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CollegeROIData

College Debt & ROI in Wv

22 colleges and universities in Wv with 317 school+major combinations analyzed.

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22
Schools
$29K
Avg Median Debt
$58K
Avg Year 1 Earnings
100%
Avg Graduation Rate

All Schools in Wv

Strayer University-West Virginia

private · 3 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $4K
Avg earnings: $70K/yr

West Virginia University Institute of Technology

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $21K
Avg earnings: $70K/yr

Potomac State College of West Virginia University

public · 1 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $22K
Avg earnings: $45K/yr

Glenville State University

public · 13 majors · Grad rate: 99%

Avg debt: $23K
Avg earnings: $50K/yr

West Virginia University at Parkersburg

public · 6 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $23K
Avg earnings: $56K/yr

West Virginia University

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $23K
Avg earnings: $60K/yr

Appalachian Bible College

private · 1 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $24K
Avg earnings: $40K/yr

Davis & Elkins College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $57K/yr

West Virginia Wesleyan College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $27K
Avg earnings: $55K/yr

Wheeling University

private · 11 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $28K
Avg earnings: $54K/yr

Concord University

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $29K
Avg earnings: $57K/yr

Valley College-Martinsburg

private · 3 majors · Grad rate: 99%

Avg debt: $29K
Avg earnings: $74K/yr

University of Charleston

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $29K
Avg earnings: $56K/yr

Fairmont State University

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $30K
Avg earnings: $59K/yr

Bluefield State University

public · 14 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $30K
Avg earnings: $61K/yr

West Virginia State University

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $31K
Avg earnings: $54K/yr

Shepherd University

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $32K
Avg earnings: $58K/yr

Salem University

private · 5 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $32K
Avg earnings: $65K/yr

Marshall University

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $33K
Avg earnings: $57K/yr

American Public University System

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $34K
Avg earnings: $59K/yr

West Liberty University

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $35K
Avg earnings: $52K/yr

Bethany College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $42K
Avg earnings: $57K/yr

Frequently Asked Questions

CollegeROIData tracks 22 colleges and universities in Wv, covering 317 school+major combinations with debt and earnings data.

The average median student debt across all school+major combinations in Wv is $29K. First-year earnings average $58K.

Among tracked schools, Strayer University-West Virginia has one of the lowest average debt levels in Wv. Use our school pages to compare ROI scores by major.

For this entity, the underlying data on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. The breakdown above is the federal record; the paragraphs below add the per-entity context that makes the headline numbers usable for a real decision rather than just a data lookup.

Every number on this page links back to the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard; the methodology page describes the inputs, refresh cadence, and known limitations of the underlying data product.

Practical use of this page is in combination with the comparison and ranking pages elsewhere on the site, which surface the same data for this entity’s peers within U.S. degree-granting institutions. A single-entity reading without peer context can be misleading when an entity is an outlier on one axis but typical on another.

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, 2026.