The average acceptance rate of the 7 public West Virginia colleges that have competitive admission is 95.13% for the academic year 2024-2025. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is higher by 4.31%. The acceptance rate at 4 public West Virginia colleges increased and the rate of 3 colleges decreased.
West Virginia University has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 89.00%. Concord University (92.56%) and Marshall University (95.73%) are following it in the list of Tightest West Virginia Public Colleges to Get In.
This ranking is only based on acceptance rates and more admission stats such as SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.
West Virginia University ranked 1st, up 1 place from 2nd last year. Concord University ranked 2nd, up 1 place from 3rd last year.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $20,198 and graduate tuition & fees is $19,127 for the academic year 2024-2025.
We note that the actual tightness of admission lies in considering other admission requirements such as SAT score.| School Name | Acceptance Rate | Yield | SAT Score | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Total Population | Graduation Rate | Students to Faculty Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 1 | West Virginia University Morgantown, WVPublic, 4-year | 89.00% 2.74% | 24.77% | 1,110 | $28,608 ($10,104) | 23,643 | 65.00% | 19 to 1 |
| 2 1 | Concord University Athens, WVPublic, 4-year | 92.56% 2.91% | 18.24% | 950 | $22,000 ($10,664) | 1,943 | 39.00% | 16 to 1 |
| 3 3 | Marshall University Huntington, WVPublic, 4-year | 95.73% 0.73% | 28.06% | 1,040 | $20,342 ($9,162) | 11,958 | 51.00% | 16 to 1 |
| 4 1 | West Virginia State University Institute, WVPublic, 4-year | 95.96% 0.41% | 5.51% | 930 | $14,990 ($9,570) | 3,246 | 39.00% | 13 to 1 |
| 5 1 | Shepherd University Shepherdstown, WVPublic, 4-year | 96.78% 1.13% | 31.70% | 1,025 | $19,082 ($9,056) | 3,339 | 51.00% | 17 to 1 |
| 6 5 | West Liberty University West Liberty, WVPublic, 4-year | 97.27% 25.15% | 31.54% | 1,000 | $17,442 ($8,893) | 2,299 | 60.00% | 12 to 1 |
| 7 - | Fairmont State University Fairmont, WVPublic, 4-year | 98.62% 0.62% | 33.77% | 975 | $18,924 ($8,708) | 3,305 | 44.00% | 14 to 1 |
| Average | 95.13% | 24.80% | 1,004 | $20,198 ($9,451) | 7,105 | 49.86% | 15 to 1 |