Fairmont State University Business Programs

Fairmont State University is a public institution situated in Fairmont, West Virginia. The surrounding location of Fairmont is ideal for students who enjoy the charms of a college town.

Where Is Fairmont State University?

Contact details for Fairmont State are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1201 Locust Ave, Fairmont, WV 26554-2470
Phone:	304-367-4000
Website:	https://www.fairmontstate.edu/
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/FairmontState
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/fairmontstate

How Do I Get Into Fairmont State?

You can apply to Fairmont State online at: https://www.fairmontstate.edu/apply

Admission Requirements for Fairmont State

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Fairmont State?

Since Fairmont State has an acceptance rate of 94%, it is not too hard to gain acceptance into the school. Still, you need to be sure you complete your application in full and send in any other requested documents.

Approximately 62% of accepted students are men and 38% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 95%, and the acceptance rate for women is 93%.

Average Test Scores

About 61% of students accepted to Fairmont State submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 460 and 570. Math scores were between 440 and 540.

Fairmont State received ACT scores from 31% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 16 and 22. Math scores were between 16 and 22. Composite scores were between 18 and 22.

Can I Afford Fairmont State University?

The overall average net price of Fairmont State is $21,668. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Fairmont State, approximately 55% of students took out student loans averaging $5,925 a year. That adds up to $23,700 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Fairmont State is 9.9%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.

Fairmont State University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 3,573 undergraduate students at Fairmont State, with 2,861 being full-time and 712 being part-time.

There are also 275 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,861 full-time undergraduates at Fairmont State, 43% are male and 57% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Fairmont State University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	7
Black or African American	130
Hispanic or Latino	61
White	2,507
International Students	53
Other Races/Ethnicities	103

Geographic Diversity

West Virginia students aren't the only ones who study at Fairmont State University. At this time, 14 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 29 countries are represented at Fairmont State. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, South Korea, and Brazil.

Online Learning at Fairmont State University

In 2019-2020, 1,987 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Fairmont State has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of Fairmont State

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Fairmont State University was 15.8%. This is the #1,046 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Fairmont State regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Fairmont State University Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	89	14	103
Accounting	14	0	14
TOTAL	103	14	117

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By User:Scochran4 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.