West Virginia University : Rankings, Fees & Courses Details

About West Virginia University

West Virginia University is where mountaineers go first. As the state’s flagship, land-grant institution, it is our mission and our passion to encourage students to be bold enough to dream big and learn to see “impossible” as just a challenge. With an enrollment of over 30,000 across our three campuses in Morgantown (main), Beckley (WVU Tech), and Keyser (Potomac State), WVU boasts students from all 55 West Virginia counties, each of the 50 states, and 107 nations.

Our main campus, located in Morgantown, is about 70 miles south of Pittsburgh, PA, and within a day’s drive of Washington D.C., Cleveland, and New York City. Morgantown is consistently listed as one of the best college towns in America and was named the “No. 1 Small City in America” by BizJournals.com.

About West Virginia University

West Virginia University is where mountaineers go first. As the state’s flagship, land-grant institution, it is our mission and our passion to encourage students to be bold enough to dream big and learn to see “impossible” as just a challenge. With an enrollment of over 30,000 across our three campuses in Morgantown (main), Beckley (WVU Tech), and Keyser (Potomac State), WVU boasts students from all 55 West Virginia counties, each of the 50 states, and 107 nations.

Our main campus, located in Morgantown, is about 70 miles south of Pittsburgh, PA, and within a day’s drive of Washington D.C., Cleveland, and New York City. Morgantown is consistently listed as one of the best college towns in America and was named the “No. 1 Small City in America” by BizJournals.com.

General

GMAT

665+

GPA

2+

IELTS

6+

TOEFL

79+

Bachelor

SAT

1240+

GPA

2+

IELTS

6+

TOEFL

61+

Total students

23,774

UG students

80%

PG students

20%

International students

1,350

UG students

54%

PG students

46%

Total faculty staff

1,573

Domestic staff

96%

Int'l staff

4%

Tuition fee and scholarships

Scholarships

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How to apply to scholarships relevant to you

A list of available scholarships around the world

A scholarship application checklist

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Rankings & ratings

RANKINGS

West Virginia University is one of the top public universities in Morgantown, United States. It is ranked #1001-1200 in QS World University Rankings 2023.

QS World University Rankings

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Data

2022
#801-1000
2023
#1001-1200

Ranking criteria

6

Academic Reputation

7.4

Employer Reputation

11.9

Faculty Student Ratio

22.5

Citations per Faculty

6

International Faculty Ratio

6.1

International Students Ratio

56.8

International Research Network

18.7

Employment Outcomes

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Available programs

Bachelor UG

West Virginia University, founded in 1867, is a land-grant institution – and WVU Morgantown is the flagship of a system of statewide campuses. WVU is committed to advancing education, healthcare and prosperity by providing access and opportunity to all. An R1 research institution – one of only 115 in the nation – WVU’s researchers are performing groundbreaking work in energy, physics and astronomy, neuroscience, forensic science and rural health.

WVU Morgantown’s enrollment of 28,409 includes students from all 50 U.S. states and over 2,300 international scholars from 107 nations. WVU offers more than 340 majors at the bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral and professional levels from 14 colleges and schools. Majors range from accounting, music industry, aerospace engineering, biostatistics, astronomy, business, energy systems engineering and psychology to public health, global supply chain management, mining engineering, physics, sport management and strategic communications.

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering program is accredited by ABET; WVU is one of only three US universities that offer this major.

And WVU is the only US university to offer bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in forensic and investigative science and has the largest crime scene training complex in the US, which includes four crime scene houses, a vehicle processing center and a vault for bank robbery scenarios.

The University has been accredited by the Higher Learning Commission since 1926, and individual programs hold dozens of specialized accreditations.

U.S. News & World Report’s 2017 America’s Best Graduate Schools included 19 WVU programs, with Petroleum Engineering at #12 and Pharmacy at #36. WVU is one the magazine’s Top 100 Public Universities, and the online Software Engineering graduate program is ranked #10. Bloomburg Business ranked WVU’s College of Business and Economics as the ninth-best for return on investment, and our Statler College of Engineering is ranked the 24th best value for an undergraduate program