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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St. Mary's College of Maryland

  • St. Mary's City, MD
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  • 1,601 Full-Time Enrollment

University of Maryland, College Park

  • College Park, MD
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  • 30,608 Full-Time Enrollment

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

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

Ursinus College

  • Collegeville, PA
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  • 1,492 Full-Time Enrollment

Saint Joseph's University (PA)

  • Philadelphia, PA
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  • 4,828 Full-Time Enrollment

Chestnut Hill College

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

University of Pennsylvania

  • Philadelphia, PA
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  • 9,995 Full-Time Enrollment

Drexel University

  • Philadelphia, PA
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  • 13,450 Full-Time Enrollment

Goucher College

  • Baltimore, MD
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  • 965 Full-Time Enrollment

Villanova University

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

Loyola University Maryland

  • Baltimore, MD
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  • 3,987 Full-Time Enrollment

Maryland Institute College of Art

  • Baltimore, MD
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  • 1,362 Full-Time Enrollment

Johns Hopkins University

  • Baltimore, MD
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  • 6,044 Full-Time Enrollment

Towson University

  • Towson, MD
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  • 16,517 Full-Time Enrollment

Haverford College

  • Haverford, PA
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  • 1,424 Full-Time Enrollment

Arcadia University

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

Neumann University

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

Bryn Mawr College

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

Delaware Valley University

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

St. John's College (MD)

  • Annapolis, MD
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  • 484 Full-Time Enrollment

United States Naval Academy

  • Annapolis, MD
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  • 4,465 Full-Time Enrollment

Wilkes University

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

King's College (PA)

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

Misericordia University

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

Hood College

  • Frederick, MD
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  • 1,126 Full-Time Enrollment

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