Tuition

The WVU Office of Admission and Records assigns enrolling students a residency classification for admission, fee, and tuition purposes.  Students who are legal residents of West Virginia pay “resident” tuition at WVU; students who are residents of other states and nations pay “non-resident” tuition.

Please see our Cost of Attendance page for the most current information about tuition, fees, and related expenses.

Tuition Reciprocity Agreements

In some cases, residents of other states can attend WVU at in-state tuition rates. This applies only to certain academic programs and varies depending on the state of which you are a legal resident.

Currently WVU has tuition reciprocity agreements with Ohio and member states of the Southern Regional Education Board (see list of member states below).

SREB Academic Common Market

Through the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) Academic Common Market, WVU allows students from SREB member states to enroll in certain WVU programs at in-state tuition rates.  Typically these degree programs are not available to students in their home state.

In addition to West Virginia, SREB member states are Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida (graduate only), Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina (graduate only), Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas (graduate only), and Virginia.

Please refer to the SREB Web site for the most current information about programs offered to residents of your state.

Ohio Reciprocity Agreement

Effective with the 2008 spring semester, WVU at Morgantown agrees to accept at West Virginia resident tuition rates any resident of Ohio who enrolls and who satisfies all regular admission requirements (including those requirements of the specific program in which admission is sought) in the 17 undergraduate programs specifically noted below:

School of Physical Education

  • Athletic Coaching Education (B.S.P.Ed.)
  • Sport and Exercise Psychology (B.S.P.Ed.)

College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

  • Mining Engineering (B.S.Min.E.)*
  • Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering (B.S.PNGE.)*

Davis College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Consumer Sciences

  • Agricultural & Extension Education (BS Agr)
  • Animal & Nutritional Sciences (BS/BS Agr)
  • Human Nutrition & Food (BS)
  • Biochemistry (BS)
  • Forest Resource Management (BS Forestry)
  • Agronomy (BS/BS Agr)
  • Environmental Protection (BS/BS Agr)
  • Horticulture (BS/BS Agr)
  • Recreation, Parks, & Tourism Resources (BS Recreation)
  • Environmental & Natural Resource Economics (BS/BS Agr)
  • Agribusiness Management & Rural Development (BS/BS Agr)
  • Wildlife & Fisheries Resources (BS)
  • Wood Science & Technology (BS)

For more information about the Ohio reciprocity agreement, please contact WVU Admissions at 304-293-2121 or wvuadmissions@mail.wvu.edu.

* In-state tuition only applicable for the junior and senior years.

Reduced Tuition and Fees for State Residents Who Are 65 and Older

West Virginia University and Regional Campuses

WVU Board of Governors Policy 14 allows residents of West Virginia who are 65 and older to take courses at WVU or its regional campuses on a space available basis for the cost of $50.00.