Top Colleges in West Virginia Acceptance Rates and Admission Statistics

The average acceptance rate of Top Colleges in West Virginia is 83.47%, a total of 4,220 applicants applied to the schools and 3,648 accepted.

West Virginia University had the most number of applicants of 18,729 and Davis & Elkins College had the least number of applicants of 705 among Top Colleges in West Virginia.

Bethany College had the lowest acceptance rate of 58.79% and Fairmont State University had the highest rate of 98.62%.

Table. Top Colleges in West Virginia Acceptance Rates and Admission Comparison
RankSchool ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledAcceptance RateYield
1Marshall UniversityHuntington, WV6,8166,5251,83195.73%28.06%
2West Virginia Wesleyan CollegeBuckhannon, WV1,3971,30429593.34%22.62%
3Fairmont State UniversityFairmont, WV1,9551,92865198.62%33.77%
4Bethany CollegeBethany, WV1,35979921858.79%27.28%
5Davis & Elkins CollegeElkins, WV70566516594.33%24.81%
6Wheeling UniversityWheeling, WV2,7961,76618063.16%10.19%
7Shepherd UniversityShepherdstown, WV1,6461,59350596.78%31.70%
8University of CharlestonCharleston, WV2,5731,58326661.52%16.80%
9West Virginia UniversityMorgantown, WV18,72916,6694,12989.00%24.77%
10American Public University SystemCharles Town, WV-----
-Average4,2203,64891683%24%