A total of 132,801 students are enrolled in West Virginia colleges including 4-year colleges, community colleges, and trade schools.
By race, there are 611 native american or Alaska native students (0.46%), 2,568 asian students (1.93%), 12,975 african-american students (9.77%), 11,387 hispanic students (8.57%), 568 native hawaiian or other pacific islander students (0.43%), and 89,559 white students (67.44%).
For West Virginia colleges, B M Spurr School of Practical Nursing has the highest rate of white students (0.00% and Future Generations University has the lowest rate of white students (0.29%.
For Afraican-american students, International Beauty School 4 has the highest rate of black students (0.38% and Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College has the lowest rate of black students (0.01% among West Virginia colleges.
For Asian students, Catholic Distance University has the highest rate of asian students (0.05% and Bethany College has the lowest rate of asian students (0.00% among West Virginia colleges.
In West Virginia 4-year colleges and universites, there are 2,475 asian students (2.10%), 12,320 african-american students (10.44%), 10,987 hispanic students (9.31%), and 76,793 white students (65.08%).
In West Virginia community colleges, there are 617 african-american students (4.38%), 390 hispanic students (2.77%), and 12,162 white students (86.30%).
In West Virginia trade schools, there are 38 african-american students (5.33%), 10 hispanic students (1.40%), and 604 white students (84.71%).
School Level | Total Enrollment | American Indian / Native American | Asian | African-American | Hispanic | Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander | White | Two or More Race | Race Unknown |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All Levels | 132,801 | 611 (0.46%) |
2,568 (1.93%) |
12,975 (9.77%) |
11,387 (8.57%) |
568 (0.43%) |
89,559 (67.44%) |
5,312 (4.00%) |
6,852 (5.16%) |
4-year Colleges | 117,995 | 544 (0.46%) |
2,475 (2.10%) |
12,320 (10.44%) |
10,987 (9.31%) |
560 (0.47%) |
76,793 (65.08%) |
4,906 (4.16%) |
6,451 (5.47%) |
Community Colleges | 14,093 | 52 (0.37%) |
93 (0.66%) |
617 (4.38%) |
390 (2.77%) |
6 (0.04%) |
12,162 (86.30%) |
396 (2.81%) |
367 (2.60%) |
Trade Schools | 713 | 15 (2.10%) |
0 (0.00%) |
38 (5.33%) |
10 (1.40%) |
2 (0.28%) |
604 (84.71%) |
10 (1.40%) |
34 (4.77%) |
The following table compares student population by race between West Virginia colleges. A total of 132,801 students have enrolled in West Virginia colleges including both undergraduate and graduate programs.
School | Total Enrollment | American Indian / Native American | Asian | African-American | Hispanic | Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander | White | Two or More Race | Race Unknown |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Appalachian Bible CollegePrivate, 4-year | 232 | - | 2 (0.9%) |
5 (2.2%) |
1 (0.4%) |
- | 174 (75.0%) |
- | 41 (17.7%) |
B M Spurr School of Practical NursingPrivate, Less than 2-year | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | 15 (100.0%) |
- | - |
