The Massachusetts Institute of Technology was more highly recommended by its students than any other school in the Northeast in a survey conducted for the WSJ/College Pulse 2024 Best Colleges in the U.S. ranking. And the diversity of a school’s students and faculty accounts for 10%. Among the most highly recommended colleges in the Northeast, Princeton has the highest overall rank, at No. Most of the region’s most highly recommended schools are among the top 50 colleges overall in the U.S., the exceptions being Iona at No. In the weeks ahead we’ll look at the most highly recommended schools in the Midwest, South and West.