Colleges in West Virginia

West Virginia has 38 degree-granting colleges and universities in the federal directory: 21 public, 11 private nonprofit and 6 for-profit. Together they enroll about 97,000 undergraduates. Largest by enrollment: American Public University System, with 40,074. They're listed A to Z: the Almanac doesn't rank colleges.

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CollegeNet price Admit rate Graduation Undergrads
American Public University SystemCharles Town · Private for-profit
$11,116Not reported60%40,074
Ameritas CollegeHuntington · Private nonprofit
$11,490Not reportedNot reported181
Appalachian Bible CollegeMount Hope · Private nonprofit
$12,19078%68%193
Bethany CollegeBethany · Private nonprofit
$22,12959%48%614
$4,899Not reportedNot reported1,661
Bluefield State UniversityBluefield · Public
$11,13097%34%1,042
$5,757Not reportedNot reported1,854
Catholic International UniversityCharles Town · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reported116
Concord UniversityAthens · Public
$9,48493%41%1,504
Davis & Elkins CollegeElkins · Private nonprofit
$18,81094%44%661
$4,544Not reportedNot reported225
Fairmont State UniversityFairmont · Public
$14,59999%55%2,590
Future Generations UniversityFranklin · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reported
Glenville State UniversityGlenville · Public
$10,748Not reported29%1,096
Marshall UniversityHuntington · Public
$7,34196%53%7,266
$5,632Not reportedNot reported1,160
$1,743Not reportedNot reported770
$7,940Not reportedNot reported959
Salem UniversitySalem · Private for-profit
$12,107Not reported24%892
Shepherd UniversityShepherdstown · Public
$7,94097%50%2,344
$8,503Not reportedNot reported1,064
Strayer University, West VirginiaScott Depot · Private for-profit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reported234
University of CharlestonCharleston · Private nonprofit
$23,79362%47%2,259
Valley College, BeckleyBeckley · Private nonprofit
$19,606Not reportedNot reported165
Valley College, MartinsburgMartinsburg · Private nonprofit
$23,639Not reported43%765
West Liberty UniversityWest Liberty · Public
$8,98897%52%1,511
West Virginia Junior College, BridgeportBridgeport · Private for-profit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reported146
West Virginia Junior College, CharlestonCross Lanes · Private for-profit
$17,013Not reportedNot reported394
West Virginia Junior College, MorgantownMorgantown · Private for-profit
$15,685Not reported77%673
$4,488Not reportedNot reported1,014
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reported
$13,62496%36%1,321
West Virginia UniversityMorgantown · Public
$18,02089%66%17,385
Not reportedNot reported34%1,868
$14,94237%30%981
West Virginia Wesleyan CollegeBuckhannon · Private nonprofit
$17,98093%50%954
Wheeling UniversityWheeling · Private nonprofit
$11,35063%36%589

Source: College Scorecard ↗, released October 15, 2026, and IPEDS ↗. Net price is the average for first-year students who received aid, in the latest year each college reported; admit rate is for students entering in fall 2024; graduation is for 2019 entrants; undergraduates are for fall 2024. A dash means the college didn't report the figure.