For the academic year 2022-2023, the average acceptance rate of West Virginia Colleges is 87.40%. The yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 26.21%. A total of 44,309 have applied, 38,724 admitted, and 10,149 students have enrolled one of West Virginia Colleges.
Of the West Virginia colleges, West Virginia University Institute of Technology is the tightest school to admit with 64.58% acceptance rate, and Bethany College has the second lowest acceptance rate of 64.92%.
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Acceptance Rates & Admission Statistics Comparison Table
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2023 Acceptance Rates Comparison Table Between West Virginia Colleges | School Name | Applicants | Admitted |
Enrolled | Acceptance Rate | Admission Yield |
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Appalachian Bible CollegeMount Hope, WV | 40 | 40 | 34 |
100.00% | 85.00% |
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Bethany CollegeBethany, WV | 2,651 | 1,721 | 176 |
64.92% | 10.23% |
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Bluefield State UniversityBluefield, WV | 813 | 790 | 264 |
97.17% | 33.42% |
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Concord UniversityAthens, WV | 1,730 | 1,581 | 370 |
91.39% | 23.40% |
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Davis & Elkins CollegeElkins, WV | 958 | 721 | 180 |
75.26% | 24.97% |
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Fairmont State UniversityFairmont, WV | 1,926 | 1,897 | 701 |
98.49% | 36.95% |
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Marshall UniversityHuntington, WV | 6,356 | 6,158 | 1,554 |
96.88% | 25.24% |
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Shepherd UniversityShepherdstown, WV | 1,690 | 1,620 | 553 |
95.86% | 34.14% |
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University of CharlestonCharleston, WV | 1,571 | 1,064 | 266 |
67.73% | 25.00% |
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West Liberty UniversityWest Liberty, WV | 1,706 | 1,264 | 431 |
74.09% | 34.10% |
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West Virginia State UniversityInstitute, WV | 2,775 | 2,669 | 331 |
96.18% | 12.40% |
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West Virginia UniversityMorgantown, WV | 18,206 | 16,091 | 4,571 |
88.38% | 28.41% |
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West Virginia University Institute of TechnologyBeckley, WV | 830 | 536 | 298 |
64.58% | 55.60% |
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West Virginia Wesleyan CollegeBuckhannon, WV | 1,481 | 1,427 | 275 |
96.35% | 19.27% |
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Wheeling UniversityWheeling, WV | 1,576 | 1,145 | 145 |
72.65% | 12.66% |
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| Average | 2,954 | 2,582 | 677 | 87.40% | 26.21% |
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*The admission data is updated with academic year 2022-2023 data from National Center For Education Statistics (September 2, 2023).
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