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West Virginia bachelor's earnings

A salary explorer for 22 schools in West Virginia (21 with published 4-year medians) and 246 bachelor's programs. Federal outcomes are shown as-is. Schools are sorted by median earnings. There are no ranks. Grades are our own modeled ranking of schools against each other, kept to two small columns.

Schools
21
with published 4-Yr medians
Programs
246
observed 4-Yr medians
Typical School Median
$55,583
median of school medians
High-School Benchmark
$33,060
state median, employed HS grads 25–34

Schools on the Map

Each dot is a school, colored by its median 4-year earnings. Hover a dot for its name.

<$40k$40–55k$55–70k$70–90k$90k+

no published median · Each state map is zoomed to fill its frame.

Program Earnings

Published 4-year medians across 246 programs.

$40k$60k$80k$100k

How to Read

Median EarningsMedian of published 4-year earnings across the school's programs.
Earnings RangeLowest to highest program median at the school.
GradesAdj. Grade adjusts for selectivity, state, and peer group; Raw Grade ranks unadjusted 4-year medians.
DistributionOverview of observed program medians — the black tick marks the school median. Schools with under 5 programs show one bar per program.
DetailsAddress, website, enrollment, admit rate, and top programs per school.

Grades: Our Value-Add

Our modeled ranking of schools against each other — kept to two small columns below.

A 3 B 6 C 1 D/F 0 12 ungraded

Medians and spreads come straight from federal data (College Scorecard / Census). Our grades are modeled estimates.

Click a column header to change the sort.

SchoolEnrollmentMedian Earnings ↓Earnings Range# ProgramsAdj. GradeRaw GradeDistribution
Davis & Elkins College 661 $81,634 $58,140–$105,127 2 — — $60k$70k$80k$90k$100k
West Virginia University Institute of Technology 981 $77,144 $51,263–$99,542 17 A B $50k$60k$70k$80k$90k$100k
Potomac State College of West Virginia University 853 $73,646 $56,132–$83,750 3 — — $60k$70k$80k
Strayer University-West Virginia 234 $66,108 $53,916–$87,413 5 — B− $60k$70k$80k$90k
West Virginia University 17,385 $64,888 $38,649–$109,619 59 A− B $40k$60k$80k$100k
American Public University System 40,074 $64,804 $43,415–$103,706 30 — B+ $40k$60k$80k$100k
University of Charleston 2,259 $64,571 $43,601–$83,847 7 — B $50k$60k$70k$80k
Alderson Broaddus University — $61,824 $49,109–$85,013 7 — B $50k$60k$70k$80k
West Virginia Wesleyan College 954 $60,815 $57,335–$89,430 5 A+ B+ $60k$70k$80k$90k
Wheeling University 589 $56,172 $45,395–$66,949 2 — — $45k$50k$55k$60k$65k
Salem University 892 $55,583 $53,027–$74,772 3 — — $55k$60k$65k$70k$75k
Fairmont State University 2,590 $54,360 $28,802–$86,071 17 B+ C+ $40k$60k$80k
Shepherd University 2,344 $50,238 $38,581–$78,764 14 B+ C+ $40k$50k$60k$70k$80k
West Liberty University 1,511 $50,061 $43,532–$82,117 11 B C+ $50k$60k$70k$80k
Marshall University 7,266 $49,266 $32,723–$79,371 30 B− C $30k$40k$50k$60k$70k$80k
West Virginia University at Parkersburg 1,868 $44,943 $39,681–$77,910 4 — — $40k$50k$60k$70k$80k
Glenville State University 1,096 $44,474 $37,281–$48,388 7 — C− $38k$40k$42k$45k$48k
Concord University 1,504 $44,168 $34,925–$52,670 7 C+ F $35k$40k$45k$50k
West Virginia State University 1,321 $43,179 $22,764–$50,169 10 B C− $30k$40k$50k
Bluefield State University 1,042 $42,085 $40,355–$82,760 5 B C $40k$50k$60k$70k$80k
Appalachian Bible College 193 $28,980 $28,980–$28,980 1 — — $29k
1 school without published 4-year medians
Bethany College (WV)

Bethany · 31 E Campus Dr · School website ↗

Enrollment (undergrad): 614 · Admit rate: 58.8% · Yield: 16.5% · Locale: Rural: Fringe

"—" means the value was not published. Distribution histograms are smoothed views of observed program medians — never imputed values, and never used in grades.