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
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  • 42,604 Full-Time Enrollment

West Virginia Wesleyan College

  • Buckhannon, WV
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  • 938 Full-Time Enrollment

Dickinson College

  • Carlisle, PA
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  • 2,140 Full-Time Enrollment

Shepherd University

  • Shepherdstown, WV
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  • 2,716 Full-Time Enrollment

Susquehanna University

  • Selinsgrove, PA
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  • 2,197 Full-Time Enrollment

Gettysburg College

  • Gettysburg, PA
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  • 2,104 Full-Time Enrollment

Messiah University

  • Mechanicsburg, PA
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  • 2,618 Full-Time Enrollment

Hood College

  • Frederick, MD
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  • 1,126 Full-Time Enrollment

Lebanon Valley College

  • Annville, PA
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  • 1,720 Full-Time Enrollment

York College of Pennsylvania

  • York, PA
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  • 5,008 Full-Time Enrollment

Elizabethtown College

  • Elizabethtown, PA
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  • 1,903 Full-Time Enrollment

James Madison University

  • Harrisonburg, VA
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  • 21,112 Full-Time Enrollment

McDaniel College

  • Westminster, MD
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  • 1,641 Full-Time Enrollment

Bridgewater College

  • Bridgewater, VA
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  • 1,407 Full-Time Enrollment

University of Charleston

  • Charleston, WV
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  • 1,831 Full-Time Enrollment

Mary Baldwin University

  • Staunton, VA
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  • 1,327 Full-Time Enrollment

Franklin & Marshall College

  • Lancaster, PA
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  • 1,778 Full-Time Enrollment

George Mason University

  • Fairfax, VA
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  • 28,862 Full-Time Enrollment

Misericordia University

  • Dallas, PA
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  • 1,845 Full-Time Enrollment

Goucher College

  • Baltimore, MD
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  • 1,091 Full-Time Enrollment

American University

  • Washington, DC
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  • 6,730 Full-Time Enrollment

Towson University

  • Towson, MD
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  • 16,361 Full-Time Enrollment

Loyola University Maryland

  • Baltimore, MD
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  • 4,013 Full-Time Enrollment

University of Maryland, Baltimore County

  • Baltimore, MD
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  • 11,087 Full-Time Enrollment

Georgetown University

  • Washington, DC
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  • 7,908 Full-Time Enrollment

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