Top Colleges in West Virginia Student Population

A total of 99,152 students enroll in Top Colleges in West Virginia.

  • Gender Breakdown: of the total student body, 54.86% are male (54,391) and 45.14% are female (44,761). There are an average of 121.51 male students per 100 female students in Top Colleges in West Virginia. American Public University System has the highest ratio of male students with 174.43 per 100 female students, while Shepherd University has the lowest ratio of male students with 61.62 per 100 female students among Top Colleges in West Virginia.
  • Largest and Smallest: The average student population of Top Colleges in West Virginia is 9,915. American Public University System is the largest with 50,715 students, and Bethany College is the smallest with 640 students among Top Colleges in West Virginia.
  • Student level: There are 80,306 undergraduate students in Top Colleges in West Virginia, 80.99% of the student body. Graduate students account for 19.01% of the total students. Of the Top Colleges in West Virginia, American Public University System has the largest undergraduate and graduate schools with 41,620 undergraduate and 9,095 graduate schools.
  • Distance Learning: There are an average of 57.44% undergraduate students enrolled online and 69.83% graduate students enrolled online in Top Colleges in West Virginia. American Public University System has the most online enrollment with 50,715 students, while Davis & Elkins College has the least with 15 students among Top Colleges in West Virginia.
Table. Top Colleges in West Virginia Student Population Comparison
RankSchoolTotalBy GenderBy LevelOnline Enrollment
MenWomenUndergraduateGraduateUndergraduateGraduate
1Marshall UniversityHuntington, WV11,9584,8617,0979,1462,8121,1141,299
2West Virginia Wesleyan CollegeBuckhannon, WV1,05549855797184449
3Fairmont State UniversityFairmont, WV3,3051,3741,9313,088217685150
4Bethany CollegeBethany, WV64037626461525-25
5Davis & Elkins CollegeElkins, WV661285376661-15-
6Wheeling UniversityWheeling, WV7744333416191554469
7Shepherd UniversityShepherdstown, WV3,3391,2732,0663,032307228233
8University of CharlestonCharleston, WV3,0621,8731,1892,3487141,252451
9West Virginia UniversityMorgantown, WV23,64311,18312,46018,2065,4371,1691,789
10American Public University SystemCharles Town, WV50,71532,23518,48041,6209,09541,6209,095
-Average9,9155,4394,4768,0312,0944,4671,462