Largest West Virginia Colleges and Universities

Largest West Virginia Colleges with Most Enrollment

West Virginia University has the most students of 23,643 for the academic year 2024-2025 in West Virginia. Marshall University is ranked second with 11,958 students and Shepherd University follows them with 3,339 students.

Colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music are excluded from the ranking. The following table compares the schools that have most students by gender.

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Largest West Virginia Colleges with Most Enrollment
	Name	Total # of Students	Female	Male
1	West Virginia University Public, four-yearsMorgantown, WV	23,643	12,460	11,183
2	Marshall University Public, four-yearsHuntington, WV	11,958	7,097	4,861
3	Shepherd University Public, four-yearsShepherdstown, WV	3,339	2,066	1,273
4	Fairmont State University Public, four-yearsFairmont, WV	3,305	1,931	1,374
5	West Virginia State University Public, four-yearsInstitute, WV	3,246	1,885	1,361
6	University of Charleston Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCharleston, WV	3,062	1,189	1,873
7	West Liberty University Public, four-yearsWest Liberty, WV	2,299	1,424	875
8	Concord University Public, four-yearsAthens, WV	1,943	1,203	740
9	Glenville State University Public, four-yearsGlenville, WV	1,765	931	834
10	West Virginia University Institute of Technology Public, four-yearsBeckley, WV	1,278	607	671
11	Bluefield State University Public, four-yearsBluefield, WV	1,141	687	454
12	Salem University Private (for-profit), four-yearsSalem, WV	1,083	693	390
13	West Virginia Wesleyan College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBuckhannon, WV	1,055	557	498
14	Wheeling University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWheeling, WV	774	341	433
15	Davis & Elkins College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsElkins, WV	661	376	285
16	Bethany College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBethany, WV	640	264	376

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