West Virginia University Rankings

Nora Roberts

July 15, 2025

Located in Morgantown, WV, West Virginia University is one of the best universities in the state of West Virginia. On this page, you will find in-depth rankings for West Virginia University in the following areas: graduation rates, teaching  resources, financing opportunities, and alumni donations. Latest acceptance rate is also given to show how competitive is West Virginia University.

PO Box 6201 Morgantown, WV 26506-6201
Phone: (800) 344-9881
Email: go2wvu@mail.wvu.edu
Web site: http://www.wvu.edu

Rankings: West Virginia University

Rankings, Ratings, and Admissions Statistics
Peer college rating (out of 5) 2.5
Graduation and retention ranking: 160
Average freshman retention rate: 80.5%
6-year graduation rate: 56.0%
Predicted graduation rate: 53%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-): 3
Faculty resources ranking: 203
Classes with under 20 students (2020): 45.3%
Classes with 50 or more students (2020): 15.7%
Student faculty ratio (2020): 23:1
Percent of faculty who are full-time (2020) 89.4%
Student selectivity ranking: 201
SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile (2020) 21-26
2020 Freshmen in top 10 percent of high school class: 19%
Freshmen in top 25 percent of high school class (2020): 44%
Fall 2020 Acceptance rate: 87.7%
Financial resources rank: 167
Alumni giving rank: 200
Average alumni giving rate (2020): 7.2%

Essential Facts: West Virginia University

  • Chartered in 1873, the WVU Alumni Association is made up of over 200,000 graduates worldwide in some 135 nations.
  • For 2012 U.S. News and World Report ranked WVU’s Medical School ninth in the United States for rural medicine.
  • A personal rapid transit system was installed on the main campus in the 1970s, one of the first such systems in the country.
  • WVU spent $185.1 million on research and development in 2018, ranking it 121st in the nation.

Rules and regulations Sports Activities 

General Information  
Percent of undergraduate students who live in college-owned, operated, or affiliated housing: 26%
Percent of undergraduates who are members of a fraternity: 7%
Percent of student body who are members of a sorority: 8%
Average percentage of students on campus during weekends: 90%
Are all students permitted to have cars on campus? Yes
Percent of students who have cars on campus: N/A
Is alcohol permitted on campus for students of legal age? Yes
Additional policies and regulations: class attendance policies set by individual instructors, honor code, hazing prohibited, other
Collegiate athletic association: NCAA I
Men’s scholarship sports: baseball, basketball, football, rifle, soccer, swimming, wrestling
Women’s scholarship sports: basketball, cross country, gymnastics, crew (lightweight), rifle, soccer, swimming, tennis, track and field (indoor), track and field (outdoor), volleyball
Student activities: choral groups, concert band, dance, drama/theater, jazz band, literary magazine, marching band, music ensembles, musical theater, pep band, radio station, student government, student newspaper, symphony orchestra, television station, yearbook