West Virginia University

Academics

What can you become at WVU? Just about anything you want to be!

We currently offer 188 degree programs, making your possibilities nearly limitless. New programs continue to be added as the University adapts to the current needs of our students and the ever-changing job market.

Our proud tradition of academic excellence attracts some of the region’s best high school seniors. Whether your goal is to be a nurse, speech pathologist, forensic investigator, opera singer, physicist, reporter, aerospace engineer, athletic trainer, CEO, interior designer, lawyer, or pharmacist, our 13 colleges and schools can make it happen.

We’re proud to have produced:

• 25 Rhodes Scholars, winners of the world’s most prestigious scholarship (President Hardesty was one)
• 32 Goldwater Scholars (America’s premier science scholarship)
• 20 Truman Scholars (given by the U.S. Congress for exceptional public service)
• 6 members of USA Today’s All-USA College Academic First Team
• 2 Udall Scholarship winners (given to undergraduates in areas related to the environment and Native American studies)
• 2 British Marshall Scholars (awarded to undergraduates and graduates for two or three years of study in the United Kingdom)
• 1 Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholar (awarded to college seniors and recent graduates for six years of graduate study)

WVU increases scholarships and financial aid for fall 2010

This investment in scholarship and financial aid dollars reaffirms the University’s belief that students deserve support in pursuit of their dream of ...

Program helps high school graduates transition to college seamlessly

Cipriana Wood’s experience in WVU's Seamless Transition Program helped her to succeed in some of her most difficult classes.

WVU offers free comprehensive job search service for seniors

CareerShift is a web-based service that allows students to search regional and national job listings on thousands of job boards, newspapers and ...

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