West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV
West Virginia University is a public research university in Morgantown, West Virginia, a small city, with 17,385 undergraduates. Engineering is its signature field: 14% of its bachelor's degrees, about twice its share across the colleges we cover. 65% of students finish within six years, and former students who are working earn a median of $55,939 ten years after starting.
West Virginia University admitted 17,154 of 20,150 applicants for the fall 2024 entering class (85.1%).
- Acceptance rate
- 85.1%
- Fall 2024 class
- In-state tuition
- $10,104
- $28,608 out of state
- Paid after aid
- $15,634
- Average, students with aid
- SAT, middle 50%
- 1010–1210
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, compiled by GoodGoblin, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2024 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What West Virginia University is known for
Measured by the 4,374 bachelor's degrees it awarded in 2022–23, and what its graduates went on to earn.
Engineering
13.9%
of its bachelor's degrees: about twice the 6.9% share across the colleges we cover.
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness2004.6% of degrees$57,359+5% vs $54,562 nationally
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing1864.3% of degrees$83,750−6% vs $88,910 nationally
- Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences1623.7% of degrees$70,165+13% vs $62,172 nationally
- Mechanical Engineering1613.7% of degrees$90,461About the $92,135 national median
- Psychology1553.5% of degrees$51,263About the $50,706 national median
- Marketing1543.5% of degrees$69,357About the $69,303 national median
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), field-of-study data. Degrees are bachelor's degrees awarded in 2022–23. Earnings are the median for 2017–18 and 2018–19 graduates, in 2024 dollars, working and not enrolled, four years after graduating. Shares across the colleges we cover count every bachelor's degree at the colleges with a page here.
The place
Where it is, how big it is, and how students live.
Setting
Small city
Morgantown, WV
Undergraduates
17,385
Fall 2024
Type
Public
Doctoral university, very high research activity
Living on campus
A quarter to half
of undergraduates live on campus
Students per faculty member
19 to 1
Fall 2024
International students
1%
of undergraduates, fall 2024
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), including the Carnegie Classification and the federal locale code it publishes.
Every figure, in full
The same measured fields on every one of these pages. Nothing is filled in where the school published nothing.
Acceptance rate
85.1%
17,154 admitted of 20,150 applicants
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
SAT, middle 50%
1010–1210
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
ACT, middle 50%
20–26
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
Average GPA of admitted students
3.70
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
55.6%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
23.4%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
Where do you actually stand at West Virginia University?
The figures on this page describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores, activities and budget, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.
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What West Virginia University costs
The published price first, then what students who received aid actually paid, by family income.
In-state tuition and fees for 2024–25 were $10,104 ($28,608 out of state), and the full in-state cost of attendance, with housing, food and books, was $26,415. After grants and scholarships, students who received financial aid paid $15,634 a year on average.
In-state tuition and fees
$10,104
2024–25 school year
Out-of-state tuition and fees
$28,608
2024–25 school year
Full cost, in state
$26,415
Tuition, fees, housing, food and books
Paid after aid
$15,634
Average, students who received aid
What students paid, by family income
Each bar is that figure as a share of the $26,415 full cost.
- Under $30k$9,450Typical public university: $10,013
- $30k–$48k$12,501Typical public university: $10,847
- $48k–$75k$14,179Typical public university: $13,703
- $75k–$110k$18,710Typical public university: $17,979
- Over $110k$20,273Typical public university: $22,475
Source: the federal College Scorecard. Tuition and cost of attendance are for the 2024–25 school year; colleges usually raise them each year. What students paid is the average net price for first-year students who received federal financial aid. Typical public university: the median across the 338 public universities on GoodGoblin, for in-state students, compiled by GoodGoblin from the same federal data.
Where it leads
Who finishes, who stays, and what they earn and owe afterwards.
Finish within six years
65%
Our colleges' median: 63%
Return for a second year
83%
Our colleges' median: 79%
Earnings after 10 years
$55,939
Our colleges' median: $57,440
Median debt at graduation
$22,500
Our colleges' median: $23,725
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education). Six-year completion describes students who started in fall 2018; second-year return describes students who started in fall 2023; earnings describe students who started in 2009–10 and 2010–11, measured in 2020 and 2021, in 2022 dollars; debt describes federal loans of students who graduated in fiscal years 2020 and 2021. Medians are across the 1,034 colleges with a page here.
What West Virginia University says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- Course rigorrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- GPArequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Class rankrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Test scoresconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Not considered
- Essay
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Recommendations
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
- Rolling AdmissionJuly 28, 2027
Verified August 19, 2026 · Source
More colleges on the record
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Other colleges in West Virginia
Closest acceptance rates in the same state.
- Concord University89.6%
- Wheeling University75.2%
- West Virginia Wesleyan College95%
- Shepherd University95.6%
Colleges with a similar acceptance rate
Closest acceptance rates anywhere in the country.
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