美国大学有公立与文理学院之分。对于想要申请美国文理学院的同学来说，了解2016美国最新文理学院排名对于择校非常重要。以下是2016USNews美国北部地区最佳大学排名。
| #rank | School | Tuition and Fees | Total enrollment | Fall 2014 acceptance rate | Average freshman retention rate | 6-year graduation rate | Location |
| # 1 | United States Coast Guard Academy | $942 | 896 | 18.1% | 92% | 85% | New London, CT |
| # 2 | Cooper union | $42,650 | 949 | 15.1% | 94% | 83% | New York, NY |
| # 3 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | $1,032 | 961 | 22.3% | 91% | 68% | Kings Point, NY |
| # 4 | Elizabethtown College | $41,710 | 1,822 | 70.8% | 83% | 69% | Elizabethtown, PA |
| # 5 | Messiah College | $32,240 | 3,234 | 80% | 86% | 80% | Mechanicsburg, PA |
| # 6 | Lebanon Valley College | $39,030 | 1,901 | 70.6% | 85% | 75% | Annville, PA |
| # 7 | Maine Maritime Academy | in-state: $17,668, out-of-state: $25,372 | 1,060 | 64.3% | 80% | 65% | Castine, ME |
| # 8 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | in-state: $7,203, out-of-state: $22,109 | 1,497 | 61.6% | 89% | 70% | Buzzards Bay, MA |
| # 9 | Merrimack College | $37,270 | 3,354 | 77.8% | 83% | 68% | North Andover, MA |
| # 10 | Seton Hill University | $32,420 | 1,959 | 69.1% | 77% | 60% | Greensburg, PA |
| # 11 | Bard College at Simon's Rock | $50,211 | 329 | 89.4% | 76% | 29% | Great Barrington, MA |
| # 11 | Elmira College | $39,950 | 1,482 | 82.2% | 76% | 58% | Elmira, NY |
| # 13 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | $30,760 | 4,558 | 82.6% | 81% | 64% | Boston, MA |
| # 14 | Cedar Crest College | $35,600 | 1,531 | 52.3% | 71% | 69% | Allentown, PA |
| # 14 | Champlain College | $37,536 | 3,585 | 64.2% | 79% | 57% | Burlington, VT |
| # 16 | Geneva College | $25,450 | 1,717 | 71% | 79% | 65% | Beaver Falls, PA |
| # 17 | SUNY Maritime College | in-state: $7,809, out-of-state: $17,659 | 1,799 | 52.7% | 80% | 47% | Throggs Neck, NY |
| # 18 | Delaware Valley University | $35,256 | 2,137 | 75.7% | 72% | 58% | Doylestown, PA |
| # 19 | SUNY College of Technology—Alfred | in-state: $8,057, out-of-state: $17,907 | 3,661 | 54.9% | 83% | 55% | Alfred, NY |
| # 19 | University of Maine—Farmington | in-state: $9,217, out-of-state: $18,305 | 1,960 | 84.6% | 73% | 54% | Farmington, ME |
| # 21 | St. Francis College | $23,800 | 2,749 | 77% | 80% | 55% | Brooklyn Heights, NY |
| # 21 | Wilson College | $24,392 | 759 | 31.3% | 69% | 41% | Chambersburg, PA |
| # 23 | College of Our Lady of the Elms | $32,280 | 1,717 | 79% | 82% | 66% | Chicopee, MA |
| # 24 | Cazenovia College | $31,754 | 1,091 | 76.2% | 68% | 58% | Cazenovia, NY |
| # 24 | Vermont Technical College | in-state: $13,850, out-of-state: $25,226 | 1,544 | 69.3% | 74% | 65% | Randolph Center, VT |
| # 26 | Lasell College | $32,000 | 2,127 | 76.3% | 71% | 57% | Newton, MA |
| # 26 | Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology | $22,740 | 1,614 | 74.8% | 74% | 52% | Flushing, NY |
| # 28 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology—Cobleskill | in-state: $8,231, out-of-state: $18,071 | 2,532 | 73.1% | 76% | 59% | Cobleskill, NY |
| # 28 | SUNY College of Technology—Delhi | in-state: $7,740, out-of-state: $17,390 | 3,616 | 68% | 70% | 63% | Delhi, NY |
| # 28 | Unity College | $26,300 | 601 | 93.1% | 75% | 58% | Unity, ME |
| # 31 | Dean College | $35,420 | 1,292 | 68.3% | 65% | 43% | Franklin, MA |
| # 32 | Farmingdale State College—SUNY | in-state: $7,808, out-of-state: $17,658 | 8,394 | 46.7% | 82% | 43% | Farmingdale, NY |
| # 33 | Morrisville State College | in-state: $7,970, out-of-state: $13,040 | 2,910 | 56.2% | 66% | 48% | Morrisville, NY |
| # 34 | La Roche College | $26,250 | 1,412 | 93.9% | 71% | 44% | Pittsburgh, PA |
| # 34 | Thiel College | $28,868 | 1,074 | 69.5% | 64% | 36% | Greenville, PA |
| # 36 | Nichols College | $33,300 | 1,495 | 76.3% | 65% | 48% | Dudley, MA |
