West Virginia University
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Details
- Name: West Virginia University
- Location: Morgantown, WV 26506
- Control: Public
- Accreditation: Higher Learning Commission
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Attendance
- Admissions Rate 86.26%
- Average SAT Scores 1129
- Four Year Completion Rate 43.25% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 4 years
- Six Year Completion Rate 61.2% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 6 years
- Eight Year Completion Rate 64.32% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 8 years. This is what is normally reported for college completion rates.
Average4 Year43.3%6 Year61.2%8 Year64.3% -
Costs
- Yearly Costs: $23,678 The average annual cost of attendance includes tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses for all full-time, first-time, degree-certificate-seeking undergraduates
- Out of State Tuition: $27,360 Tuition and required fees for out-of-state students
- In State Tuition: $9,648 Tuition and required fees for in-state students
- Median Debt Total: $15,500 Median loan debt accumulated at the institution (the sum of all undergraduate federal loans over students’ college education at the institution for which the median debt is reported)
- Median Debt for Graduates: $22,500 Median loan debt accumulated for only graduates
- Median Debt for Withdrawals: $6,864 Median loan debt accumulated for only graduates
- Net Price Quintile 1 $9,217 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $0-$30,000
- Net Price Quintile 2 $10,199 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $30,001-$48,000
- Net Price Quintile 3 $12,379 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $48,001-$75,000
- Net Price Quintile 4 $15,708 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $75,001-$110,000
- Net Price Quintile 5 $17,130 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $110,000+
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Earnings
- Median 6 Year Earnings $45,181 Median earnings measured 6 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 7 Year Earnings $44,071 Median earnings measured 7 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 8 Year Earnings $52,556 Median earnings measured 8 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 9 Year Earnings $48,443 Median earnings measured 9 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 10 Year Earnings $55,939 Median earnings measured 10 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
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What This College Costs By Family Income
Net price after grants and scholarships, by family income band.
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What Graduates Earn By Family Background
Median earnings by family income tercile, showing income mobility over time.
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| Name | Credential | Debt Mean | Debt Median | Earnings |
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| Animal Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | $38,957 | $29,363 | $25,506 |
| Natural Resources Management and Policy | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $39,614 |
| Natural Resources Conservation and Research | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $58,241 | $35,526 |
| Computer Systems Analysis | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Special Education and Teaching | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas | Bachelor's Degree | $47,814 | $37,664 | $32,950 |
| Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management | Bachelor's Degree | $38,765 | $22,817 | $29,380 |
| Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Agricultural Business and Management | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $41,075 | $37,948 |
| Plant Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $32,545 |
| Forestry | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $40,623 |
| Landscape Architecture | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $50,843 |
| Computer Science | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $54,477 |
| Chemical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $65,062 | No data | $63,506 |
| Mechanical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $56,236 | $51,951 | $65,850 |
| Electrical Engineering Technologies/Technicians | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $43,465 |
| Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Physics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $29,769 |
| Economics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Political Science and Government | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $57,553 | $28,507 |
| Accounting and Related Services | Bachelor's Degree | $39,495 | $18,456 | $43,916 |
| Journalism | Bachelor's Degree | $51,013 | $36,862 | $33,444 |
| Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $52,768 | No data | $69,420 |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services | Bachelor's Degree | $35,389 | No data | $32,159 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Biology, General | Bachelor's Degree | $42,427 | $33,518 | $26,403 |
| Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $39,737 | $22,430 |
| Sustainability Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Health and Physical Education/Fitness | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $54,515 | $27,882 |
| Security Science and Technology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $60,475 | No data |
| Social Work | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $29,043 | $32,401 |
| Fine and Studio Arts | Bachelor's Degree | $41,187 | $30,750 | $24,612 |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Communication and Media Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $65,253 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $60,679 | $58,566 | $66,040 |
| Civil Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $36,664 | $62,059 |
| Mining and Mineral Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $57,766 |
| Industrial Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $45,745 | $36,917 | $66,292 |
| Microbiological Sciences and Immunology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $41,892 |
| Geography and Cartography | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $30,831 |
| Design and Applied Arts | Bachelor's Degree | $65,385 | $61,163 | $35,406 |
| Biomedical/Medical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Computer Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $68,916 |
| Petroleum Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $74,468 |
| Engineering Technology, General | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| English Language and Literature, General | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $27,450 | $18,726 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities | Bachelor's Degree | $38,999 | $25,393 | $32,668 |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $19,620 |
| Chemistry | Bachelor's Degree | $31,451 | No data | $28,079 |
| Psychology, General | Bachelor's Degree | $51,319 | $40,273 | $25,520 |
| Community Organization and Advocacy | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Criminology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $19,345 |
| Dental Support Services and Allied Professions | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $53,761 |
| Public Health | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $53,043 | No data |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | Bachelor's Degree | $38,917 | $23,758 | $61,227 |
| Hospitality Administration/Management | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $38,872 |
| History | Bachelor's Degree | $34,984 | $26,399 | $24,029 |
| East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services | Bachelor's Degree | $48,241 | $37,562 | $26,102 |
| Neurobiology and Neurosciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other | Bachelor's Degree | $52,555 | $44,465 | $31,937 |
| Philosophy | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Anthropology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Sociology | Bachelor's Degree | $61,199 | $58,401 | $32,177 |
| Music | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $24,980 |
| Communication Disorders Sciences and Services | Bachelor's Degree | $41,866 | No data | No data |
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions | Bachelor's Degree | $64,064 | No data | $55,033 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $38,998 | $45,204 |
| Business/Managerial Economics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $37,890 |
| Marketing | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $48,147 | $44,543 |
| Business/Commerce, General | Bachelor's Degree | $56,906 | $50,577 | $40,412 |
| Finance and Financial Management Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $53,588 | $43,925 |
| Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Management Information Systems and Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $56,463 |