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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Arcadia University

  • Glenside, PA
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  • 1,831 Full-Time Enrollment

Chestnut Hill College

  • Philadelphia, PA
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  • 1,094 Full-Time Enrollment

Temple University

  • Philadelphia, PA
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  • 21,428 Full-Time Enrollment

Saint Joseph's University (PA)

  • Philadelphia, PA
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  • 5,044 Full-Time Enrollment

Haverford College

  • Haverford, PA
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  • 1,431 Full-Time Enrollment

University of Pennsylvania

  • Philadelphia, PA
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  • 10,013 Full-Time Enrollment

Drexel University

  • Philadelphia, PA
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  • 13,169 Full-Time Enrollment

Bryn Mawr College

  • Bryn Mawr, PA
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  • 1,368 Full-Time Enrollment

Villanova University

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

Ursinus College

  • Collegeville, PA
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  • 1,502 Full-Time Enrollment

Delaware Valley University

  • Doylestown, PA
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  • 1,768 Full-Time Enrollment
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Swarthmore College

  • Swarthmore, PA
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  • 1,623 Full-Time Enrollment

Neumann University

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

Lehigh University

  • Bethlehem, PA
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  • 5,911 Full-Time Enrollment

Moravian University

  • Bethlehem, PA
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  • 1,992 Full-Time Enrollment
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Muhlenberg College

  • Allentown, PA
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  • 1,788 Full-Time Enrollment

Lafayette College

  • Easton, PA
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  • 2,775 Full-Time Enrollment

University of Delaware

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

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

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