West Virginia University

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a small city.

Overview

West Virginia University is a coeducational public research university in Morgantown, West Virginia. It was founded on February 7, 1867 by the West Virginia Legislature as the Agricultural College of West Virginia.

WVU has the following academic divisions:

• College of Business & Economics
• College of Creative Arts
• College of Engineering & Mineral Resources
• College of Human Resources & Education
• College of Law
• Davis College of Agriculture, Forestry, & Consumer Sciences
• Eberly College of Arts & Sciences
• Honors College
• Perley Isaac Reed School of Journalism
• Potomac State College
• School of Dentistry
• School of Medicine
• School of Nursing
• School of Pharmacy
• School of Physical Education
• WVU Institute of Technology

More than 10% of WVU’s student body are involved in Greek life.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in media, conservation and resource management, and engineering.
• Large number of students.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Affordable tuition & fees.
• High faculty salary.
• High male/female ratio.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Doctoral/Research Universities, Extensive.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students have meal (board) plans.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

Tuition and Financial Aid (2009-2010)

Financial Aid

West Virginia University participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

In 2009-2010, 84% of students received financial aid of some sort.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 28,840 in 2009-2010 (27,016 full-time equivalent).

About 55% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 45% of the class.

Undergrads are 72% of enrolled students, graduate students are 24%, and those seeking first-professional graduate degrees represent 4%.

Students under 25 years old represent 79% of the student body. About 4% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 99% are full-time and 1% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

West Virginia University provides on-campus housing for 5,321 of its 27,016 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 19 meals weekly.

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Big East Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 176 male students received the aid (men were 58% of those receiving aid) and 129 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 42% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

West Virginia University offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship & Professional Practice).

Graduate offerings include continuing professional education and medical degrees.The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Comprehensive Doctoral With Medical/Veterinary.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT (52 awarded)

• Agricultural Economics
• Agriculture

ANIMAL SCIENCE AND CARE (103 awarded)

• Animal Sciences

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (29 awarded)

• Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD)

ART STUDIES (55 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies
• Visual and Performing Arts

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (723 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Business Administration, Management and Operations
• Business/Commerce
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Finance
• Labor and Industrial Relations
• Management Information Systems
• Marketing/Marketing Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (106 awarded)

• Computer Engineering
• Computer Science
• Computer Software Engineering
• Computer and Information Sciences

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (87 awarded)

• Forest Management/Forest Resources Management
• Forest Sciences and Biology
• Forestry
• Natural Resource Economics
• Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management
• Wood Science and Wood Products/Pulp and Paper Technology

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (26 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts
• Theatre Literature, History and Criticism

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (595 awarded)

• Agricultural Teacher Education
• Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
• Education
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Educational/Instructional Media Design
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Reading Teacher Education
• Secondary Education and Teaching
• Special Education and Teaching

ENGINEERING (462 awarded)

• Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
• Engineering
• Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Mining and Mineral Engineering
• Petroleum Engineering

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (278 awarded)

• Child Development
• Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences
• Public Administration
• Social Work

FINE ARTS (7 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation

LANDSCAPING AND HORTICULTURE (20 awarded)

• Plant Sciences

LAW (161 awarded)

• Law (LLB, JD)
• Legal Professions and Studies

LIBERAL ARTS (1,176 awarded)

• Creative Writing
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• Foreign Languages and Literatures
• General Studies
• Geography
• History
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Sociology
• Technical and Business Writing

MATHEMATICS (39 awarded)

• Mathematics
• Statistics

MEDIA (486 awarded)

• Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs
• Journalism
• Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (128 awarded)

• Audiology/Audiologist and Hearing Sciences
• Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist
• Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist
• Dental Hygiene/Hygienist
• Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist

MEDICINE (255 awarded)

• Dental Clinical Sciences, General (MS, PhD)
• Dentistry (DDS, DMD)
• Medicine (MD)
• Pharmaceutics and Drug Design (MS, PhD)
• Pharmacy (PharmD [USA], PharmD or BS/BPharm [Canada])
• Public Health, General (MPH, DPH)

MUSIC (50 awarded)

• Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (261 awarded)

• Nursing Science (MS, PhD)
• Nursing
• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (191 awarded)

• Health and Physical Education
• Health and Physical Education/Fitness
• Occupational Therapy/Therapist
• Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management
• Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling/Counselor

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (20 awarded)

• Philosophy

SCIENCE (374 awarded)

• Biochemistry/Biophysics and Molecular Biology
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Cell Physiology
• Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences
• Chemistry
• Exercise Physiology
• Genetics
• Geology/Earth Science
• Microbiological Sciences and Immunology
• Physics
• Reproductive Biology

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (45 awarded)

• Forensic Science and Technology

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (197 awarded)

• Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling
• Counseling Psychology
• Educational Psychology
• Physical Therapy/Therapist
• Psychology