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West Virginia University is a public institution situated in Morgantown, West Virginia. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

463 Undergraduate Degrees
551 Graduate Degrees
$31,445 Avg Cost After Aid (Undergrad)
88% Acceptance Rate

Where Is West Virginia University?

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Contact details for WVU are given below.

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

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?

88% Acceptance Rate
54% Of Accepted Are Women
76% Submit SAT Scores
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.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for West Virginia University  ( 510 to 620 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for West Virginia University  ( 490 to 600 )
200
800
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.

ACT English Scores for West Virginia University  ( 19 to 26 )
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36
ACT Composite Scores for West Virginia University  ( 20 to 26 )
1
36

Can I Afford West Virginia University?

$31,445 Net Price
57% Take Out Loans
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.

West Virginia University Undergraduate Student Diversity

18,726 Full-Time Undergraduates
51% Women
14% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 20,495 undergraduate students at WVU, with 18,726 being full-time and 1,769 being part-time.

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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.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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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 Healthcare Concentrations

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

Major Bachelor’s Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Registered Nursing 186 30 0 216
Medicine 0 0 99 99
Pharmacy 0 0 73 73
Speech Pathology & Audiology 71 0 0 71
General Health & Wellness 68 0 0 68
General Public Health 51 8 1 60
Dentistry 0 0 49 49
Occupational Therapy 0 41 0 41
Health Information Management 39 0 0 39
Physical Therapy/Therapist 0 0 37 37
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist 0 31 0 31
Other Health & Medical Administrative Services 0 27 0 27
Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling 0 26 0 26
Physician Assistant 0 23 0 23
Dental Hygiene/Hygienist 23 0 0 23
General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences 0 21 0 21
Health Services Administration 0 16 0 16
Pathology/Pathologist Assistant 0 15 0 15
Nurse Anesthetist 0 0 15 15
Health Care Management 14 0 0 14
Laboratory Sciences & Medical Technology 11 0 0 11
Medical Scientist 0 7 1 8
General Dental Clinical Sciences 0 6 0 6
Athletic Training 0 6 0 6
Nursing Practice 0 0 5 5
Nursing Science 0 0 5 5
Pharmaceutics and Drug Design 0 0 4 4
Pharmacoeconomics/Pharmaceutical Economics 0 0 3 3
Community Health and Preventive Medicine 0 2 0 2
Audiology/Audiologist 0 0 0 0
General Communication Sciences & Disorders 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 463 259 292 1,014

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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