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College ROI in West Virginia

See the strongest eligible ROI and value signals, then browse every covered college located in the state.

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18Colleges with a publishable ROI scenario
$52,490Median observed year-5 earnings
$12,303Median annual net price
−65%Median modeled 10-year ROI
STATE PRICE CONTEXT · 2024

West Virginia's everyday prices are 10.5% below the U.S. average

This statewide BEA benchmark helps put college budgets in context. It is not tuition, a campus-specific cost estimate or an input to our ROI rankings.

Overall prices
89.5
Housing
54.2
Utilities
92.2
U.S. average = 100
TOP 10 · ECONOMIC ROI

Best estimated 10-year return

18 colleges meet the consistent ROI screen.

1Potomac State College of West Virginia UniversityKeyser · Public−20%2West Virginia University Institute of TechnologyBeckley · Public−20%3Bluefield State UniversityBluefield · Public−26%4West Virginia UniversityMorgantown · Public−28%5Wheeling UniversityWheeling · Private nonprofit−49%6Salem UniversitySalem · Private for-profit−49%7University of CharlestonCharleston · Private nonprofit−54%8Shepherd UniversityShepherdstown · Public−59%9West Virginia Wesleyan CollegeBuckhannon · Private nonprofit−60%10Fairmont State UniversityFairmont · Public−65%
TOP 10 · VALUE

Most earnings per price dollar

Observed five-year earnings divided by annual average net price.

1West Virginia University at ParkersburgParkersburg · Public24.0×2Potomac State College of West Virginia UniversityKeyser · Public6.8×3West Virginia University Institute of TechnologyBeckley · Public6.7×4Marshall UniversityHuntington · Public6.7×5Fairmont State UniversityFairmont · Public5.8×6Shepherd UniversityShepherdstown · Public4.8×7Salem UniversitySalem · Private for-profit4.6×8Bluefield State UniversityBluefield · Public4.6×9Concord UniversityAthens · Public4.5×10West Virginia UniversityMorgantown · Public4.0×
LOW DEBT · SOLID COMPLETION

Where completer borrowers leave with less federal debt

Limited to currently operating colleges with at least 500 students and a completion rate at or above the West Virginia median among debt-reporting colleges.

1Valley College-MartinsburgMartinsburg · Private nonprofit$9,500median federal debt66%college completion2West Virginia Junior College-MorgantownMorgantown · Private for-profit$9,881median federal debt71%college completion3Pierpont Community and Technical CollegeFairmont · Public$12,110median federal debt42%college completion4Concord UniversityAthens · Public$18,900median federal debt39%college completion5University of CharlestonCharleston · Private nonprofit$19,500median federal debt46%college completion6Fairmont State UniversityFairmont · Public$21,000median federal debt44%college completion7Shepherd UniversityShepherdstown · Public$21,600median federal debt51%college completion8West Virginia UniversityMorgantown · Public$22,500median federal debt65%college completion9Marshall UniversityHuntington · Public$23,250median federal debt51%college completion10West Liberty UniversityWest Liberty · Public$23,250median federal debt60%college completion
Debt covers federal student-loan borrowers who completed. Parent PLUS and private loans are excluded. This view does not rank ROI or guarantee affordability.
ALL COLLEGES IN WV

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67 matching colleges · page 1 of 3

CollegeEarningsNet priceFederal debt10-year ROI
American Public University SystemCharles Town · Private for-profit · Online-only$67,627$9,597$21,743+4%Potomac State College of West Virginia UniversityKeyser · Public$62,396$9,197$22,500−20%West Virginia University Institute of TechnologyBeckley · Public$62,396$9,337$22,500−20%Bluefield State UniversityBluefield · Public$62,433$13,684$18,250−26%West Virginia UniversityMorgantown · Public$62,396$15,634$22,500−28%Wheeling UniversityWheeling · Private nonprofit$58,483$20,503$25,125−49%Salem UniversitySalem · Private for-profit$56,778$12,303$24,694−49%University of CharlestonCharleston · Private nonprofit$57,351$22,107$19,500−54%Shepherd UniversityShepherdstown · Public$54,289$11,363$21,600−59%West Virginia Wesleyan CollegeBuckhannon · Private nonprofit$55,052$18,083$27,000−60%Fairmont State UniversityFairmont · Public$52,490$9,032$21,000−65%Davis & Elkins CollegeElkins · Private nonprofit$52,093$18,273$27,000−72%Marshall UniversityHuntington · Public$50,126$7,502$23,250−76%Bethany CollegeBethany · Private nonprofit$48,767$18,605$27,000−85%B M Spurr School of Practical NursingGlen Dale · Private nonprofit$47,489$15,661Not available−90%Pierpont Community and Technical CollegeFairmont · Public$47,075$8,325$12,110−90%United Technical CenterClarksburg · Public$46,815$3,461Not available−91%James Rumsey Technical InstituteMartinsburg · Public$46,762$8,477Not available−92%John D Rockefeller IV Career CenterNew Cumberland · Public$46,675$19,229Not available−93%BridgeValley Community & Technical CollegeSouth Charleston · Public$45,668$4,565$9,829−97%Concord UniversityAthens · Public$45,066$9,966$18,900−100%West Liberty UniversityWest Liberty · Public$44,814$15,366$23,250−101%Glenville State UniversityGlenville · Public$44,720$14,006$25,000−101%Blue Ridge Community and Technical CollegeMartinsburg · Public$43,410$4,641$13,000−108%West Virginia University at ParkersburgParkersburg · Public$43,419$1,807$12,570−108%

The directory includes every College Scorecard institution assigned to West Virginia, including online-only colleges at their federal administrative location and historical records marked as not currently operating. Online-only colleges are labeled and excluded from state top-10 lists because their students are not confined to that state. “Not available” means a required federal value was missing or suppressed. Top-10 ROI eligibility requires current operating status, a reported bachelor’s-level program, at least 500 students, observed earnings and average net price of at least $1,000.