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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Lehigh University

  • Bethlehem, PA
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  • 5,811 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

York College of Pennsylvania

  • York, PA
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  • 5,008 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

Penn State University Park

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

Juniata College

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

Westminster College (PA)

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

Grove City College

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

Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  • Slippery Rock, PA
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  • 6,815 Full-Time Enrollment

Indiana University of Pennsylvania

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

Seton Hill University

  • Greensburg, PA
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  • 1,708 Full-Time Enrollment

Pennsylvania Western University

  • California, Pennsylvania
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  • 8,336 Full-Time Enrollment

Washington & Jefferson College

  • Washington, PA
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  • 1,162 Full-Time Enrollment

Duquesne University

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

University of Pittsburgh—Pittsburgh Campus

  • Pittsburgh, PA
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  • 20,220 Full-Time Enrollment

La Roche University

  • Pittsburgh, PA
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  • 1,986 Full-Time Enrollment

Chatham University

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

Carnegie Mellon University

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

Robert Morris University

  • Moon Township, PA
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  • 2,782 Full-Time Enrollment

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