West Virginia University Overview

West Virginia University is a public institution situated in Morgantown, West Virginia. The location of WVU is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

What Is West Virginia University Known For?

• Although it may not be available for every major, the doctor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at WVU.
• In a recent academic period74% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from WVU makes roughly $55,939 a year. This is 37% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.

Where Is West Virginia University?

Contact details for WVU are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	Po Box 6201, Morgantown, WV 26506
Phone:	304-293-0111
Website:	www.wvu.edu

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How Do I Get Into WVU?

You can apply to WVU online at: https://admissions.wvu.edu/how-to-apply

Admission Requirements for WVU

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	1
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	1
Recommendations	3
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	5

How Hard Is It To Get Into WVU?

Since WVU has an acceptance rate of 88%, it is not too hard to gain acceptance into the school. Still, you need to be sure you complete your application in full and send in any other requested documents.

Approximately 46% of accepted students are men and 54% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 87%, and the acceptance rate for women is 90%.

Average Test Scores

About 76% of students accepted to WVU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 510 and 620. Math scores were between 490 and 600.

WVU received ACT scores from 35% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 19 and 26. Math scores were between 18 and 0. Composite scores were between 20 and 26.

Can I Afford West Virginia University?

The overall average net price of WVU is $31,445. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At WVU, approximately 57% of students took out student loans averaging $9,613 a year. That adds up to $38,452 over four years for those students.

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West Virginia University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 20,495 undergraduate students at WVU, with 18,726 being full-time and 1,769 being part-time.

There are also 5,774 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 18,726 full-time undergraduates at WVU, 49% are male and 51% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of West Virginia University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	335
Black or African American	675
Hispanic or Latino	764
White	15,311
International Students	722
Other Races/Ethnicities	919

Geographic Diversity

West Virginia students aren't the only ones who study at West Virginia University. At this time, 42 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 112 countries are represented at WVU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and China.

West Virginia University Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Nursing	186	30	25	241
General Business/Commerce	135	104	0	239
Teacher Education Subject Specific	36	185	1	222
Health & Physical Education	200	0	8	208
General Psychology	155	13	13	181
Physiology & Pathology Sciences	162	7	7	176
Mechanical Engineering	161	14	0	175
Journalism	152	14	0	166
General Biology	140	12	3	155
Marketing	154	0	0	154
Public Relations & Advertising	3	148	0	151
Criminology	146	0	0	146
Interdisciplinary Studies	144	0	0	144
Finance & Financial Management	138	0	0	138
Security Science and Technology	85	47	4	136
Liberal Arts General Studies	128	0	0	128
Business Administration & Management	120	0	4	124
Social Work	37	73	0	110
Accounting	71	38	0	109
Animal Science	98	6	3	107
Law	0	0	106	106
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	0	67	37	104
Communication Sciences	71	31	0	102
Civil Engineering	82	17	0	99
Medicine	0	0	99	99
Computer Science	72	17	8	97
Health Sciences & Services	68	21	0	89
Political Science & Government	81	4	1	86
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	80	3	0	83
Health & Medical Administrative Services	53	27	0	80
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	0	0	80	80
Public Health	51	26	1	78
Design & Applied Arts	78	0	0	78
Industrial Engineering	70	7	0	77
Communication & Media Studies	52	20	3	75
Management Information Systems	70	0	0	70
Wildlife Management	62	7	0	69
Computer Engineering	39	19	0	58
Music	38	13	7	58
General English Literature	44	6	3	53
Dentistry	0	0	49	49
History	35	13	1	49
Biomedical Engineering	46	1	0	47
Quality Control Technology	0	46	0	46
Fine & Studio Arts	42	4	0	46
Chemical Engineering	42	3	0	45
Teacher Education Grade Specific	44	0	0	44
Agricultural Economics & Business	42	0	0	42
General Engineering	0	0	42	42
Petroleum Engineering	37	4	0	41
Electrical Engineering	33	7	0	40
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	40	0	0	40
Plant Sciences	35	2	2	39
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	35	0	4	39
Chemistry	16	3	18	37
Mathematics	21	5	10	36
Drama & Theater Arts	31	4	0	35
Information Technology	12	22	0	34
Business/Managerial Economics	32	0	0	32
Human Resource Management	0	32	0	32
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology	24	0	6	30
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	25	0	5	30
Physics	18	5	7	30
Allied Health Professions	0	29	0	29
International Relations & National Security	28	0	0	28
Forestry	21	5	1	27
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	0	26	0	26
Natural Resource Management	23	1	2	26
General Education	0	15	10	25
Mining Engineering	17	7	0	24
Educational Administration	0	16	7	23
Dental Support Services	23	0	0	23
Entrepreneurial Studies	22	0	0	22
Student Counseling	0	22	0	22
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	0	21	0	21
Economics	2	12	7	21
Recreation Administration	16	4	0	20
Geological & Earth Sciences	14	4	2	20
Human Development & Family Studies	18	0	0	18
Sociology	9	7	2	18
Public Administration	0	17	0	17
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services	0	15	0	15
Non-Professional General Legal Studies	0	15	0	15
Sustainability Science	11	0	4	15
Geography & Cartography	8	4	3	15
Romance Languages	9	4	0	13
Applied Mathematics	0	13	0	13
Natural Resources Conservation	10	3	0	13
Anthropology	13	0	0	13
Hospitality Management	12	0	0	12
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	11	0	0	11
Philosophy	11	0	0	11
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	0	8	2	10
Dance	10	0	0	10
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	7	2	0	9
Instructional Media Design	0	8	1	9
Writing Studies	0	9	0	9
General Agriculture	0	8	0	8
Special Education	0	8	0	8
Medical Science	0	7	1	8
General Visual & Performing Arts	0	8	0	8
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	4	3	7
Arts & Media Management	0	7	0	7
Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences	0	6	0	6
Materials Engineering	0	3	0	3
East Asian Languages	3	0	0	3
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages	3	0	0	3
Landscape Architecture	0	2	0	2
Genetics	0	0	1	1
Educational Assessment	0	0	1	1
Environmental Engineering	0	1	0	1
Systems Engineering	0	1	0	1
Textile & Apparel Studies	0	1	0	1
Germanic Languages	1	0	0	1
TOTAL	4,374	1,450	604	6,428

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
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