New England College Towns

New England was home to the first college in what is now the United States and still today has a higher density of colleges and universities than any other region of the country. Many New England towns are quintessential "college towns."

• Hanover, New Hampshire — Dartmouth College.
• Burlington, Vermont — University of Vermont.
• Castleton, Vermont — Castleton State College.
• Middlebury, Vermont — Middlebury College.
• Middletown, Connecticut — Wesleyan University.
• Norwich, Vermont — Norwich University.
• Amherst, Massachusetts — Amherst College.
• Cambridge, Massachusetts — Harvard University.
• Williamstown, Massachusetts — Williams College.
• New Haven, Connecticut — Yale University.