Popular West Virginia Colleges Easy to Get Into
West Virginia has 14 four-year colleges that accept 75% or more of applicants. If your GPA and test scores meet their typical thresholds, these are strong safety options, ordered by student interest online.
Leading examples include West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia, accepting 89% of applicants. Also frequently researched: Marshall University, West Virginia State University and Shepherd University.
Use the filters below to narrow by GPA, SAT, or ACT and see your estimated admission chance. For the highest academic quality among easy-admission schools, see best-ranked colleges with high acceptance rates. For schools with the highest acceptance rates regardless of popularity, see highest acceptance rate colleges.
West Virginia University
- Public 4 Year
- Morgantown, WV
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4.0 | 4 reviews
- 89% acceptance rate
WVU is a large public university known for undergraduate forensic science, engineering, and journalism. The campus spreads across a hilly college town in Morgantown along the Monongahela River.
- SAT Range 1010-1220
- Avg GPA 3.45
- Net Price $15,169
Marshall University
- Public 4 Year
- Huntington, WV
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 96% acceptance rate
- Aug 10 application deadline
Marshall is a public university known for undergraduate forensic science, nursing, and business. The urban campus borders the Ohio River in Huntington.
- SAT Range 910-1150
- Avg GPA 3.68
- Net Price $8,076
West Virginia State University
- Public 4 Year
- Institute, WV
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- 96% acceptance rate
West Virginia State is a public historically Black university with undergraduate programs in business, education, and the sciences. The campus is in Institute, near Charleston.
- SAT Range 760-1040
- Avg GPA 3.24
- Net Price $11,055
Shepherd University
- Public 4 Year
- Shepherdstown, WV
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- 97% acceptance rate
Shepherd is a public university known for undergraduate nursing and teacher education. The campus sits in historic Shepherdstown along the Potomac River.
- SAT Range 878-1140
- Avg GPA 3.6
- Net Price $11,744
Concord University
- Public 4 Year
- Athens, WV
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- 93% acceptance rate
Concord is a small public university known for undergraduate teacher education and business. The residential campus sits in the college town of Athens in southern West Virginia.
- SAT Range 830-1090
- Avg GPA 3.4
- Net Price $11,379
West Liberty University
- Public 4 Year
- West Liberty, WV
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- 97% acceptance rate
West Liberty is a small public university known for undergraduate education, nursing, and business. The residential campus is set in a small town in West Virginia's Northern Panhandle.
- SAT Range 890-1123
- Avg GPA 3.53
- Net Price $13,655
West Virginia Wesleyan College
- Private 4 Year
- Buckhannon, WV
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- 93% acceptance rate
West Virginia Wesleyan is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate nursing and education. Most students live on a residential campus in the college town of Buckhannon.
- SAT Range 892-1160
- Avg GPA 3.52
- Net Price $19,218
Fairmont State University
- Public 4 Year
- Fairmont, WV
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4.0 | 1 reviews
- 99% acceptance rate
Fairmont State is a public university known for undergraduate teacher education, nursing, and business. The hilltop campus overlooks the small city of Fairmont in north-central West Virginia.
- SAT Range 810-1070
- Avg GPA 3.36
- Net Price $11,328
Glenville State University
- Public 4 Year
- Glenville, WV
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- 100% acceptance rate
Glenville State is a small public university known for undergraduate teacher education, criminal justice, and natural resource management. The campus sits in a rural college town in the hills of central West Virginia.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.3
- Net Price $13,798
Davis & Elkins College
- Private 4 Year
- Elkins, WV
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- 94% acceptance rate
Davis & Elkins is a private liberal arts college with undergraduate programs in business, nursing, and education. The hillside campus overlooks the mountain town of Elkins in West Virginia's Alleghenies.
- SAT Range 880-1125
- Avg GPA 3.35
- Net Price $19,784
Bluefield State University
- Public 4 Year
- Bluefield, WV
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- 97% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
Bluefield State is a public HBCU known for undergraduate nursing, engineering technology, and education. The campus is in Bluefield, a small city in the Appalachian mountains of southern West Virginia.
- SAT Range 870-1080
- Avg GPA 3.41
- Net Price $15,814
Potomac State College of West Virginia University
- Public 4 Year
- Keyser, WV
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- 100% acceptance rate
Potomac State is a public junior college of West Virginia University known for undergraduate agriculture and forestry. The residential campus is set in rural Keyser in the Potomac Highlands.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.06
- Net Price $9,541
West Virginia University at Parkersburg
- Public 4 Year
- Parkersburg, WV
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- 100% acceptance rate
WVU Parkersburg is a public college offering associate and bachelor's degrees, with undergraduate programs in nursing, business, and education. The campus serves commuting students in Parkersburg along the Ohio River.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $1,948
Appalachian Bible College
- Private 4 Year
- Mount Hope, WV
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- 78% acceptance rate
Appalachian Bible College is a private Bible college known for undergraduate biblical studies, theology, and ministry training. The rural campus sits in the Appalachian Mountains of southern West Virginia.
- SAT Range 878-1106
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.32
- Net Price $13,435