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West Virginia University

Morgantown, West Virginia

https://www.wvu.edu

#331 National Colleges

84.28% Admission Rate
Least Selective

20,272 Undergraduates Enrolled

  • Public
  • Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity
  • Four-year, full-time, selective, lower transfer-in
  • Four-year, large, primarily nonresidential
West Virginia University (WVU) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Morgantown, West Virginia. Its other campuses are those of the West Virginia University Institute of Technology in Beckley, Potomac State College of West Virginia University in Keyser, and a second clinical campus for the university's medical and dental schools at Charleston Area Medical Center in Charleston. WVU Extension Service provides outreach with offices in all of West Virginia's 55 counties.

Enrollment for the Fall 2018 semester was 26,839 for the main campus, while enrollment across all three non-clinical campuses was 29,933. The Morgantown campus offers more than 350 bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and professional degree programs throughout 14 colleges and schools.

The university has produced 46 Goldwater Scholars, 25 Truman Scholars, three Marshall Scholars, six Udall Scholars, 28 Boren Scholars, 75 Gilman Scholars, 64 Fulbright Scholars, three Department of Homeland Security Scholars, 36 Critical Language Scholars, five NIST Fellows, and 27 NSF Graduate Research Fellows. Twenty-four Rhodes Scholars are WVU alumni, including former WVU president David C. Hardesty, Jr.

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Location

City
Morgantown, West Virginia

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Locale
City: Small (population less than 100,000)

Region
Southeast (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)

Academics

Predominant Degree Awarded
Predominantly bachelor's-degree granting

Highest Degree Awarded
Graduate degree

Most Popular Fields

Field % Students
Engineering 17.3%
Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services 14.4%
Health Professions And Related Programs 7.6%
Social Sciences 6.6%
Biological And Biomedical Sciences 6.5%
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 6.3%
Communication, Journalism, And Related Programs 6.2%
Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities 6.1%
Visual And Performing Arts 4.2%
Psychology 3.4%
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, And Fitness Studies 3.4%
Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, And Related Sciences 3.2%
Natural Resources And Conservation 3.2%
Physical Sciences 2.0%
Education 1.5%
English Language And Literature/Letters 1.4%
Computer And Information Sciences And Support Services 1.2%
History 1.1%
Family And Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences 1.1%
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting And Related Protective Services 1.0%
Public Administration And Social Service Professions 0.8%
Foreign Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics 0.6%
Mathematics And Statistics 0.5%
Architecture And Related Services 0.5%
Philosophy And Religious Studies 0.2%

Cost

In State Tuition
$8,976.00

Out of State Tuition
$25,320.00

Percentage Students Receiving Aid
49.48%

Average Net Cost After Aid
$12,983.00

Admissions

SAT Scores

1155 Composite Average
Percentile 75% 50% 25%
Math 610 560 510
Verbal 620 570 520

ACT Scores

24 Cumulative Average
Percentile 75% 50% 25%
Math 26 23 19
English 27 24 21