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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American University

  • Washington, DC

Georgetown University

  • Washington, DC

Howard University

  • Washington, DC

Susquehanna University

  • Selinsgrove, PA

The Catholic University of America

  • Washington, DC

University of Maryland, College Park

  • College Park, MD

York College of Pennsylvania

  • York, PA

Randolph-Macon College

  • Ashland, VA

University of Richmond

  • University of Richmond, VA

University of Maryland, Baltimore County

  • Baltimore, MD

Elizabethtown College

  • Elizabethtown, PA

Goucher College

  • Baltimore, MD

Loyola University Maryland

  • Baltimore, MD

Maryland Institute College of Art

  • Baltimore, MD

Lebanon Valley College

  • Annville, PA

Towson University

  • Towson, MD

Johns Hopkins University

  • Baltimore, MD

St. John's College (MD)

  • Annapolis, MD

United States Naval Academy

  • Annapolis, MD

Franklin & Marshall College

  • Lancaster, PA

Washington College

  • Chestertown, MD

St. Mary's College of Maryland

  • St. Mary's City, MD

Albright College

  • Reading, PA

Misericordia University

  • Dallas, PA

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  • Kutztown, PA

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