Best Mid-Atlantic

Delaware (DE), District of Columbia (DC), Maryland (MD), Pennsylvania (PA), Virginia (VA), and West Virginia (WV)

For our "2026 Best Colleges: Region by Region" web feature, we salute 631 colleges in seven zones—Northeast, South, Southwest, Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, West, and International (outside of the United States)—that we consider academically outstanding and well worth consideration in your college search.

Please note that these lists are not ranked. These lists appear in alphabetical order. Schools marked "featured" have paid a fee for that designation but not for inclusion in this list.


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Penn State University Park

  • University Park, PA

West Virginia Wesleyan College

  • Buckhannon, WV

Dickinson College

  • Carlisle, PA

Shepherd University

  • Shepherdstown, WV

Susquehanna University

  • Selinsgrove, PA

Gettysburg College

  • Gettysburg, PA

Messiah University

  • Mechanicsburg, PA

Hood College

  • Frederick, MD

Lebanon Valley College

  • Annville, PA

York College of Pennsylvania

  • York, PA

Elizabethtown College

  • Elizabethtown, PA

James Madison University

  • Harrisonburg, VA

McDaniel College

  • Westminster, MD

Bridgewater College

  • Bridgewater, VA

University of Charleston

  • Charleston, WV

Mary Baldwin University

  • Staunton, VA

Franklin & Marshall College

  • Lancaster, PA

George Mason University

  • Fairfax, VA

Misericordia University

  • Dallas, PA

Goucher College

  • Baltimore, MD

American University

  • Washington, DC

Towson University

  • Towson, MD

Loyola University Maryland

  • Baltimore, MD

University of Maryland, Baltimore County

  • Baltimore, MD

Georgetown University

  • Washington, DC

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