Colleges in Virginia whose graduates clear the bar most often

Ranked by the share of each school's programs whose graduates out-earn a typical high-school graduate (the federal earnings-premium test).

#	College	Programs clearing the bar	Median earnings	Programs measured
1	University of Virginia-Main Campus	100%	$84,393	70
2	Virginia Military Institute	100%	$74,740	11
3	Marymount University	100%	$73,058	23
4	DeVry University-Virginia	100%	$72,780	24
5	James Madison University	100%	$66,165	56
6	Averett University	100%	$66,162	10
7	Strayer University-Virginia	100%	$64,016	17
8	Mary Baldwin University	100%	$58,459	13
9	University of Lynchburg	100%	$58,054	19
10	Christopher Newport University	100%	$57,088	18
11	Roanoke College	100%	$56,643	12
12	South University-Virginia Beach	100%	$55,052	19
13	South University-Richmond	100%	$55,052	17
14	J Sargeant Reynolds Community College	100%	$54,823	17
15	Randolph-Macon College	100%	$53,937	10
16	Virginia State University	100%	$53,554	24
17	Longwood University	100%	$52,959	23
18	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	99%	$80,161	87
19	George Mason University	99%	$75,619	109
20	Virginia Commonwealth University	98%	$67,913	86
21	Old Dominion University	98%	$66,847	61
22	Radford University	98%	$55,856	49
23	William & Mary	97%	$72,077	30
24	University of Mary Washington	96%	$57,480	23
25	Shenandoah University	95%	$66,673	19

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Ranked on one stated metric, the share of a school's programs that clear the benchmark. Schools need at least 10 programs with reported earnings to appear. Note that specialised graduate institutions (medical and health-science centres, for example) often rank at the top because their programs are almost all high-earning; the 'programs measured' column and each school's page give the context.

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (release 2026-06-10). Earnings are median earnings of graduates measured up to four years after completing, and describe past graduates rather than a promise. Method: methodology. Report an error.