West Virginia University

Academics

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

We currently offer 179 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. Many majors result in extremely high job placement rates (for example, nursing = 100%, athletic training = 100%, some education majors = 100%).

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 15 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)
• 30 Goldwater Scholars (America’s premier science scholarship)
• 19 Truman Scholars (given by the U.S. Congress for exceptional public service)
• 5 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)

Senior wins Rotary scholarship, will spend year in Scotland

Joshua Austin will study in Scotland, working on a graduate degree and sharing his knowledge of human rights after winning a Rotary International ...

School of Medicine ranked in the "Top Ten" for rural medicine

WVU School of Medicine students learn and care for patients in rural areas of West Virginia as part of the requirements for graduation.

WVU rolls out high-tech tool to help students get on 'TRAK' for successful careers

Students have hundreds of career opportunities at their fingertips – thanks to a new high-tech, interactive networking tool.

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