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Public four-year colleges in West Virginia by graduates' median earnings 4 years after

West Virginia public four-year colleges, ranked by median earnings four years after completion, from College Scorecard (September 18, 2026). At least 5 colleges must report this figure for this list to exist.

RankSchoolCitySectorMedian earnings, 4 years afterCompletions
1West Virginia School of Osteopathic MedicineLewisburgPublic, 4-year$130,307188
2Potomac State College of West Virginia UniversityKeyserPublic, 4-year$64,952322
3West Virginia UniversityBeckleyPublic, 4-year$64,952156
4Bluefield State UniversityBluefieldPublic, 4-year$61,729273
5Shepherd UniversityShepherdstownPublic, 4-year$55,251605
6Marshall UniversityHuntingtonPublic, 4-year$54,1412,513
7Fairmont State UniversityFairmontPublic, 4-year$52,884867
8West Liberty UniversityWest LibertyPublic, 4-year$48,985540
9West Virginia University at ParkersburgParkersburgPublic, 4-year$47,106691
10Concord UniversityAthensPublic, 4-year$45,035429
11West Virginia State UniversityInstitutePublic, 4-year$44,688325
12Glenville State UniversityGlenvillePublic, 4-year$42,049428

Earnings cover federally aided graduates only, as published by College Scorecard, institution-wide rather than by one program.

How to read this. This is a whole-college figure across every program, not one program's graduates -- a college with mostly graduate or professional programs will show higher earnings than one that is mostly certificates. Completions shown alongside it are the latest IPEDS total on file.