The first college in New England was the Northeastern University.
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no , it is Harvard College
the first group that settled new England were the puritans
The Massachusetts Bay Colony was the first colony in what is today New England. At that point contained what is now the states of Massachusetts Maine, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire
In 1636, Harvard became the first college followed by Princeton, Brown, and Ivy League schools. However, the southern plantations didn't want slaves to learn how to read and write because it is a way to freedom. Benjamin Franklin later established the University of Pennsylvania which is the only non-religious secular colleges that still exists today.