Colleges with the Highest Former-Student Earnings in Virginia

Colleges with the Highest Former-Student Earnings in Virginia, ranked by median 10-year earnings. Median earnings of federally aided former students who are working and not enrolled, 10 years after entry; includes students who did not graduate. Four-year campus colleges with at least 500 undergraduates. Four-year colleges with at least 500 undergraduates. Online-only schools are excluded. This page lists all 41 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

1Washington and Lee UniversityLexington, Virginia14%1498$24k$95k94%1,881121 mi 2Chamberlain University-VirginiaVienna, Virginia90%—$33k$92k100%5578 mi 3University of Virginia-Main CampusCharlottesville, Virginia17%1480$22k$87k96%17,59767 mi 4Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityBlacksburg, Virginia55%1364$25k$82k86%30,923173 mi 5Virginia Military InstituteLexington, Virginia71%1244$17k$77k76%1,527120 mi 6Bon Secours Memorial College of NursingRichmond, Virginia———$77k—59123 mi 7George Mason UniversityFairfax, Virginia87%1274$18k$76k68%27,75212 mi 8University of RichmondUniversity of Richmond, Virginia22%1497$31k$76k85%2,98022 mi 9William & MaryWilliamsburg, Virginia34%1473$19k$73k89%7,0553 mi 10James Madison UniversityHarrisonburg, Virginia72%1256$23k$70k80%20,88882 mi 11Hampden-Sydney CollegeHampden-Sydney, Virginia41%1207$22k$68k62%94666 mi 12Marymount UniversityArlington, Virginia93%—$29k$68k54%1,8103 mi 13University of Mary WashingtonFredericksburg, Virginia80%1272$21k$61k66%3,5668 mi 14Christopher Newport UniversityNewport News, Virginia86%1180$23k$61k72%4,3651 mi 15Hampton UniversityHampton, Virginia62%969$25k$59k57%3,7271 mi 16Randolph-Macon CollegeAshland, Virginia87%1095$28k$58k70%1,63931 mi 17Shenandoah UniversityWinchester, Virginia77%—$30k$58k67%2,11661 mi 18Virginia Commonwealth UniversityRichmond, Virginia93%1137$23k$58k63%20,75318 mi 19Roanoke CollegeSalem, Virginia83%1211$25k$58k67%1,767153 mi 20University of LynchburgLynchburg, Virginia43%1125$22k$56k57%1,577105 mi 21Old Dominion UniversityNorfolk, Virginia90%1197$15k$55k46%17,5141 mi 22Eastern Mennonite UniversityHarrisonburg, Virginia100%—$25k$55k67%75482 mi 23Radford UniversityRadford, Virginia90%1060$15k$54k49%6,038180 mi 24Bridgewater CollegeBridgewater, Virginia92%1180$18k$53k53%1,40087 mi 25Randolph CollegeLynchburg, Virginia94%1134$16k$53k46%658104 mi 26Longwood UniversityFarmville, Virginia90%1120$19k$52k61%3,01562 mi 27Averett UniversityDanville, Virginia57%1135$23k$52k48%1,231129 mi 28Virginia Wesleyan UniversityVirginia Beach, Virginia73%—$20k$50k42%1,2564 mi 29Southern Virginia UniversityBuena Vista, Virginia96%—$22k$50k33%936117 mi 30Bluefield UniversityBluefield, Virginia59%—$26k$49k18%614218 mi 31Emory & Henry UniversityEmory, Virginia84%1135$19k$47k56%1,078254 mi 32Virginia State UniversityPetersburg, Virginia89%948$16k$46k39%5,07410 mi 33University of Virginia's College at WiseWise, Virginia29%1050$9k$45k47%1,101292 mi 34Liberty UniversityLynchburg, Virginia99%—$29k$45k65%50,012105 mi 35Norfolk State UniversityNorfolk, Virginia88%927$15k$45k39%5,3922 mi 36Regent UniversityVirginia Beach, Virginia38%1153$20k$44k57%4,7296 mi 37Mary Baldwin UniversityStaunton, Virginia——$13k$44k39%1,09095 mi 38Ferrum CollegeFerrum, Virginia89%—$20k$44k32%699154 mi 39Strayer University-VirginiaArlington, Virginia——$20k$40k36%1,6681 mi 40Hollins UniversityRoanoke, Virginia68%1230$21k$40k65%665146 mi 41Virginia Union UniversityRichmond, Virginia98%850$13k$38k34%1,20318 mi

US Department of Education College Scorecard and IPEDS. Missing or suppressed values are excluded. A ranking is a comparison of the named measure, not an overall quality score.