West Virginia University College Portrait
West Virginia UniversityPO Box 6210, Stewart Hall Morgantown, WV 26506
304-293-2121
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- Students
Find out more about the characteristics of students who attend WVU.
- Admissions
See how many students applied, accepted, and enrolled at WVU. Learn more about students’ high school preparation and test scores.
- College Costs & Financial Aid
Learn about costs to attend WVU and how much financial aid is typically awarded.
- College Cost Estimator
Estimate your cost to attend WVU in a few simple steps.
- Classes and Campus Life
Learn more about professors, where students live, and campus safety at WVU.
- Student Experiences
Discover ways to be actively involved in your education at WVU – inside and outside the classroom.
- Majors, Graduation and Next Steps
See which majors are most popular at WVU and what recent graduates plan to do after earning their bachelor's degree.
- Student Success & Progress
Discover how many students who start at WVU finish their bachelor's degree and how long it takes.
- Student Learning Outcomes
Figure out what learning gains to expect in critical thinking, writing, and other important subjects at WVU.
- WVU Community Engagement
WVU Classes & Instructors
| Classroom Environment | |
|---|---|
| Students per Faculty | 23 to 1 |
| Undergraduate classes with fewer than 30 students | 62% |
| Undergraduate classes with fewer than 50 students | 80% |
| Total Full-Time Instructional Faculty | 935 |
| % of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Are Female | 39% |
| % of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Are Persons of Color | 13% |
| % of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Have the Highest Academic Degree Offered in Their Field of Study | 80% |
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Campus-based Housing
84% of new freshmen live in campus-based housing or residence halls.
26% of all undergraduates live on campus
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Campus Safety
We have a wide variety of Crime Prevention Programs from orientation training for new employees and students, Operation ID, Operation Lock-Out in Residence Halls, to “You Could Have Been Ripped Off."
Campus Crime Statistics
Carnegie Classification of Institutional Characteristics
The Carnegie Classification's were created "to reference the great diversity of colleges and universities in the United States, and ... enable [people] to identify groups of roughly comparable institutions." For information on the Carnegie Classifications system, please visit their website: http://classifications.carnegiefoundation.org/
- Basic Type
- Research Universities (high research activity)
- Size and Setting
- Large four-year, primarily residential
- Enrollment Profile
- High undergraduate
- Undergraduate Profile
- Full-time four-year, selective, lower transfer-in
- Undergraduate Instructional Program
- Balanced arts & sciences/professions, high graduate coexistence
- Graduate Instructional Program
- Comprehensive doctoral with medical/veterinary