Wheeling University
Wheeling University admitted 63% of applicants. Its average net price after aid was $11,350 a year. Within six years, 36% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 63%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Not required
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $44,615 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $11,350 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $11,023 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $31,090 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 36%
- Students who return for a second year
- 54%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $64,655 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $23,000
Students
- Undergraduates
- 589
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 34%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 15 to 1
- Campus setting
- City
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Business, management and marketing
- 32%
- Health professions
- 30%
- Parks, recreation, leisure, fitness and kinesiology
- 12%
- Education
- 6%
- Psychology
- 6%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Blackburn College IL · 63% admitted
- Dominican University New York NY · 63% admitted
- Farmingdale State College NY · 63% admitted
- Oregon State University-Cascades Campus OR · 63% admitted
- Southern Methodist University TX · 63% admitted
- SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry NY · 63% admitted
More colleges in West Virginia
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- Marshall University WV · 96% admitted
- Fairmont State University WV · 99% admitted
- Shepherd University WV · 97% admitted
- University of Charleston WV · 62% admitted
- West Liberty University WV · 97% admitted
- Concord University WV · 93% admitted
- West Virginia State University WV · 96% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.