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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Carnegie Mellon University

  • Pittsburgh, PA
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  • 7,707 Full-Time Enrollment

The Catholic University of America

  • Washington, DC
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  • 3,139 Full-Time Enrollment

Chatham University

  • Pittsburgh, PA
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  • 1,507 Full-Time Enrollment

Chestnut Hill College

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

Concord University

  • Athens, WV
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  • 2,688 Full-Time Enrollment

Delaware Valley University

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

Dickinson College

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

Drexel University

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

Duquesne University

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

Elizabethtown College

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

Franklin & Marshall College

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

Georgetown University

  • Washington, DC
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  • 7,968 Full-Time Enrollment

Goucher College

  • Baltimore, MD
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  • 965 Full-Time Enrollment

Grove City College

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

Hampden-Sydney College

  • Hampden-Sydney, VA
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  • 876 Full-Time Enrollment

Hampton University

  • Hampton, VA
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  • 3,255 Full-Time Enrollment

Haverford College

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

Hollins University

  • Roanoke, VA
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  • 673 Full-Time Enrollment

Hood College

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

Howard University

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

Indiana University of Pennsylvania

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

James Madison University

  • Harrisonburg, VA
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  • 21,008 Full-Time Enrollment

Johns Hopkins University

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

Juniata College

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

King's College (PA)

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

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