Colleges with the Highest Retention Rates in West Virginia
Colleges with the Highest Retention Rates in West Virginia, ranked by first-year retention rate. Share of students returning after their first year. Four-year campus colleges with at least 500 undergraduates. Four-year colleges with at least 500 undergraduates. Online-only schools are excluded. This page lists all 16 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.
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1West Virginia UniversityMorgantown, West Virginia83.4%89%1122$16k$56k65%17,385159 mi2University of CharlestonCharleston, West Virginia74.8%62%—$22k$56k46%2,259216 mi3Marshall UniversityHuntington, West Virginia72.2%96%1061$8k$46k51%7,266205 mi4Shepherd UniversityShepherdstown, West Virginia71.4%97%1034$11k$49k51%2,34454 mi5West Liberty UniversityWest Liberty, West Virginia68.9%97%1045$15k$43k60%1,511109 mi6Fairmont State UniversityFairmont, West Virginia67.4%99%996$9k$47k44%2,590162 mi7West Virginia Wesleyan CollegeBuckhannon, West Virginia67.3%93%1052$18k$52k57%954159 mi8Davis & Elkins CollegeElkins, West Virginia65.2%94%—$18k$43k39%661139 mi9Concord UniversityAthens, West Virginia64.8%93%977$10k$43k39%1,504205 mi10West Virginia University Institute of TechnologyBeckley, West Virginia61.8%37%1033$9k$56k33%981213 mi11West Virginia State UniversityInstitute, West Virginia56.7%96%955$11k$40k39%1,321211 mi12Glenville State UniversityGlenville, West Virginia55.4%——$14k$39k34%1,096183 mi13Bluefield State UniversityBluefield, West Virginia54.8%97%989$14k$38k37%1,042218 mi14Salem UniversitySalem, West Virginia54.8%——$12k$35k20%892165 mi15Bethany CollegeBethany, West Virginia53.8%59%—$19k$45k47%614108 mi16Wheeling UniversityWheeling, West Virginia53.7%63%—$21k$58k23%589113 mi
US Department of Education College Scorecard and IPEDS. Missing or suppressed values are excluded. A ranking is a comparison of the named measure, not an overall quality score.