West Virginia State University Business Programs

West Virginia State University is a public institution situated in Institute, West Virginia. Institute is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

Where Is West Virginia State University?

Contact details for WVSU are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	Rte 25, Institute, WV 25112-1000
Phone:	304-766-3000
Website:	www.wvstateu.edu
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/wvstateu
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/WVStateU

How Do I Get Into WVSU?

You can apply to WVSU online at: wvstateu.edu/Admissions/APPLY-NOW.aspx

Admission Requirements for WVSU

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	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 WVSU?

WVSU has the high acceptance rate of 89%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 36% of accepted students are men and 64% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 86%, and the acceptance rate for women is 90%.

Average Test Scores

About 47% of students accepted to WVSU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 450 and 560. Math scores were between 420 and 530.

WVSU received ACT scores from 48% 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 17 and 22.

Can I Afford West Virginia State University?

The overall average net price of WVSU is $26,103. 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

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At WVSU, approximately 58% of students took out student loans averaging $8,884 a year. That adds up to $35,536 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at WVSU is 12.8%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.

West Virginia State University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 3,502 undergraduate students at WVSU, with 1,498 being full-time and 2,004 being part-time.

There are also 136 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,498 full-time undergraduates at WVSU, 45% are male and 55% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	10
Black or African American	226
Hispanic or Latino	35
White	957
International Students	114
Other Races/Ethnicities	156

Geographic Diversity

West Virginia students aren't the only ones who study at West Virginia State University. At this time, 16 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 29 countries are represented at WVSU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Nepal, Mexico, and Brazil.

Online Learning at West Virginia State University

In 2019-2020, 1,700 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

Online Growth Rankings of WVSU

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at West Virginia State University was 70.8%. This is the #439 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at WVSU 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%.

West Virginia State University Business Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	76	76
General Economics	8	8
Accounting	0	0
TOTAL	84	84

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 Richinstead under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.