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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Johns Hopkins University

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

Goucher College

  • Baltimore, MD
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  • 981 Full-Time Enrollment

Towson University

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

St. Mary's College of Maryland

  • St. Mary's City, MD
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  • 1,632 Full-Time Enrollment

Washington College

  • Chestertown, MD
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  • 923 Full-Time Enrollment

Randolph-Macon College

  • Ashland, VA
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  • 1,643 Full-Time Enrollment

James Madison University

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

University of Virginia

  • Charlottesville, VA
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  • 17,901 Full-Time Enrollment

York College of Pennsylvania

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

Bridgewater College

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

University of Richmond

  • University of Richmond, VA
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  • 3,045 Full-Time Enrollment

Dickinson College

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

Messiah University

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

Mary Baldwin University

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

Elizabethtown College

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

Salisbury University

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

Franklin & Marshall College

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

University of Delaware

  • Newark, DE
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  • 19,287 Full-Time Enrollment

Lebanon Valley College

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

William & Mary

  • Williamsburg, VA
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  • 7,055 Full-Time Enrollment

Juniata College

  • Huntingdon, PA
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  • 1,229 Full-Time Enrollment

Hampden-Sydney College

  • Hampden-Sydney, VA
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  • 946 Full-Time Enrollment

Sweet Briar College

  • Sweet Briar, VA
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  • 319 Full-Time Enrollment

Neumann University

  • Aston, PA
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  • 1,658 Full-Time Enrollment

Washington and Lee University

  • Lexington, VA
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  • 1,886 Full-Time Enrollment

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