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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Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  • Kutztown, PA

Franklin & Marshall College

  • Lancaster, PA

Lebanon Valley College

  • Annville, PA

Elizabethtown College

  • Elizabethtown, PA

Washington College

  • Chestertown, MD

York College of Pennsylvania

  • York, PA

Wilkes University

  • Wilkes-Barre, PA

King's College (PA)

  • Wilkes-Barre, PA

Towson University

  • Towson, MD

Goucher College

  • Baltimore, MD

Johns Hopkins University

  • Baltimore, MD

Loyola University Maryland

  • Baltimore, MD

Misericordia University

  • Dallas, PA

Maryland Institute College of Art

  • Baltimore, MD

Messiah University

  • Mechanicsburg, PA

University of Maryland, Baltimore County

  • Baltimore, MD

Susquehanna University

  • Selinsgrove, PA

McDaniel College

  • Westminster, MD

St. John's College (MD)

  • Annapolis, MD

United States Naval Academy

  • Annapolis, MD

Dickinson College

  • Carlisle, PA

Gettysburg College

  • Gettysburg, PA

University of Maryland, College Park

  • College Park, MD

Salisbury University

  • Salisbury, MD

Hood College

  • Frederick, MD

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