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West Virginia Colleges with Lowest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the schools having low yield) in West Virginia. The yield, also known as enrollment rate, is the percent of students who choose to enroll after having been offered admission. Higher yield means that more admitted students are finally enrolled into the school.
West Virginia State University, has the lowest yield rate of 5.51% for academic year 2024-2025 in West Virginia. Wheeling University is positioned second with 10.19% yield and University of Charleston follows them with 17%. Next table shows the schools that have low yield rates with admission statistics and acceptance rates. Colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music are excluded from the ranking. You may want to check colleges having the highest yield rates in West Virginia.
West Virginia Colleges with Lowest Enrollment Rate (2025)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1West Virginia State University
Public, four-yearsInstitute, WV
5.51% 6,163 5,914 326 95.96%
2Wheeling University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWheeling, WV
10.19% 2,796 1,766 180 63.16%
3University of Charleston
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCharleston, WV
16.80% 2,573 1,583 266 61.52%
4Concord University
Public, four-yearsAthens, WV
18.24% 2,582 2,390 436 92.56%
5West Virginia Wesleyan College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBuckhannon, WV
22.62% 1,397 1,304 295 93.34%
6West Virginia University
Public, four-yearsMorgantown, WV
24.77% 18,729 16,669 4,129 89.00%
7Davis & Elkins College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsElkins, WV
24.81% 705 665 165 94.33%
8Bethany College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBethany, WV
27.28% 1,359 799 218 58.79%
9Marshall University
Public, four-yearsHuntington, WV
28.06% 6,816 6,525 1,831 95.73%
10West Liberty University
Public, four-yearsWest Liberty, WV
31.54% 1,356 1,319 416 97.27%