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 16.1-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 326 Title IV programs, 87 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 239 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing87 · 26.7%
- No Data239 · 73.3%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
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.
Near the line (±5%)
Programs within five points of the pass line, one cohort year from flipping.
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
Higher Learning Commission
Programmatic accreditations · 33
Action history · 64
- Jul 2025Renewal of AccreditationAcademy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics · Dietetics (DIETI) - Dietetic Internship
- May 2025Renewal of AccreditationCouncil on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs · Nurse Anesthesia (ANEST) - Institutions and programs at the master's degree, post master's certificate or doctoral degree levels
- Jan 2025Renewal of AccreditationAccreditation Council for Pharmacy Education · Pharmacy (PHAR) - Professional degree programs
- Aug 2024Renewal of AccreditationAmerican Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopedics
- Aug 2024Renewal of AccreditationAmerican Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Dental Hygiene (DH)
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, 5,819 students received $33.7M in Pell grants, alongside $170.7M 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 6,452 borrowers who entered repayment, 189 (2.9%) 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
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 · 12
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 campus80
- Non-campus6
Includes 38 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
- National origin2
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
- 37 College Park Apartments1 fireCookingDamage $0-$99
- University Place Apartments1 fireOpen flamesDamage $50,000-$99,999
Data quality: 7 reports were later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
West Virginia vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions West Virginia 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 University | 65% | — | 23,643 | $15,634 | R1 Research |
| 72% | 96.6% | 26,449 | $13,314 | R1 Research | |
| 61% | 79.4% | 23,065 | $17,988 | R1 Research | |
| 46% | 90.4% | 23,743 | $14,638 | R1 Research | |
| 67% | 77.6% | 23,150 | $17,595 | R1 Research | |
| 51% | 72.0% | 20,276 | $12,397 | R1 Research | |
| Peer group median | 63% | 79.4% | 23,397 | $15,136 |
Institutions like West Virginia
Explore the federal data for institutions in West Virginia's comparison group.
- R1 ResearchMississippi
University of Mississippi
Grad rate72%Admit rate96.6%Enrollment26,449Net price$13,314View data - R1 ResearchKentucky
University of Louisville
Grad rate61%Admit rate79.4%Enrollment23,065Net price$17,988View data - R1 ResearchVirginia
Old Dominion University
Grad rate46%Admit rate90.4%Enrollment23,743Net price$14,638View data - R1 ResearchMississippi
Mississippi State University
Grad rate67%Admit rate77.6%Enrollment23,150Net price$17,595View data - R1 ResearchTennessee
University of Memphis
Grad rate51%Admit rate72.0%Enrollment20,276Net price$12,397View data
Campuses
The 2 campuses that make up West Virginia University.
West Virginia Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The Office of the Provost is committed to the use of big data to drive decision making and advancing the institution in such areas of recruitment, retention, research, budgeting and program evaluation.
Visit IR office page- Donielle MaustDirector of Institutional Research
Common Data Set
West Virginia's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.
Source publications
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