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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Salisbury University

  • Salisbury, MD
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  • 6,281 Full-Time Enrollment

Lafayette College

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

Moravian University

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

Lehigh University

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

University of Mary Washington

  • Fredericksburg, VA
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  • 3,611 Full-Time Enrollment

Susquehanna University

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

Franklin & Marshall College

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

James Madison University

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

Bridgewater College

  • Bridgewater, VA
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  • 1,391 Full-Time Enrollment

York College of Pennsylvania

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

University of Virginia

  • Charlottesville, VA
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  • 17,618 Full-Time Enrollment

Randolph-Macon College

  • Ashland, VA
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  • 1,500 Full-Time Enrollment

William & Mary

  • Williamsburg, VA
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  • 6,963 Full-Time Enrollment

Messiah University

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

Elizabethtown College

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

Dickinson College

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

Virginia Wesleyan University

  • Virginia Beach, VA
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  • 1,626 Full-Time Enrollment

Penn State University Park

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

Old Dominion University

  • Norfolk, VA
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  • 17,736 Full-Time Enrollment

Juniata College

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

Hampton University

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

Hampden-Sydney College

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

Hollins University

  • Roanoke, VA
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  • 673 Full-Time Enrollment

Virginia Tech

  • Blacksburg, VA
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  • 30,507 Full-Time Enrollment

Westminster College (PA)

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

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