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Common Data Set 2024-2025

West Virginia University

WV · Public · ~18,200 undergraduates

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Acceptance rate · 2024-2025
85.2%

West Virginia University admits roughly 85 of every 100 applicants in the most recent CDS reporting cycle.

SAT · 50th
1110
Range 1010–1210
6-yr grad
63.9%
Retention 83.4%
Undergrads
18,206
19:1 student-faculty
Drawn directly from West Virginia University's officially-published 2024-2025 Common Data Set.
West Virginia University Admission

At a glance

The headline numbers, drawn from CDS sections A–H.

Admit rate85.2% SAT (50th)1,110 ACT (50th)23 Undergraduates18,206 6-yr graduation63.9% Retention83.4% Tuition (FT)$27,192 Student–faculty ratio19:1

Recent years

Per-cycle Common Data Set values. Enrolled is first-year matriculants (CDS B1), not total undergraduate population. Blank cells mean the field was not published in that year's source CDS.

YearAdmit rateEnrolled6-yr gradRetentionSAT (50th)
2024-202585.2%4,12963.9%83.4%1,110
2023-202477.8%13,46466.0%81.0%1,110

Schools also worth looking at

Cross-admits and statistical look-alikes, surfaced from the CollegeNumbers peer model.

Where West Virginia University applicants also apply
Marshall UniversityWV · 96.6% admit · SAT 1040 · 9,960 UG University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusPA · 59.5% admit · SAT 1370 · 21,388 UG Penn State University ParkPA · 60.6% admit · SAT 1330 · 42,619 UG Ohio University-Main CampusOH · 85.2% admit · SAT 1200 · 19,888 UG Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityVA · 54.6% admit · SAT 1364 · 31,536 UG Duquesne UniversityPA · 83.6% admit · SAT 1250 · 5,371 UG
Statistically similar — worth a look
Illinois State UniversityIL · 88.2% admit · SAT 1110 · 19,107 UG University of Hawaii at ManoaHI · 86.6% admit · SAT 1102 · 15,375 UG Washington State UniversityWA · 86.6% admit · SAT 1130 · 21,455 UG Virginia Commonwealth UniversityVA · 83.7% admit · SAT 1140 · 21,210 UG Kansas State UniversityKS · 82.0% admit · SAT 1150 · 15,650 UG

What the data says about West Virginia University

Comparative observations derived from this school's reported CDS values and from IPEDS / College Scorecard reference data. Every claim is grounded in a number — no editorial overlay.

01

Cross-admit cohort spans an unusually wide selectivity range.

The schools West Virginia University applicants most commonly also apply to range from 54.6% admit to 96.6% admit — a 42.1 pp band. A reasonable read: applicants choose by region or program fit rather than selectivity tier alone.

02

Broadly accessible — admit rate near the national norm.

West Virginia University's 85.2% admit rate is in line with the national 4-year-institution median of 76.6% (per IPEDS, n=1437 institutions). Most U.S. four-year colleges admit between 61.2% and 88.3% of applicants.

Sources: each school's officially-published Common Data Set; IPEDS / College Scorecard for federal comparisons. Methodology →

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Methodology

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