West Virginia Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate
List of Colleges by Acceptance Rate
List of Colleges by Acceptance Rate
Below is a ranking of the 39 colleges in West Virginia with the lowest acceptance rate for freshman undergraduate applications. Ohio Valley University leads the list by accepting 34% of high school students that applied.
Data is reported for the 2018/19 academic year by the U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics.
| College | Acceptance Rate | |
|---|---|---|
| O |
Ohio Valley UniversityVienna, WV |
34% |
| D |
Davis & Elkins CollegeElkins, WV |
37% |
| A |
Alderson Broaddus CollegePhilippi, WV |
43% |
| A |
Appalachian Bible CollegeMount Hope, WV |
45% |
| C |
University of CharlestonCharleston, WV |
50% |
| W |
West Virginia University Institute of TechnologyMontgomery, WV |
61% |
| W |
West Liberty UniversityWest Liberty, WV |
69% |
| W |
West Virginia Wesleyan CollegeBuckhannon, WV |
70% |
| W |
West Virginia UniversityMorgantown, WV |
82% |
| W |
Wheeling Jesuit UniversityWheeling, WV |
86% |
| C |
Concord UniversityAthens, WV |
89% |
| S |
Shepherd UniversityShepherdstown, WV |
89% |
| B |
Bethany CollegeBethany, WV |
91% |
| M |
Marshall UniversityHuntington, WV |
91% |
| W |
West Virginia State UniversityInstitute, WV |
94% |
| B |
Bluefield State CollegeBluefield, WV |
95% |
| F |
Fairmont State UniversityFairmont, WV |
95% |
| G |
Glenville State CollegeGlenville, WV |
100% |
| H |
Huntington Junior CollegeHuntington, WV |
100% |
| M |
Mountain State CollegeParkersburg, WV |
100% |