America's Top Colleges 2016: Virginia School Rankings, According to Forbes

Here are the Virginia schools that made Forbes' list of America's Top Colleges 2016, which included 660 schools nationwide, with their national ranking in parentheses:

1. Washington and Lee University (29
2. University of Virginia (36)
3. College of William & Mary (38)
4. University of Richmond (101)
5. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (118)
6. Virginia Military Institute (163)
7. James Madison University (174)
8. Hampden-Sydney College (222)
9. George Mason University (237)
10. University of Mary Washington (275)
11. Sweet Briar College (337)
12. Christopher Newport University (360)
13. Randolph College (404)
14. Hollins University (420)
15. Randolph-Macon College (444)
16. Virginia Commonwealth University (448)
17. Roanoke College (464)
18. Emory & Henry College (541)
19. Old Dominion University (545)
20. Mary Baldwin College (568)
21. Liberty University (651)

Forbes used data from the Department of Education, along with payscale.com and the America's Leaders List to compile the rankings on the top 660 schools. They rated each school on post-graduate success, student debt, student satisfaction, graduation rate and academic success.

• Read Forbes' full methodology here
• See the full national rankings here