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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Albright College

  • Reading, PA
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  • 1,912 Full-Time Enrollment

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  • Kutztown, PA
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  • 6,697 Full-Time Enrollment

Franklin & Marshall College

  • Lancaster, PA
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  • 1,808 Full-Time Enrollment

Lebanon Valley College

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

Elizabethtown College

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

Washington College

  • Chestertown, MD
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  • 923 Full-Time Enrollment

York College of Pennsylvania

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

Wilkes University

  • Wilkes-Barre, PA
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  • 2,076 Full-Time Enrollment

King's College (PA)

  • Wilkes-Barre, PA
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  • 1,568 Full-Time Enrollment

Towson University

  • Towson, MD
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  • 16,264 Full-Time Enrollment

Goucher College

  • Baltimore, MD
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  • 981 Full-Time Enrollment

Johns Hopkins University

  • Baltimore, MD
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  • 6,090 Full-Time Enrollment

Loyola University Maryland

  • Baltimore, MD
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  • 3,881 Full-Time Enrollment

Misericordia University

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

Maryland Institute College of Art

  • Baltimore, MD
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  • 1,362 Full-Time Enrollment

Messiah University

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

University of Maryland, Baltimore County

  • Baltimore, MD
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  • 10,767 Full-Time Enrollment

Susquehanna University

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

McDaniel College

  • Westminster, MD
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  • 1,631 Full-Time Enrollment

St. John's College (MD)

  • Annapolis, MD
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  • 473 Full-Time Enrollment

United States Naval Academy

  • Annapolis, MD
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  • 4,474 Full-Time Enrollment

Dickinson College

  • Carlisle, PA
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  • 2,311 Full-Time Enrollment

University of Maryland, College Park

  • College Park, MD
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  • 31,133 Full-Time Enrollment

Salisbury University

  • Salisbury, MD
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  • 6,288 Full-Time Enrollment

Hood College

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

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