Best Mid-Atlantic

Delaware (DE), District of Columbia (DC), Maryland (MD), Pennsylvania (PA), Virginia (VA), and West Virginia (WV)

For our "2025 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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Duquesne University

  • Pittsburgh, PA
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  • 5,226 Full-Time Enrollment

Washington & Jefferson College

  • Washington, PA
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  • 1,162 Full-Time Enrollment

Pennsylvania Western University

  • California, Pennsylvania
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  • 8,336 Full-Time Enrollment

Seton Hill University

  • Greensburg, PA
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  • 1,708 Full-Time Enrollment

Indiana University of Pennsylvania

  • Indiana, PA
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  • 7,432 Full-Time Enrollment

Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  • Slippery Rock, PA
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  • 6,815 Full-Time Enrollment

Grove City College

  • Grove City, PA
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  • 2,365 Full-Time Enrollment

Westminster College (PA)

  • New Wilmington, PA
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  • 1,196 Full-Time Enrollment

Juniata College

  • Huntingdon, PA
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  • 1,213 Full-Time Enrollment

Penn State University Park

  • University Park, PA
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  • 42,223 Full-Time Enrollment

Dickinson College

  • Carlisle, PA
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  • 2,204 Full-Time Enrollment

Elizabethtown College

  • Elizabethtown, PA
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  • 1,857 Full-Time Enrollment

Messiah University

  • Mechanicsburg, PA
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  • 2,586 Full-Time Enrollment

York College of Pennsylvania

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

Franklin & Marshall College

  • Lancaster, PA
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  • 1,911 Full-Time Enrollment

Susquehanna University

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

Lehigh University

  • Bethlehem, PA
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  • 5,811 Full-Time Enrollment

Moravian University

  • Bethlehem, PA
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  • 2,006 Full-Time Enrollment

Lafayette College

  • Easton, PA
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  • 2,764 Full-Time Enrollment

Misericordia University

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

King's College (PA)

  • Wilkes-Barre, PA
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  • 1,590 Full-Time Enrollment

Wilkes University

  • Wilkes-Barre, PA
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  • 1,956 Full-Time Enrollment

Delaware Valley University

  • Doylestown, PA
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  • 1,759 Full-Time Enrollment

Bryn Mawr College

  • Bryn Mawr, PA
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  • 1,360 Full-Time Enrollment

Neumann University

  • Aston, PA
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  • 1,695 Full-Time Enrollment

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