West Virginia University
West Virginia publishes 77% (Fall 2024). Out-of-state applicants got in at 81%; international at 36%.
- Acceptance rate
- 89%
- College Scorecard, latest cycle
- SAT middle 50%
- 1010–1220
- Section 25th–75th, summed
- ACT middle 50%
- 20–26
- Avg. HS GPA
- Not published
- Test policy
- Not published
- Regular deadline
- Not published
More detail: SAT and ACT requirements · Majors and earnings · What they look for · Merit and financial aid · AP credit
Acceptance rate
What West Virginia's 77% is made of
The published rate averages groups with very different odds. These are the splits West Virginia reports itself.
Transfer
56%
Transfer applicants
77%
First-year applicants
Fall 2025 transfer entrants (CDS Section D2) · as of August 2026 · 0.72× harder than first-year
Read the transfer analysis →Part of Real Acceptance Rates, our series decomposing published rates from each school's own Common Data Set.
Testing
Test scores at West Virginia
- SAT middle 50%
- 1010–1220sum of section 25th–75th percentiles
- ACT middle 50%
- 20–26
- Average HS GPA
- Not published by the school
At a glance
Size and cost
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 17,385
- Tuition (out-of-state)
- $28,608
- Category
- Public
- Admissions site
- www.wvu.edu
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