Personal finance website WalletHub released its 2019 Best College & University Rankings.
To help college-bound seniors make the most informed school choices, WalletHub said it compared nearly 1,000 higher-education institutions in the U.S. based on 30 key measures grouped into seven categories. These include student selectivity, cost and financing and career outcomes. The data set ranges from student-faculty ratio to graduation rate to post-attendance median salary.
Here is a list of the Top 10 Colleges & Universities in West Virginia:
- Davis and Elkins College
- Wheeling Jesuit University
- West Virginia University Institute of Technology
- West Virginia University
- University of Charleston
- West Virginia Wesleyan College
- Marshall University
- Fairmont State University
- Shepherd University
- West Liberty University
Here are snapshots of how the schools compared to others in the state:
Davis and Elkins College (1 = Best; 8 = Average; 15 = Worst)
- 2nd – Admission Rate
- 12th – Net Cost
- 1st – Student-Faculty Ratio
- 14th – On-Campus Crime
- 3rd – Gender & Racial Diversity
- 8th – Graduation Rate
- 8th – Post-Attendance Median Salary
- 3rd – Admission Rate
- 13th – Net Cost
- 1st – Student-Faculty Ratio
- 13th – On-Campus Crime
- 5th – Gender & Racial Diversity
- 1st – Graduation Rate
- 1st – Post-Attendance Median Salary
West Virginia University Institute of Technology
- 4th – Admission Rate
- 1st – Net Cost
- 1st – Student-Faculty Ratio
- 5th – On-Campus Crime
- 7th – Gender & Racial Diversity
- 14th – Graduation Rate
- 2nd – Post-Attendance Median Salary
- 8th – Admission Rate
- 10th – Net Cost
- 15th – Student-Faculty Ratio
- 8th – On-Campus Crime
- 10th – Gender & Racial Diversity
- 2nd – Graduation Rate
- 2nd – Post-Attendance Median Salary
- 5th – Admission Rate
- 9th – Net Cost
- 7th – Student-Faculty Ratio
- 7th – On-Campus Crime
- 1st – Gender & Racial Diversity
- 4th – Graduation Rate
- 5th – Post-Attendance Median Salary
West Virginia Wesleyan College
- 6th – Admission Rate
- 14th – Net Cost
- 1st – Student-Faculty Ratio
- 9th – On-Campus Crime
- 9th – Gender & Racial Diversity
- 3rd – Graduation Rate
- 4th – Post-Attendance Median Salary
- 12th – Admission Rate
- 4th – Net Cost
- 14th – Student-Faculty Ratio
- 4th – On-Campus Crime
- 12th – Gender & Racial Diversity
- 4th – Graduation Rate
- 10th – Post-Attendance Median Salary
- 6th – Admission Rate
- 5th – Net Cost
- 7th – Student-Faculty Ratio
- 6th – On-Campus Crime
- 13th – Gender & Racial Diversity
- 10th – Graduation Rate
- 12th – Post-Attendance Median Salary
- 11th – Admission Rate
- 6th – Net Cost
- 11th – Student-Faculty Ratio
- 2nd – On-Campus Crime
- 11th – Gender & Racial Diversity
- 8th – Graduation Rate
- 7th – Post-Attendance Median Salary
- 8th – Admission Rate
- 8th – Net Cost
- 7th – Student-Faculty Ratio
- 11th – On-Campus Crime
- 8th – Gender & Racial Diversity
- 6th – Graduation Rate
- 9th – Post-Attendance Median Salary
