West Virginia College Costs: Net Price at Every School
Average net price is what full-time first-time undergraduates actually paid after grant and scholarship aid (2022-23 IPEDS Student Financial Aid data, retrieved 2026-08-13). Published tuition is the 2023-24 sticker price. Sorted by average net price, lowest first. Schools that did not report net price are listed at the end.
West Virginia has 50 degree-granting, Title IV institutions in the current federal dataset: 26 public, 10 private nonprofit, and 14 private for-profit (28 four-year and 22 two-year).
Across the 24 four-year institutions that reported net price, the average was $14,294 and the median $14,203. Across the 22 two-year institutions that reported, the average was $8,327 and the median $9,257. (IPEDS SFA 2022-23, retrieved 2026-08-13.)
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| School | City | Type | Avg net price | Published tuition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boone Career and Technical Center | Foster | public | $1,810 | Not reported |
| Roane-Jackson Technical Center | Leroy | public | $1,821 | Not reported |
| Fred W Eberle Technical Center | Buckhannon | public | $2,101 | Not reported |
| Carver Career Center | Charleston | public | $2,717 | Not reported |
| Mercer County Technical Education Center | Princeton | public | $3,430 | Not reported |
| West Virginia University at Parkersburg | Parkersburg | public | $3,536 | $4,420 |
| New River Community and Technical College | Beaver | public | $3,844 | $5,158 |
| West Virginia Northern Community College | Wheeling | public | $3,998 | $4,544 |
| Blue Ridge Community and Technical College | Martinsburg | public | $4,070 | $4,344 |
| Pierpont Community and Technical College | Fairmont | public | $5,777 | $5,594 |
| BridgeValley Community & Technical College | South Charleston | public | $7,239 | $5,282 |
| Potomac State College of West Virginia University | Keyser | public | $7,685 | $5,040 |
| Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College | Logan | public | $8,262 | $4,944 |
| Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College | Moorefield | public | $9,257 | $4,288 |
| Marshall University | Huntington | public | $9,734 | $8,942 |
| Mountwest Community and Technical College | Huntington | public | $10,103 | $4,818 |
| American Public University System | Charles Town | private for-profit | $10,322 | $8,400 |
| Huntington School of Beauty Culture | Huntington | private for-profit | $10,538 | Not reported |
| Concord University | Athens | public | $10,630 | $9,700 |
| Huntington Junior College | Huntington | private nonprofit | $10,729 | $10,050 |
| Charleston School of Beauty Culture | Charleston | private for-profit | $10,746 | Not reported |
| Clarksburg Beauty Academy and School of Massage Therapy | Clarksburg | private for-profit | $10,849 | Not reported |
| West Virginia State University | Institute | public | $10,878 | $9,049 |
| Fairmont State University | Fairmont | public | $10,993 | $8,454 |
| West Virginia University Institute of Technology | Beckley | public | $11,015 | $8,064 |
| Morgantown Beauty College Inc | Morgantown | private for-profit | $11,040 | Not reported |
| Martinsburg College | Martinsburg | private for-profit | $11,096 | Not reported |
| Salem University | Salem | private for-profit | $11,626 | $10,750 |
| West Virginia Junior College-Charleston | Cross Lanes | private for-profit | $12,127 | $14,544 |
| Shepherd University | Shepherdstown | public | $12,651 | $8,642 |
| West Virginia Junior College-Bridgeport | Bridgeport | private for-profit | $13,635 | $14,747 |
| West Virginia University | Morgantown | public | $13,691 | $9,648 |
| West Liberty University | West Liberty | public | $14,203 | $8,732 |
| Bluefield State University | Bluefield | public | $14,500 | $10,240 |
| International Beauty School 4 | Martinsburg | private for-profit | $14,581 | Not reported |
| West Virginia Junior College-Morgantown | Morgantown | private for-profit | $15,418 | $14,313 |
| Glenville State University | Glenville | public | $16,745 | $9,412 |
| Bethany College | Bethany | private nonprofit | $16,844 | $34,816 |
| Strayer University-West Virginia | Scott Depot | private for-profit | $16,943 | $13,920 |
| Appalachian Bible College | Mount Hope | private nonprofit | $18,749 | $18,230 |
| Wheeling University | Wheeling | private nonprofit | $19,164 | $29,475 |
| Davis & Elkins College | Elkins | private nonprofit | $19,762 | $31,270 |
| West Virginia Wesleyan College | Buckhannon | private nonprofit | $20,093 | $33,494 |
| University of Charleston | Charleston | private nonprofit | $21,100 | $32,842 |
| Valley College-Beckley | Beckley | private for-profit | $24,526 | Not reported |
| Valley College-Martinsburg | Martinsburg | private for-profit | $25,666 | Not reported |
| Catholic International University | Charles Town | private nonprofit | Not reported | $9,600 |
| Future Generations University | Franklin | private nonprofit | Not reported | Not reported |
| West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine | Lewisburg | public | Not reported | Not reported |
| West Virginia University Hospital Departments of Rad Tech and Nutrition | Morgantown | private nonprofit | Not reported | Not reported |
Source: U.S. Department of Education IPEDS. Net price 2022-23, published charges 2023-24. Retrieved 2026-08-13. See methodology.