West Virginia State University
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 10.8-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 35 Title IV programs, 9 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 1 fails. 25 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing9 · 25.7%
- No Data25 · 71.4%
- Failing1 · 2.9%
Severity spectrum
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.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Higher Learning Commission
Programmatic accreditations · 2
Action history · 1
- Oct 2015Renewal of AccreditationHigher Learning Commission
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 800 students received $4.4M in Pell grants, alongside $5.9M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
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.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 675 borrowers who entered repayment, 33 (4.8%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* 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.
Academic programs at West Virginia State
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 10
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus6
- Public property1
Includes 1 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
West Virginia State vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions West Virginia State selected for federal comparison reporting.
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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectWest Virginia State University | 39% | — | 3,246 | $11,139 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs |
| 51% | 96.8% | 3,339 | $11,363 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs | |
| 44% | 98.6% | 3,305 | $9,032 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs | |
| 72% | 86.0% | 4,454 | $23,015 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs | |
| 40% | 78.5% | 4,022 | $11,641 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs | |
| 28% | 46.1% | 3,193 | $8,172 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs | |
| Peer group median | 42% | 86.0% | 3,322 | $11,251 |
Institutions like West Virginia State
Explore the federal data for institutions in West Virginia State's comparison group.
- Masters Colleges & Universities: Small ProgramsWest Virginia
Shepherd University
Grad rate51%Admit rate96.8%Enrollment3,339Net price$11,363View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Small ProgramsWest Virginia
Fairmont State University
Grad rate44%Admit rate98.6%Enrollment3,305Net price$9,032View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Small ProgramsVirginia
Christopher Newport University
Grad rate72%Admit rate86.0%Enrollment4,454Net price$23,015View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Small ProgramsSouth Carolina
University of South Carolina Aiken
Grad rate40%Admit rate78.5%Enrollment4,022Net price$11,641View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Small ProgramsGeorgia
Savannah State University
Grad rate28%Admit rate46.1%Enrollment3,193Net price$8,172View data
West Virginia State Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The mission of the Office of Institutional Research, Assessment and Effectiveness at West Virginia State University is to support the achievement of the University mission by providing timely, accurate, and unbiased data and analysis for institutional decision-making, assessment, effective management, and strategic planning.
Visit IR office page- Archit AgarwalExecutive Director of Institutional Research
- Rebecca TaylorInstitutional Research Consultant
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