I agree that you’re early and it’s probably best to get a sense of what type of college you’re interested in. As you’re in the northeast, I’m going to suggest some schools that are relatively near each other to make travel between them easier. With each combo I’ve tried to have a combination of schools that are small, medium, and large and urban, suburban and/or small town, and possibly remote.
New York
- Union College: About 2100 undergrads
- SUNY Albany: About 12k undergrads
- Siena: About 3500 undergrads
- Marist: About 5500 undergrads
Connecticut
- Trinity College: About 2200 undergrads
- U. Conn: About 19k undergrads
- Fairfield: About 4800 undergrads
- Quinnipiac: About 6100 undergrads
Pennsylvania/Maryland
- Gettysburg: About 2200 undergrads or Franklin & Marshall: About 2k undergrads
- Loyola Maryland: About 4k undergrads
- Towson: About 17k undergrads or West Chester: About 14k undergrads
Northern New York & Vermont
- St. Lawrence: About 2100 undergrads
- U. of Vermont: About 12k undergrads
- SUNY Plattsburgh: About 4k undergrads
Rhode Island
- Providence: About 4300 undergrads
- Salve Regina: About 2200 undergrads
- U. of Rhode Island: About 14k undergrads
Massachusetts
- College of the Holy Cross: About 3200 undergrads
- Stonehill: About 2500 undergrads
- UMass – Lowell: About 12k undergrads
- UMass – Amherst: About 24k undergrads
- Merrimack: About 4200 undergrads
- Emmanuel: About 1900 undergrads