West Virginia University Institute of Technology

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for West Virginia University Institute of Technology

West Virginia University Institute of Technology operates as a public institution located in Beckley, West Virginia (city: small), with a total reported enrollment of 981 students of which 1,632 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. West Virginia University Institute of Technology is categorized as “22” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 36.7%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,033 and an ACT midpoint of 22. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $9,337, with published in-state tuition of $8,424 and a Pell grant recipient share of 27.4%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $22,500, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 34.5%, and the first-year retention rate is 61.8%. Graduates earn a median of $55,939 ten years after enrolling, compared with $45,181 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 1061000.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 64.5% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.