Ben Franklin Career CenterPublic, Less than 2-year | 65 | - | - | 8 (12.3%) |
- | - | 57 (87.7%) |
- | - |
Bethany CollegePrivate, 4-year | 623 | 2 (0.3%) |
1 (0.2%) |
93 (14.9%) |
38 (6.1%) |
1 (0.2%) |
330 (53.0%) |
24 (3.9%) |
63 (10.1%) |
Bluefield State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 1,306 | 1 (0.1%) |
4 (0.3%) |
201 (15.4%) |
48 (3.7%) |
- | 983 (75.3%) |
56 (4.3%) |
4 (0.3%) |
Cabell County Career Technology CenterPublic, Less than 2-year | 41 | - | - | 1 (2.4%) |
- | - | 38 (92.7%) |
2 (4.9%) |
- |
Charleston School of Beauty CulturePrivate, 2-4 year | 55 | - | - | 11 (20.0%) |
1 (1.8%) |
- | 40 (72.7%) |
3 (5.5%) |
- |
University of CharlestonPrivate, 4-year | 3,059 | 43 (1.4%) |
72 (2.4%) |
358 (11.7%) |
223 (7.3%) |
21 (0.7%) |
1,956 (63.9%) |
- | 215 (7.0%) |
Clarksburg Beauty Academy and School of Massage TherapyPrivate, 2-4 year | 61 | - | 1 (1.6%) |
4 (6.6%) |
- | - | 55 (90.2%) |
1 (1.6%) |
- |
Concord UniversityPublic, 4-year | 1,748 | 3 (0.2%) |
8 (0.5%) |
148 (8.5%) |
15 (0.9%) |
- | 1,406 (80.4%) |
75 (4.3%) |
33 (1.9%) |
Davis & Elkins CollegePrivate, 4-year | 650 | 6 (0.9%) |
7 (1.1%) |
34 (5.2%) |
23 (3.5%) |
1 (0.2%) |
293 (45.1%) |
1 (0.2%) |
235 (36.2%) |
Fairmont State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 3,498 | 21 (0.6%) |
34 (1.0%) |
163 (4.7%) |
32 (0.9%) |
5 (0.1%) |
3,012 (86.1%) |
74 (2.1%) |
157 (4.5%) |
Glenville State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 1,630 | 20 (1.2%) |
7 (0.4%) |
190 (11.7%) |
41 (2.5%) |
- | 1,295 (79.4%) |
10 (0.6%) |
37 (2.3%) |
Huntington Junior CollegePrivate, 2-4 year | 147 | 3 (2.0%) |
- | 23 (15.6%) |
- | - | 113 (76.9%) |
8 (5.4%) |
- |
James Rumsey Technical InstitutePublic, Less than 2-year | 101 | 15 (14.9%) |
- | 4 (4.0%) |
8 (7.9%) |
- | 73 (72.3%) |
1 (1.0%) |
- |
Ralph R Willis Career and Technical CenterPublic, Less than 2-year | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | 18 (100.0%) |
- | - |
Marshall UniversityPublic, 4-year | 10,691 | 41 (0.4%) |
163 (1.5%) |
560 (5.2%) |
248 (2.3%) |
9 (0.1%) |
8,803 (82.3%) |
330 (3.1%) |
388 (3.6%) |
Mercer County Technical Education CenterPublic, 2-4 year | 122 | - | - | 25 (20.5%) |
- | - | 97 (79.5%) |
- | - |
Monongalia County Technical Education CenterPublic, Less than 2-year | 47 | - | - | 7 (14.9%) |
1 (2.1%) |
- | 39 (83.0%) |
- | - |
Morgantown Beauty College IncPrivate, 2-4 year | 79 | - | - | 2 (2.5%) |
- | - | 73 (92.4%) |
4 (5.1%) |
- |
Mountain State CollegePrivate, 2-4 year | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | 20 (100.0%) |
- | - |
West Virginia University at ParkersburgPublic, 4-year | 2,288 | 3 (0.1%) |
13 (0.6%) |
27 (1.2%) |
16 (0.7%) |
3 (0.1%) |
2,051 (89.6%) |
89 (3.9%) |
15 (0.7%) |
Potomac State College of West Virginia UniversityPublic, 4-year | 1,145 | 3 (0.3%) |
4 (0.3%) |
49 (4.3%) |
39 (3.4%) |
- | 954 (83.3%) |
55 (4.8%) |
30 (2.6%) |
Academy of Careers and TechnologyPublic, Less than 2-year | 130 | - | - | 7 (5.4%) |
- | - | 120 (92.3%) |
3 (2.3%) |
- |
Salem UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 984 | 5 (0.5%) |
