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Glenville State University

Glenville, West Virginia·Public, 4-year or above·Southeast·glenville.edu
Acceptance
69.5%
+6.0pp vs Baccalaureate
6-yr Graduation
34%
-0.5pp vs Baccalaureate
Total enrollment
1,765
peer median 1,767
Avg net price
$16,358
+$5.5k vs Baccalaureate
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Admissions & acceptance rate

First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.

Applied
1,316
1,316 candidates competed
Admitted
914
69.5% acceptance rate
Enrolled
397
43.4% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

Overall completion
34%-0.5pp vs Baccalaureate
4-year graduation
34%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
35%
Full-time retention
55%

Pell equity

21.0pp gap
Pell recipients
28%
Non-Pell
49%

Non-Pell students graduate at a 21.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

Of 34 Title IV programs, 8 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 26 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
34
Passing
8
23.5% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

34programs
  • Passing8 · 23.5%
  • No Data26 · 76.5%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
2
Safe
6
No data
26

Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.

Earnings premium gap

Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.

8
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Bachelor Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
+14.3%
$37,281 vs $32,604
Social Sciences Other
Bachelor Degree · Social Sciences
+18.2%
$38,539 vs $32,604
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Associate Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
+25.1%
$40,784 vs $32,604
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Bachelor Degree · Education
+35.2%
$44,090 vs $32,604
Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness
Bachelor Degree · Parks, Recreation, Leisure, And Fitness Studies
+36.4%
$44,474 vs $32,604
Business Administration Management and Operations
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+36.8%
$44,589 vs $32,604
Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy
Bachelor Degree · Natural Resources And Conservation
+43.0%
$46,610 vs $32,604
Security Science and Technology
Bachelor Degree · Security And Protective Services
+48.4%
$48,388 vs $32,604

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

7
Social Sciences Other
Bachelor Degree · Social Sciences
69%
$26,680 debt · $38,539 earn
Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness
Bachelor Degree · Parks, Recreation, Leisure, And Fitness Studies
59%
$26,000 debt · $44,474 earn
Business Administration Management and Operations
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
58%
$26,000 debt · $44,589 earn
Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy
Bachelor Degree · Natural Resources And Conservation
54%
$25,000 debt · $46,610 earn
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Bachelor Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
50%
$18,750 debt · $37,281 earn
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Associate Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
47%
$19,311 debt · $40,784 earn
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Bachelor Degree · Education
44%
$19,500 debt · $44,090 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Higher Learning Commission

Accredited since 1949Next review Aug 2023

Programmatic accreditations · 1

Action history · 1

  1. Jan 2023Renewal of Accreditation
    Higher Learning Commission

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$12,878
$30–48k$13,426
$48–75k$16,460
$75–110k$20,348
$110k+$20,355

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price
$16,358
+$5,540vs Baccalaureate median $10,818
Federal loans
35.1%
In-state tuition
$9,412
Out-of-state
$11,140

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

In AY 2024–25, 710 students received $3.8M in Pell grants, alongside $3.2M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
710
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$3.8M
$3,786,901 total
Direct Loans
$3.2M
802 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

1k
20
1k
21
1k
22
1k
23
1k
24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$1.2M
350 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$1.3M
384 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$305K
31 loan awards
Parent PLUS$320K
35 loan awards
Grad PLUS$15K
2 loan awards

Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Of 352 borrowers who entered repayment, 25 (7.1%) defaulted within three years above the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
7.1%
+4.8pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
352
Defaulted
25
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
17.6%
2017
20.7%
2018
19.1%
2019
7.1%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Glenville State

Top program areas ranked by completions.

Distinct CIP programs26
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

399 total completions
01Liberal Arts
22155.4%
02Business
4912.3%
03Education
266.5%
04Security/Protective
256.3%
05Parks/Recreation
225.5%
06Natural Resources
205.0%
07Psychology
123.0%
08Biological Sciences
102.5%
09Visual/Performing Arts
102.5%
10Multi/Interdisciplinary
41.0%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

Fall total
1,765
12-mo unduplicated
2,006
Undergraduate
1,949
Graduate
57

Gender split

Men
52%1,047
Women
48%959

Race / ethnicity composition

White
76.6%
Black
12.7%
Non-resident
3.9%
Two or more
2.5%
Hispanic
2.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native
1.0%
Asian
0.7%
Unknown
0.5%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

Athletes
506
297 M · 209 W
Women athletes
41.3%
Athletic aid
$2.4M
Total student aid
Budget
$5.1M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$1.5M
$972K
Recruiting expense
$35K
$11K
Head-coach salaries
$48K
$38K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 11

Track and Field and Cross Country (combined)
152 M · 101 W
$264K
Football
112 M ·
$1.3M
Basketball
26 M · 21 W
$848K
Baseball
44 M ·
$336K
Wrestling
43 M ·
$362K
Soccer
· 40 W
$325K

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
0.00
0 offenses · 1,630 students

3-year trend

0.002 yrs ago0.641 yr ago0.00Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
1
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
1
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
1

Criminal offenses by type

No criminal offenses reported.

By location

0total

    VAWA offenses

    0
    Domestic violence
    0
    Dating violence
    0
    Stalking
    0 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

    Hate crimes by bias

    No hate crimes reported.

    Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

    CategoryArrestsReferrals
    Weapons00
    Drugs11
    Liquor010

    Residence-hall fires

    No residence-hall fires reported.

    Data quality: 3 reports were later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.

    Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

    Student-faculty ratio

    Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

    Student-to-faculty
    13.0:1
    Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
    67

    Glenville State vs Peer comparison

    The peer institutions Glenville State selected for federal comparison reporting.

    GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
    This institutionPeer median

    A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.

    Carnegie
    SubjectGlenville State University
    34%69.5%1,765$16,358Baccalaureate
    West Virginia University Institute of Technology
    33%36.7%1,278$9,957Baccalaureate
    Bluefield State University
    30%97.2%1,141$12,529Baccalaureate
    Kentucky State University
    35%96.1%2,020$8,900Baccalaureate
    Florida Polytechnic University
    55%57.5%1,769$9,899Baccalaureate
    University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
    40%41.2%2,005$11,679Baccalaureate
    Peer group median35%63.5%1,767$10,818

    Frequently asked questions about Glenville State University

    Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Glenville State.

    What is the acceptance rate at Glenville State University?

    Glenville State University's acceptance rate is 69.5% (914 admitted from 1,316 applicants), based on the latest IPEDS.

    What is the graduation rate at Glenville State University?

    Glenville State University reports a 6-year graduation rate of 34% per the latest IPEDS.

    How many students attend Glenville State University?

    Glenville State University reports a total enrollment of 1,765 students per the latest IPEDS.

    What is the average net price at Glenville State University?

    The average net price at Glenville State University is $16,358 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

    What is the yield rate at Glenville State University?

    Glenville State University's yield rate is 43.4%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

    Where is Glenville State University located?

    Glenville State University is located in Glenville, West Virginia 26351-1292.

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