from two-year schools and 90 from four-year schools, a Student Success Center, and a Transfer Orientation each semester.
University of Connecticut
The University of Connecticut is a comprehensive public university in Storrs, Connecticut—30 miles from Hartford. With more than 19,000 undergraduates on the main campus and a 16:1 student-faculty ratio, transfer students can choose from 116 majors across 10 colleges and schools. With 3,700+ transfer students across campuses, UConn supports the transfer process with a credit policy allowing up to 90 transfer credits, a guaranteed admission agreement with the Connecticut Community College system, and more.
University of Vermont
The University of Vermont is a comprehensive public institution in Burlington, Vermont—90 miles south of Montreal, Quebec. UVM offers 10,000+ undergraduates a 16:1 student-faculty ratio and over 100 majors to choose from. The University supports transfer students with resources like transfer coordinators, honors college admission for sophomore transfers, rolling admission throughout the year, and credit policies that vary by major but allow for the transfer of most credits.
Vermont State University
Vermont State University is a public comprehensive university with campuses in Castleton, Johnson, Lyndon, Randolph, and Williston, Vermont. VSU is home to more than 4,000 undergraduates and 105+ academic programs in areas such as Applied Technology, Engineering, Health Care, Education, Business, Psychology, Climate Change Science, Computer Science, and the Arts. Community College of Vermont transfers are welcome to enroll anytime and also enjoy waived application fees and easy transcript access from a shared system.
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Wentworth Institute of Technology is a private coeducational campus on an urban campus in Boston, Massachusetts. With 4,000 full-time undergraduates and an 18:1 student-faculty ratio, students can choose from 19 majors, some with concentration options, across five schools. WIT supports transfer students with resources such as required co-op experiences, a comprehensive transfer course equivalency database that includes every accredited US college, and a dedicated transfer admission team.
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