West Virginia
University Institute of Technology
Public College in Beckley, WV. Six-year graduation rate 33%. Median 10-year earnings $55,939.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $55,939 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. The six-year graduation rate is 33% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Graduates carry a median of $22,500 in debt — in line with the national norm.
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
- ! Graduation rate 33% — below national average
Admissions
At 37%, the acceptance rate makes West Virginia University Institute of Technology a school worth applying to with alternatives in hand. The applicant pool is small at 1,453, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. 52% of admitted students actually enroll, which is a high yield by national standards. The score bands below cover the middle 50% of the enrolled students who submitted a score — not the whole class, and not a cutoff.
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 | 460–570 | 217 (78%) |
| SAT Math | 420–550 | |
| ACT Composite | 19–23 | 88 (32%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is the problem here: 33% graduate within six years. Retention of 62% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention runs well ahead of completion, which means students are not leaving immediately; they are leaving somewhere between the second year and the finish line. The 32% transfer-out rate is high enough that a large share of this school's students are really passing through. At 13:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,011 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $11,281 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: $6,998 at $0–30k, $14,797 at $110k+. 86% of students get grant aid averaging $10,337, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. 35% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
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 · 310 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 | $6,998 |
| $30–48k | $6,752 |
| $48–75k | $9,137 |
| $75–110k | $11,861 |
| $110k+ | $14,797 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 353 of these 1,011 students, totalling $1,986,048 — an average of $5,626 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Raleigh County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026