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West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV · Public · 17,385 students · mostly bachelor degrees
49th-cheapest of 61 West Virginia colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$15,634
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$26,415
Graduation rate
65%
Admission rate
89%
Median graduate earnings
$55,939
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$22,500
Average SAT
1122
Median ACT
24
Pell grant recipients
22%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
248 programsDentistry · First Professional Degree49 grads/yr$202,520Pharmaceutical Marketing and Management · First Professional Degree73 grads/yr$131,752Medicine · First Professional Degree99 grads/yr$120,123Business/Commerce, General · Master's Degree104 grads/yr$119,013Clinical Nurse Leader · Master's Degree30 grads/yr$113,161Mining and Mineral Engineering · Bachelor's Degree17 grads/yr$109,619Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General · Master's Degree32 grads/yr$105,512Radiologist Assistant · Master's Degree15 grads/yr$104,413Electrical and Electronics Engineering · Bachelor's Degree33 grads/yr$99,542Industrial Engineering · Bachelor's Degree70 grads/yr$99,180Computer Engineering, General · Bachelor's Degree39 grads/yr$99,048Business Administration and Management, General · Master's Degree0 grads/yr$98,560Geospatial Intelligence · Master's Degree47 grads/yr$98,517Computer Science · Bachelor's Degree72 grads/yr$98,277Accounting · Master's Degree38 grads/yr$98,097Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering · Bachelor's Degree42 grads/yr$96,503Management Information Systems, General · Bachelor's Degree70 grads/yr$95,324Astronautical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree80 grads/yr$94,750Petroleum Engineering · Bachelor's Degree37 grads/yr$91,142Mechanical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree161 grads/yr$90,461Clinical Nurse Leader · Bachelor's Degree186 grads/yr$83,750Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering · Bachelor's Degree82 grads/yr$82,117Computer and Information Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree$79,805Assistive/Augmentative Technology and Rehabilitation Engineering · First Professional Degree37 grads/yr$78,857Law · First Professional Degree106 grads/yr$78,497
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.