10 (1.0%) |
182 (18.5%) |
62 (6.3%) |
5 (0.5%) |
457 (46.4%) |
12 (1.2%) |
97 (9.9%) |
Shepherd UniversityPublic, 4-year | 3,235 | 9 (0.3%) |
75 (2.3%) |
249 (7.7%) |
235 (7.3%) |
3 (0.1%) |
2,370 (73.3%) |
171 (5.3%) |
75 (2.3%) |
Southern West Virginia Community and Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 1,365 | 4 (0.3%) |
3 (0.2%) |
11 (0.8%) |
- | 1 (0.1%) |
1,330 (97.4%) |
13 (1.0%) |
3 (0.2%) |
Fred W Eberle Technical CenterPublic, 2-4 year | 86 | - | - | 1 (1.2%) |
- | - | 85 (98.8%) |
- | - |
West Virginia State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 3,785 | 7 (0.2%) |
61 (1.6%) |
312 (8.2%) |
68 (1.8%) |
2 (0.1%) |
2,921 (77.2%) |
160 (4.2%) |
195 (5.2%) |
West Virginia University Hospital Departments of Rad Tech and NutritionPrivate, 4-year | 61 | - | - | - | - | - | 61 (100.0%) |
- | - |
West Liberty UniversityPublic, 4-year | 2,315 | - | 20 (0.9%) |
94 (4.1%) |
2 (0.1%) |
2 (0.1%) |
1,835 (79.3%) |
172 (7.4%) |
119 (5.1%) |
West Virginia University Institute of TechnologyPublic, 4-year | 1,481 | 4 (0.3%) |
13 (0.9%) |
56 (3.8%) |
39 (2.6%) |
2 (0.1%) |
1,174 (79.3%) |
57 (3.8%) |
37 (2.5%) |
West Virginia Wesleyan CollegePrivate, 4-year | 951 | 8 (0.8%) |
10 (1.1%) |
128 (13.5%) |
46 (4.8%) |
2 (0.2%) |
670 (70.5%) |
29 (3.0%) |
5 (0.5%) |
West Virginia Junior College-CharlestonPrivate, 2-4 year | 225 | - | - | 15 (6.7%) |
2 (0.9%) |
- | 202 (89.8%) |
6 (2.7%) |
- |
West Virginia Junior College-MorgantownPrivate, 4-year | 525 | 1 (0.2%) |
3 (0.6%) |
17 (3.2%) |
5 (1.0%) |
1 (0.2%) |
480 (91.4%) |
11 (2.1%) |
7 (1.3%) |
International Beauty School 4Private, 2-4 year | 79 | - | 2 (2.5%) |
30 (38.0%) |
8 (10.1%) |
- | 39 (49.4%) |
- | - |
West Virginia Northern Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 1,222 | - | 13 (1.1%) |
25 (2.0%) |
24 (2.0%) |
- | 1,105 (90.4%) |
40 (3.3%) |
11 (0.9%) |
West Virginia UniversityPublic, 4-year | 24,741 | 30 (0.1%) |
503 (2.0%) |
835 (3.4%) |
1,009 (4.1%) |
14 (0.1%) |
19,625 (79.3%) |
1,229 (5.0%) |
301 (1.2%) |
Wheeling UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 749 | 7 (0.9%) |
9 (1.2%) |
92 (12.3%) |
2 (0.3%) |
- | 217 (29.0%) |
4 (0.5%) |
384 (51.3%) |
Wood County Technical Center-Practical NursingPublic, Less than 2-year | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | 30 (100.0%) |
- | - |
Roane-Jackson Technical CenterPublic, 2-4 year | 26 | - | - | 1 (3.8%) |
- | - | 25 (96.2%) |
- | - |
Mineral County Vocational Technical CenterPublic, Less than 2-year | 9 | - | - | 1 (11.1%) |
- | - | 8 (88.9%) |
- | - |
Valley College-BeckleyPrivate, 2-4 year | 152 | - | - | 9 (5.9%) |
- | - | 69 (45.4%) |
5 (3.3%) |
69 (45.4%) |
Valley College-MartinsburgPrivate, 4-year | 615 | - | 2 (0.3%) |
125 (20.3%) |
29 (4.7%) |
1 (0.2%) |
309 (50.2%) |
40 (6.5%) |
109 (17.7%) |
Fayette Institute of TechnologyPublic, Less than 2-year | 37 | - | - | 2 (5.4%) |
- | - | 35 (94.6%) |
- | - |
United Technical CenterPublic, Less than 2-year | 35 | - | - | - | - | - | 35 (100.0%) |
- | - |
Putnam Career and Technical CenterPublic, Less than 2-year | 39 | - | - | 1 (2.6%) |
