For the academic year 2023-2024, the average acceptance rate of West Virginia Colleges is 85.76%. The yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 24.78%. A total of 50,226 have applied, 43,075 admitted, and 10,675 students have enrolled one of West Virginia Colleges.
Of the West Virginia colleges, Davis & Elkins College is the tightest school to admit with 58.02% acceptance rate, and Bethany College has the second lowest acceptance rate of 60.00%.
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Acceptance Rates & Admission Statistics Comparison Table
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2024 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 | 70 | 69 | 53 |
98.57% | 76.81% |
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Bethany CollegeBethany, WV | 2,435 | 1,461 | 234 |
60.00% | 16.02% |
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Bluefield State UniversityBluefield, WV | 720 | 626 | 213 |
86.94% | 34.03% |
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Concord UniversityAthens, WV | 2,376 | 2,138 | 449 |
89.98% | 21.00% |
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Davis & Elkins CollegeElkins, WV | 929 | 539 | 237 |
58.02% | 43.97% |
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Fairmont State UniversityFairmont, WV | 1,979 | 1,959 | 666 |
98.99% | 34.00% |
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Marshall UniversityHuntington, WV | 6,499 | 6,239 | 1,747 |
96.00% | 28.00% |
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Martinsburg CollegeMartinsburg, WV | 870 | 870 | 305 |
100.00% | 35.06% |
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Shepherd UniversityShepherdstown, WV | 1,793 | 1,721 | 568 |
95.98% | 33.00% |
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University of CharlestonCharleston, WV | 1,635 | 1,063 | 255 |
65.02% | 23.99% |
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West Liberty UniversityWest Liberty, WV | 2,077 | 1,495 | 419 |
71.98% | 28.03% |
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West Virginia State UniversityInstitute, WV | 4,465 | 4,286 | 300 |
95.99% | 7.00% |
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West Virginia UniversityMorgantown, WV | 19,857 | 17,077 | 4,440 |
86.00% | 26.00% |
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West Virginia University Institute of TechnologyBeckley, WV | 1,005 | 613 | 307 |
61.00% | 50.08% |
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West Virginia Wesleyan CollegeBuckhannon, WV | 1,413 | 1,342 | 309 |
94.98% | 23.03% |
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Wheeling UniversityWheeling, WV | 2,103 | 1,577 | 173 |
74.99% | 10.97% |
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| Average | 3,139 | 2,692 | 667 | 85.76% | 24.78% |
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*The admission data is updated with academic year 2023-2024 data from National Center For Education Statistics (September 2, 2023).
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