Total 135,942 Students Enrolled in West Virginia Colleges

135,942

Total

118,802

4-Year Colleges

16,381

Community Colleges

759

Trade Schools

A total of 135,942 students are enrolled in West Virginia colleges including 4-year colleges, community colleges, and trade schools.

  • Student Level: There are 114,955 undergraduate and 20,987 graduate students. The proportion of undergraduate students is 84.56% and the proportion of graduate students is 15.44%.
  • Institution Level: 118,802 students enrolled in 4-year colleges, 16,381 students enrolled in community colleges, and 759 students enrolled in trade schools.

West Virginia 4-Year College Enrollment Statistics

For 27 West Virginia 4-year colleges, there are 118,802 students enrolled.

  • Institution Control: 58,557 (49.29%) students in public and 60,245 (50.71%) in private 4-year colleges.
  • Student Level: 97,815 (82.33%) undergraduate and 20,987 (17.67%) graduate students in West Virginia public 4-year colleges.
  • Gender Breakdown: Of the total student population in West Virginia 4-year colleges, 47.71% are women (56,685) and 52.29% are men (62,117). This yields a ratio of approximately 110 male students for every 100 female students.
  • Online Enrollment: 48,280 (40.64%) undergraduate and 14,080 (11.85%) graduate students are enrolled online in West Virginia 4-year colleges.
  • Largest and Smallest: For West Virginia colleges, American Public University System has the most number of students of 50,715 among 4-year colleges. For West Virginia community colleges, Blue Ridge Community and Technical College has the most students of 4,203 and Academy of Careers and Technology is the largest trade school with 168.

Student Population By School Level for West Virginia Colleges

By attending status, there are 65,468 full-time students and 70,454 part-time students at West Virginia colleges.

The following table compares student population by school level between West Virginia colleges. A total of 135,942 students have enrolled in West Virginia colleges including both undergraduate and graduate programs.

Student Population By School Level between West Virginia Colleges
SchoolTotalUndergraduateGraduate
TotalFull-timePart-time TotalFull-timePart-time
Appalachian Bible CollegePrivate, 4-year223220184363-3
B M Spurr School of Practical NursingPrivate, Less than 2-year171717----
Ben Franklin Career CenterPublic, Less than 2-year78786612---
Bethany CollegePrivate, 4-year640615613225232
Bluefield State UniversityPublic, 4-year1,1411,11790920824159
Cabell County Career Technology CenterPublic, Less than 2-year5151483---
Charleston School of Beauty CulturePrivate, 2-4 year464646----
University of CharlestonPrivate, 4-year3,0622,3481,2201,128714591123
Clarksburg Beauty Academy and School of Massage TherapyPrivate, 2-4 year474747----
Concord UniversityPublic, 4-year1,9431,6091,452157334136198
Davis & Elkins CollegePrivate, 4-year6616616538---
Fairmont State UniversityPublic, 4-year3,3053,0882,28680221797120
Glenville State UniversityPublic, 4-year1,7651,685996689805129
Ameritas CollegePrivate, 2-4 year18218214240---
James Rumsey Technical InstitutePublic, Less than 2-year999999----
Ralph R Willis Career and Technical CenterPublic, Less than 2-year181818----
Marshall UniversityPublic, 4-year11,9589,1466,8882,2582,8121,842970
Mercer County Technical Education CenterPublic, 2-4 year1201209030---
Monongalia County Technical Education CenterPublic, Less than 2-year434343----
Morgantown Beauty College IncPrivate, 2-4 year686868----
Mountain State CollegePrivate, 2-4 year2020-----
West Virginia University at ParkersburgPublic, 4-year2,7282,7281,2501,478---
Potomac State College of West Virginia UniversityPublic, 4-year1,0771,077787290---
Academy of Careers and TechnologyPublic, Less than 2-year16816810464---
Salem UniversityPrivate, 4-year1,0838928236919117615
Shepherd UniversityPublic, 4-year3,3393,0322,168864307142165
Southern West Virginia Community and Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year1,4821,482992490---
Fred W Eberle Technical CenterPublic, 2-4 year109109109----
West Virginia School of Osteopathic MedicinePublic, 4-year835---835835-
West Virginia State UniversityPublic, 4-year3,2463,1101,2901,8201367561
West Virginia University Hospital Departments of Rad Tech and NutritionPrivate, 4-year646262-22-
West Liberty UniversityPublic, 4-year2,2991,9341,471463365187178
West Virginia University Institute of TechnologyPublic, 4-year1,2781,278935343---
West Virginia Wesleyan CollegePrivate, 4-year1,0559719492284804
West Virginia Junior College-CharlestonPrivate, 2-4 year394394394----
West Virginia Junior College-MorgantownPrivate, 4-year673673673----
International Beauty SchoolPrivate, 2-4 year868686----
West Virginia Northern Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year1,5251,525669856---
West Virginia UniversityPublic, 4-year23,64318,20616,8871,3195,4373,8461,591
Wheeling UniversityPrivate, 4-year774619582371551469
Wood County Technical Center-Practical NursingPublic, Less than 2-year313131----
Roane-Jackson Technical CenterPublic, 2-4 year282828----
Mineral County Vocational Technical CenterPublic, Less than 2-year141414----
Valley College-BeckleyPrivate, 2-4 year165165165----
Valley College-MartinsburgPrivate, 4-year765765765----
Fayette Institute of TechnologyPublic, Less than 2-year323232----
United Technical CenterPublic, Less than 2-year101010----
Putnam Career and Technical CenterPublic, Less than 2-year272727----
Carver Career CenterPublic, 2-4 year169169169----
Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year465465164301---
West Virginia Junior College-BridgeportPrivate, 2-4 year146146146----
Pierpont Community and Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year1,9381,9388461,092---
Mountwest Community and Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year1,5201,520795725---
John D Rockefeller IV Career CenterPublic, Less than 2-year202020----
Blue Ridge Community and Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year4,2034,2031,0133,190---
New River Community and Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year1,5711,571693878---
Mountain State School of MassagePrivate, Less than 2-year323232----
American Public University SystemPrivate, 4-year50,71541,6203,66337,9579,0959338,162
Strayer University-West VirginiaPrivate, 4-year252234922518612
Catholic International UniversityPrivate, 4-year23012543821055253
Ross College-MorgantownPrivate, Less than 2-year303030----
Future Generations UniversityPrivate, 4-year48---481434
Ross Medical Education Center-CharlestonPrivate, Less than 2-year656565----
BridgeValley Community & Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year1,9271,9271,149778---
Mingo Extended Learning CenterPublic, Less than 2-year999----
Randolph Technical CenterPublic, Less than 2-year151515----
Huntington School of Beauty CulturePrivate, 2-4 year111111111----
Boone Career and Technical CenterPublic, 2-4 year595959----