- | 1 (2.6%) |
37 (94.9%) |
- | - |
Carver Career CenterPublic, 2-4 year | 155 | - | 1 (0.6%) |
5 (3.2%) |
1 (0.6%) |
- | 146 (94.2%) |
2 (1.3%) |
- |
Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 376 | 2 (0.5%) |
- | 6 (1.6%) |
2 (0.5%) |
- | 353 (93.9%) |
11 (2.9%) |
2 (0.5%) |
West Virginia Junior College-BridgeportPrivate, 2-4 year | 146 | - | - | 6 (4.1%) |
1 (0.7%) |
- | 137 (93.8%) |
1 (0.7%) |
1 (0.7%) |
Pierpont Community and Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 1,460 | 4 (0.3%) |
6 (0.4%) |
26 (1.8%) |
9 (0.6%) |
- | 1,336 (91.5%) |
75 (5.1%) |
4 (0.3%) |
Mountwest Community and Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 1,273 | 6 (0.5%) |
4 (0.3%) |
53 (4.2%) |
19 (1.5%) |
- | 1,022 (80.3%) |
53 (4.2%) |
110 (8.6%) |
John D Rockefeller IV Career CenterPublic, Less than 2-year | 24 | - | - | 4 (16.7%) |
- | - | 20 (83.3%) |
- | - |
Blue Ridge Community and Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 4,247 | 12 (0.3%) |
43 (1.0%) |
246 (5.8%) |
287 (6.8%) |
5 (0.1%) |
3,452 (81.3%) |
140 (3.3%) |
62 (1.5%) |
New River Community and Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 1,007 | 6 (0.6%) |
7 (0.7%) |
35 (3.5%) |
10 (1.0%) |
- | 849 (84.3%) |
28 (2.8%) |
72 (7.1%) |
Mountain State School of MassagePrivate, Less than 2-year | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | 19 (100.0%) |
- | - |
American Public University SystemPrivate, 4-year | 48,668 | 285 (0.6%) |
1,413 (2.9%) |
7,756 (15.9%) |
8,321 (17.1%) |
468 (1.0%) |
23,754 (48.8%) |
2,190 (4.5%) |
3,888 (8.0%) |
Strayer University-West VirginiaPrivate, 4-year | 300 | - | - | 32 (10.7%) |
3 (1.0%) |
1 (0.3%) |
248 (82.7%) |
14 (4.7%) |
2 (0.7%) |
Catholic Distance UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 168 | - | 8 (4.8%) |
5 (3.0%) |
26 (15.5%) |
- | 117 (69.6%) |
3 (1.8%) |
9 (5.4%) |
Ross Medical Education Center-MorgantownPrivate, Less than 2-year | 30 | - | - | 1 (3.3%) |
- | - | 12 (40.0%) |
2 (6.7%) |
15 (50.0%) |
Future Generations UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 42 | - | - | 6 (14.3%) |
1 (2.4%) |
- | 12 (28.6%) |
1 (2.4%) |
- |
Ross Medical Education Center-CharlestonPrivate, Less than 2-year | 41 | - | - | 2 (4.9%) |
1 (2.4%) |
1 (2.4%) |
16 (39.0%) |
2 (4.9%) |
19 (46.3%) |
BridgeValley Community & Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 1,634 | 14 (0.9%) |
11 (0.7%) |
73 (4.5%) |
25 (1.5%) |
- | 1,479 (90.5%) |
- | 32 (2.0%) |
Mingo Extended Learning CenterPublic, Less than 2-year | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | 23 (100.0%) |
- | - |
Randolph Technical CenterPublic, Less than 2-year | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | 9 (100.0%) |
- | - |
Martinsburg CollegePrivate, 4-year | 2,505 | 45 (1.8%) |
33 (1.3%) |
603 (24.1%) |
415 (16.6%) |
19 (0.8%) |
1,286 (51.3%) |
99 (4.0%) |
5 (0.2%) |
Huntington School of Beauty CulturePrivate, 2-4 year | 108 | 1 (0.9%) |
2 (1.9%) |
10 (9.3%) |
- | - | 88 (81.5%) |
6 (5.6%) |
1 (0.9%) |
Boone Career and Technical CenterPublic, 2-4 year | 48 | - | - | - | 1 (2.1%) |
- | 47 (97.9%) |
- | - |