| # 37 | Pennsylvania College of Technology | in-state: $15,900, out-of-state: $22,590 | 5,623 | 88.2% | 69% | 41% | Williamsport, PA |
| # 38 | Mount Ida College | $32,300 | 1,320 | 68.4% | 62% | 40% | Newton, MA |
| # 38 | University of Maine—Fort Kent | in-state: $7,575, out-of-state: $10,875 | 1,327 | 89.6% | 62% | 52% | Fort Kent, ME |
| # 40 | Concordia College | $28,770 | 1,037 | 73.7% | 72% | 48% | Bronxville, NY |
| # 40 | University of Maine—Presque Isle | in-state: $7,436, out-of-state: $10,736 | 1,138 | 82.8% | 62% | 46% | Presque Isle, ME |
| # 42 | Mount Aloysius College | $20,790 | 1,867 | 74% | 64% | 33% | Cresson, PA |
| # 43 | Washington Adventist University | $22,790 | 1,057 | 45% | 68% | 40% | Takoma Park, MD |
| # 44 | Keystone College | $24,300 | 1,484 | 92.1% | 66% | 36% | La Plume, PA |
| # 44 | Paul Smith's College | $26,146 | N/A | 74.7% | 69% | 39% | Paul Smiths, NY |
| # 44 | SUNY College of Technology—Canton | in-state: $7,938, out-of-state: $17,788 | 3,278 | 80.7% | 76% | 31% | Canton, NY |
| # 44 | Thomas College | $24,300 | 1,404 | 74.1% | 65% | 46% | Waterville, ME |
| # 44 | University of Valley Forge | $20,394 | N/A | 65.9% | 74% | 49% | Phoenixville, PA |
| #RNP | Bay State College | $26,780 | 1,011 | 59% | N/A | 16% | Boston, MA |
| #RNP | Becker College | $34,080 | N/A | 62.6% | 64% | 27% | Worcester, MA |
| #RNP | CUNY—Medgar Evers College | in-state: $6,225, out-of-state: $16,245 | 6,701 | 91.3% | N/A | 13% | Brooklyn, NY |
| #RNP | CUNY—New York City College of Technology | in-state: $6,369, out-of-state: $13,179 | 17,374 | 72.8% | 76% | 20% | Brooklyn, NY |
| #RNP | CUNY—York College | in-state: $6,396, out-of-state: $16,416 | N/A | 64.6% | 76% | 24% | Jamaica, NY |
| #RNP | Daniel Webster College | $15,630 | N/A | 59.9% | 66% | 48% | Nashua, NH |
| #RNP | Fisher College | $28,942 | 1,875 | 65.6% | 62% | 33% | Boston, MA |
| #RNP | Five Towns College | $22,500 | 686 | 56.1% | 60% | 34% | Dix Hills, NY |
| #RNP | Lyndon State College | in-state: $10,700, out-of-state: $21,764 | N/A | 99.3% | 64% | 33% | Lyndonville, VT |
| #RNP | Post University | $16,510 | N/A | 63.5% | 44% | 32% | Waterbury, CT |
| #RNP | Southern Vermont College | $22,370 | 545 | 93.7% | 62% | 35% | Bennington, VT |
| #RNP | University of Maine—Augusta | in-state: $7,448, out-of-state: $16,688 | 4,664 | 97% | 52% | 12% | Augusta, ME |
| #RNP | Wesley College | $24,100 | N/A | N/A | 47% | 30% | Dover, DE |
| #Unranked | Boricua College | $10,625 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 50% | New York, NY |
| #Unranked | Briarcliffe College | $14,677 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 26% | Bethpage, NY |
| #Unranked | Central Penn College | $16,659 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 40% | Summerdale, PA |
| #Unranked | Colby-Sawyer College | $38,040 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 56% | New London, NH |
| #Unranked | Hilbert College | $19,940 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 45% | Hamburg, NY |
| #Unranked | Mitchell College | $30,012 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 39% | New London, CT |
| #Unranked | Mount Washington College | $9,000 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 13% | Manchester, NH |
| #Unranked | Newbury College | $31,408 | 874 | 70.3% | 59% | 34% | Brookline, MA |
| #Unranked | New England Institute of Technology | $23,031 | 2,922 | N/A | N/A | N/A | East Greenwich, RI |
| #Unranked | Peirce College | $13,800 | 1,833 | N/A | 70% | 42% | Philadelphia, PA |
| #Unranked | Plaza College | $11,350 | 726 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Forest Hills, NY |
| #Unranked | Sojourner-Douglass College | $9,830 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 22% | Baltimore, MD |
