Advancing four places from last year, Marywood University is now ranked #14 Best Value School by U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges rankings for 2026, making Marywood a great, centrally located option for students in Northeastern Pennsylvania who want to stay closer to home. Marywood continues to demonstrate its exceptional affordability and academic excellence as the top regional four-year private university included in this category.

Additionally, in the “Best Colleges for Veterans” (Regional Universities North category), Marywood is ranked at #29 and has consistently placed in the top 30 institutions for this category year over year. On the “Best Regional Universities North” list, Marywood had a solid showing in its overall position at #61 (tie). This notable placement among institutions from seven states demonstrates Marywood’s enduring quality and consistency as a higher education provider in the region. Ranked at #88 (tie) in Top Performers on Social Mobility, Marywood is the only local university to place in the Top 100, counted among those institutions that are more successful than others at advancing social mobility by enrolling and graduating large proportions of disadvantaged students awarded with Pell Grants. The social mobility ranking also includes borrower debt and college graduates earning more than high school graduates.

Marywood University also has earned impressive placements, both nationally and statewide, in the 2025 Niche College Rankings. Niche, the leading platform connecting students and families with colleges and schools, compared Marywood with thousands of institutions nationwide and hundreds of institutions of higher education in Pennsylvania.

Marywood University earned high marks in a number of categories, most notably:

• Best Colleges for Architecture in America (#40)
• Best Colleges for Education in Pennsylvania (#15)
• Best Catholic Colleges in America (#51) and in Pennsylvania (#5)
• Top Private Universities in Pennsylvania (#19)
• Best Small Colleges in America (#186) and Pennsylvania (#10)

Marywood University also earned high marks for Best College Dorms in Pennsylvania (#15), Best College Locations in Pennsylvania (#20), Best Value Colleges in Pennsylvania (#22), Best Colleges in Pennsylvania (#23), and Safest College Campuses in Pennsylvania (#26), among positive placements in many other categories.

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