NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Niche.com released its annual ranking of the best U.S. colleges and universities for 2026, with a Connecticut school ranking No. 2 overall.

Yale University came up No. 2, trailing behind another New England school- the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Niche also ranked Yale at the top of American colleges with the following: best professors, best for art, best for religious studies, and best for film and photography.

The top 25 are as follows:

(Niche.com)

Outside the top 25, Wesleyan University in Middletown ranked No. 56 overall and No. 10 for best colleges for film and photography in America.

The University of Connecticut in Storrs came in at 115 overall. It also ranked the No. 4 best college athletics schools in America.

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