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West Virginia Colleges Not Too Hard to Admit with Highest Acceptance Rate

The following table lists the most affordable (high acceptance rate) West Virginia colleges and universities to admit. Those schools have been keeping the acceptance rate in high level in recent years. Fairmont State University has the highest acceptance rate as of 98.62% for academic year 2023-2024 in West Virginia. For the ranking, we only include 4-years colleges with at least 100 new students (freshmen).
The following table shows the schools that have high acceptance rates with admission statistics and yield, also known as enrollment rate. You may want to check colleges having the tightest acceptance rates in West Virginia.
West Virginia Colleges Not Too Hard to Admit with Highest Acceptance Rate (2023-2024)
NameAcceptance Rate# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledYield
1Fairmont State University
Public, four-yearsFairmont, WV
98.62%1,9551,92865133.77%
2West Liberty University
Public, four-yearsWest Liberty, WV
97.27%1,3561,31941631.54%
3Bluefield State University
Public, four-yearsBluefield, WV
97.23%68766821932.78%
4Shepherd University
Public, four-yearsShepherdstown, WV
96.78%1,6461,59350531.70%
5West Virginia State University
Public, four-yearsInstitute, WV
95.96%6,1635,9143265.51%
6Marshall University
Public, four-yearsHuntington, WV
95.73%6,8166,5251,83128.06%
7Davis & Elkins College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsElkins, WV
94.33%70566516524.81%
8West Virginia Wesleyan College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBuckhannon, WV
93.34%1,3971,30429522.62%
9Concord University
Public, four-yearsAthens, WV
92.56%2,5822,39043618.24%
10West Virginia University
Public, four-yearsMorgantown, WV
89%18,72916,6694,12924.77%