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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Maryland Institute College of Art

  • Baltimore, MD
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  • 1,362 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

University of Maryland, College Park

  • College Park, MD
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  • 31,875 Full-Time Enrollment

Johns Hopkins University

  • Baltimore, MD
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  • 6,356 Full-Time Enrollment

Howard University

  • Washington, DC
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  • 11,084 Full-Time Enrollment

The Catholic University of America

  • Washington, DC
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  • 3,294 Full-Time Enrollment

Albright College

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

University of Virginia

  • Charlottesville, VA
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  • 17,848 Full-Time Enrollment

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

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

Washington and Lee University

  • Lexington, VA
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  • 1,916 Full-Time Enrollment

University of Mary Washington

  • Fredericksburg, VA
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  • 3,531 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

Washington College

  • Chestertown, MD
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  • 933 Full-Time Enrollment

Moravian University

  • Bethlehem, PA
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  • 2,125 Full-Time Enrollment

University of Delaware

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

Lehigh University

  • Bethlehem, PA
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  • 5,986 Full-Time Enrollment

Sweet Briar College

  • Sweet Briar, VA
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  • 319 Full-Time Enrollment

Ursinus College

  • Collegeville, PA
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  • 1,378 Full-Time Enrollment

Lafayette College

  • Easton, PA
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  • 2,649 Full-Time Enrollment

Concord University

  • Athens, WV
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  • 2,688 Full-Time Enrollment

Randolph College

  • Lynchburg, VA
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  • 783 Full-Time Enrollment

Neumann University

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

Villanova University

  • Villanova, PA
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  • 6,989 Full-Time Enrollment

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