West Liberty University
Public College in West Liberty, WV. Six-year graduation rate 60%. Median 10-year earnings $43,296.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $43,296 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. Six-year completion sits at 60%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $23,250, neither a bargain nor a burden.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Admission is not the constraint here: 97% of applicants are accepted. Only 1,356 students applied, so treat these rates as directional — small pools swing sharply between cycles. Yield sits at 32% — the remainder of admitted students enroll elsewhere or not at all. Read the score bands below as the middle 50% of submitted scores, not a threshold to clear.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | 470–580 | 251 (61%) |
| SAT Math | 420–543 | |
| ACT Composite | 18–24 | 148 (36%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion sits at 60%, meaning about two in five students who enroll leave without finishing. Retention of 69% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. A 12:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor. With 2,001 undergraduates, the school sits in the middle of the size distribution.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,626 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $13,655 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Income makes less difference than usual: $12,714 at $0–30k, $18,566 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 79% of students at an average of $10,434. Federal borrowing reaches 54% of students.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 411 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $12,714 |
| $30–48k | $14,460 |
| $48–75k | $15,087 |
| $75–110k | $17,362 |
| $110k+ | $18,566 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 879 of these 1,626 students, totalling $7,487,165 — an average of $8,518 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Ohio County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)