2023 Most Popular Business Master's Degree Schools in West Virginia
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The Most Popular Business Master's Degree Schools in West Virginia ranking is one of many tools that Business Degree Central has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 11 schools in West Virginia to see which ones were the most popular master's degree programs for business students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from each school on the list.
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Most Popular Business Master's Degree Schools in West Virginia
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Our analysis found American Public University System to be the most popular school for business students who want to pursue a master’s degree in West Virginia. American Military University is a large private for-profit school situated in Charles Town, West Virginia. It awarded 970 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 38% were women.
Interested in an online degree? Then you definitely want to check out American Military University. Every graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means West Virginia University is a great place for business students working on their master’s degree. Located in Morgantown, West Virginia, the large public school awarded 405 diplomas to qualifed master’s degree students in 2020-2021.
Around 45% of those degree recipients were women.
Online graduate courses are available at WVU, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2019-2020 about 81% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
You’ll be in good company if you attend University of Charleston. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Business Master’s Degree Schools in West Virginia list. University of Charleston is a small private not-for-profit school located in Charleston, West Virginia that handed out 156 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 25% were women.
UC does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In fact, around 72% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Marshall University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Business Master’s Degree Schools in West Virginia list. Marshall University is a fairly large public school situated in Huntington, West Virginia. It awarded 116 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 46% were women.
Online graduate courses are available at Marshall University, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. During the 2019-2020 year, about 83% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
The excellent master’s degree programs at West Liberty University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular business schools in West Virginia. West Liberty University is located in West Liberty, West Virginia and has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 58 master’s degrees to qualified students.
Around 52% of those degree recipients were women.
Online graduate courses are available at West Liberty University, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2019-2020 about 61% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
With a ranking of #6, Salem University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for business students working on their master’s degree. Located in Salem, West Virginia, the very small private for-profit school handed out 53 master’s degree awards in 2020-2021.
Around 36% of those degree recipients were women.
Interested in an online degree? Then you definitely want to check out Salem. Every graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
Shepherd University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for business students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Shepherd University is a public institution located in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 24 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Around 29% of those degree recipients were women.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Shepherd University does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 82% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
West Virginia Wesleyan College ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Business Master’s Degree Schools in West Virginia list. West Virginia Wesleyan is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Buckhannon, West Virginia. It awarded 17 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Around 29% of those degree recipients were women.
If you are interested in distance education, West Virginia Wesleyan is an excellent choice, since graduate classes are offered online.
With a ranking of #8, Wheeling University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for business students working on their master’s degree. Wheeling University is a very small private not-for-profit school situated in Wheeling, West Virginia. It awarded 17 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Around 47% of those degree recipients were women.
Since the graduate programs at Wheeling University are online, the school is an excellent choice for graduate students who need more flexibility than what is offered at some other schools.
Fairmont State University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree business programs. Located in Fairmont, West Virginia, the small public school awarded 14 diplomas to qualifed master’s degree students in 2020-2021.
Around 36% of those degree recipients were women.
Fairmont State does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In fact, around 87% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Strayer University - West Virginia landed the #11 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree business programs. Strayer University - West Virginia is a private for-profit institution located in Scott Depot, West Virginia. The school has a very small population, and it awarded 5 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Around 100% of those degree recipients were women.
If you are interested in distance education, Strayer University - West Virginia is an excellent choice, since graduate classes are offered online.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 11 schools only.
References
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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