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Forbes is out with its annual list of the nation's best bang-for-your-buck colleges, with its rankings based on five criteria: post-graduate success, student satisfaction, debt, graduation rate, and competitive awards. The top five:

1. Princeton (annual cost: $53,934)
2. Williams College ($57,141)
3. Stanford ($57,755)
4. University of Chicago ($59,950)
5. Yale ($58,250)

Click to read the whole list, which has the University of Virginia as the highest-ranked public school at No. 36. (Read more Forbes stories.)