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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University of Maryland, College Park

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

St. Mary's College of Maryland

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

The Catholic University of America

  • Washington, DC
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  • 3,177 Full-Time Enrollment

Howard University

  • Washington, DC
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  • 8,964 Full-Time Enrollment

Georgetown University

  • Washington, DC
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  • 7,833 Full-Time Enrollment

American University

  • Washington, DC
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  • 7,817 Full-Time Enrollment

University of Delaware

  • Newark, DE
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  • 18,159 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

Ursinus College

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

Saint Joseph's University (PA)

  • Philadelphia, PA
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  • 5,044 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

Villanova University

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

Haverford College

  • Haverford, PA
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  • 1,431 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

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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  • 1,590 Full-Time Enrollment

Misericordia University

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

Lafayette College

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

Moravian University

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

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