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West Virginia Colleges Summary

West Virginia has a post-secondary student population of about 100,000. While only 12 other states have fewer students, only 13 other states have fewer people, so its student population is in line with the state's size. There are almost 80 colleges and career schools in the state. While West Virginia is one of only nine states with less than ten public schools, it is one of 12 states with more than 85% of its students enrolled in its public institutions.

The largest college in the state is West Virginia University with more than 65,000 students. This includes the West Virginia University Institute of Technology and the West Virginia University Hospital Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, which has less than 10 students (as of 2005 data).

Only one other college has more than 10,000 students, and that is Marshall University. Other larger schools with between 3,000 and 5,000 students include: Fairmont State University, Mountain State University, Shepherd University, West Virginia State University, and Fairmont State Community and Technical College.

There are approximately 30 post-secondary schools in West Virginia with fewer than 100 students. This includes the HRDE - Stanley Technical Institute with less than 30 students cumulatively in their 3 locations in Parkersburg, Clarksburg, and Hinton.

The mailing address and web site address for the West Virginia Department of Education is as follows:

Building 6, Room 358
1900 Kanawha Boulevard East
Charleston, WV 25305-0330
Website: http://wvde.state.wv.us/

West Virginia Colleges and Career Schools

SchoolCityStudentsDormsOpen AdmissionTypical SAT Range
Academy of Careers and TechnologyBeckley282 Yes 
Alderson Broaddus CollegePhilippi779628NoV: 430-590
M: 410-540
Appalachian Bible CollegeBradley273213NoV: 480-680
M: 410-590
B M Spurr School of Practical NursingGlen Dale21 No 
Beckley Beauty AcademyBeckley49 Yes 
Ben Franklin Career CenterDunbar477 Yes 
Bethany CollegeBethany902864NoV: 430-550
M: 440-550
Bluefield State CollegeBluefield1,708 NoV: 430-490
M: 400-500
Cabell County Career Technology CenterHuntington330 Yes 
Carver Career CenterCharleston212 Yes 
Charleston School of Beauty CultureCharleston77 Yes 
Clarksburg Beauty AcademyClarksburg95 Yes 
Community and Technical College at WVU TechMontgomery662550Yes 
Concord UniversityAthens2,8261,242NoV: 430-570
M: 420-540
Davis & Elkins CollegeElkins624572NoV: 420-530
M: 420-520
Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical CollegeMoorefield882 Yes 
Everest InstituteCross Lanes  Yes 
Fairmont State Community and Technical CollegeFairmont3,0191,068Yes 
Fairmont State UniversityFairmont4,7401,086NoV: 420-530
M: 440-520
Fayette Institute of TechnologyOak Hill27 Yes 
Fred W Eberle Technical CenterBuckhannon97 Yes 
Garnet Career CenterCharleston198 Yes 
Glenville State CollegeGlenville1,392596Yes 
HRDE - Stanley Technical Institute - ClarksburgClarksburg8 Yes 
HRDE - Stanley Technical Institute - HintonHinton3 Yes 
HRDE - Stanley Technical Institute - ParkersburgParkersburg15 Yes 
Huntington Junior CollegeHuntington756 Yes 
Huntington School of Beauty CultureHuntington140 No 
International Beauty School 4Martinsburg117 Yes 
James Rumsey Technical InstituteMartinsburg12310Yes 
Marshall Community and Technical CollegeHuntington2,5892,176Yes 
Marshall UniversityHuntington13,9882,176NoV: 460-570
M: 450-570
Mercer County Technical Education CenterPrinceton84 Yes 
Meredith Manor International Equestrian CenterWaverly7558Yes 
Mineral County Vocational Technical CenterKeyser  No 
Monongalia County Technical Education CenterMorgantown115 Yes 
Morgantown Beauty College IncMorgantown39 Yes 
Mountain State CollegeParkersburg139 No 
Mountain State UniversityBeckley4,404192Yes 
Mountaineer Beauty CollegeSaint Albans96 No 
National Institute of TechnologyCross Lanes611 Yes 
Ohio Valley UniversityVienna539310NoV: 450-560
M: 440-550
Opportunities Industrialization CenterFairmont67 Yes 
Potomac State College of West Virginia UniversityKeyser1,279360Yes 
Putnam Career and Technical CenterEleanor102 Yes 
Ralph R Willis Career and Technical CenterLogan35 Yes 
Roane - Jackson Technical CenterLeroy57 Yes 
Salem International UniversitySalem828561Yes 
Scott College of CosmetologyWheeling50 Yes 
Shepherd UniversityShepherdstown3,9011,016NoV: 460-580
M: 460-540
South Branch Career and Technical CenterPetersburg  No 
Southern West Virginia Community and Technical CollegeMount Gay2,491 Yes 
United Technical CenterClarksburg27 No 
University of CharlestonCharleston1,006520NoV: 430-530
M: 420-540
Valley Beauty SchoolParkersburg47 Yes 
Valley CollegePrinceton14 No 
Valley CollegeMartinsburg17 No 
Valley CollegeBeckley44 No 
West Liberty State CollegeWest Liberty2,2481,133NoV: 410-490
M: 390-520
West Virginia Business College - WheelingWheeling68 Yes 
West Virginia Junior CollegeMorgantown146 Yes 
West Virginia Junior CollegeCharleston148 Yes 
West Virginia Junior College - BridgeportBridgeport221 Yes 
West Virginia Northern Community CollegeWheeling2,841 Yes 
West Virginia Rehabilitation CenterInstitute111202No 
West Virginia School of Osteopathic MedicineLewisburg394 No 
West Virginia State Community and Technical CollegeInstitute1,635552Yes 
West Virginia State UniversityInstitute3,491552No 
West Virginia UniversityMorgantown26,0514,944NoV: 480-570
M: 500-590
West Virginia University at ParkersburgParkersburg3,772 Yes 
West Virginia University Hospital Dept. of Nutrition & DieteticsMorgantown5 No 
West Virginia University Hospital School of Radiologic TechnologyMorgantown48 NoV: 460-520
M: 410-560
West Virginia University Institute of TechnologyMontgomery1,551550NoV: 513-581
M: 542-611
West Virginia Wesleyan CollegeBuckhannon1,3721,150NoV: 460-570
M: 460-580
Wheeling Jesuit UniversityWheeling1,466950NoV: 530-624
M: 458-628
Wood County School of Practical NursingVienna33 No 

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