Arcadia University is proud to announce that it is a silver winner for favorite college/university in the Philadelphia Inquirer’s 2026 Philly Favorites competition.

In this third year of the competition, 468,000 votes were cast for the best businesses, organizations, and people across the Philadelphia region. Only three colleges and universities were selected as Philly Favorites. Arcadia was previously nominated in 2025.

While this may be Arcadia’s first year as a Philly Favorite winner, the University regularly appears in national and regional rankings by U.S. News & World Report, The Princeton Review, and the Institute of International Education’s Open Doors Report.

These rankings include being #1 for study abroad participation by undergraduate students at institutions of our type (Institute of International Education) and the #1 Physical Therapy program in the Philadelphia area (U.S. News & World Report).