West Virginia State University (WVSU) vs Morehead State

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	Morehead State University	West Virginia State University
Overview
Location	Morehead, Kentucky	Institute, West Virginia
Campus setting	Town: Remote	Suburb: Midsize
College type	4 year	4 year
Control/business model	Public	Public
Calendar system	Semester	Semester
Degrees offered	Undergraduate and Graduate	Undergraduate and Graduate
Students retention rate	70.0%	56.0%
Common app member	Yes	Yes
Religious affiliation

Admission
Acceptance rate	89.8%	96.6%
Application fees	Undergraduate: $30 Graduate: $30	Undergraduate: $20 Graduate: $28
SAT range	N/A	N/A
ACT range	N/A	N/A
Students submitting SAT score
Students submitting ACT score
Total number of applicants	6,922	2,959
Total number of admissions given out	6,218	2,857
Admitted students who chose to enroll	1,184	305
Yield rate	19.0%	10.7%
Test scores (SAT/ACT)	N/A	N/A
High school GPA	Required	Required
Recommendation letters	Not required	Not required
High school transcript	Not required	Not required
English proficiency test (e.g. TOEFL)	Required	Required

Tuition and Fees
Sticker price	In state: $23,984 Out of state: $28,628	In state: $22,677 Out of state: $28,365
Average net price	$10,471	$10,889
Tuition	In state: $9,082 Out of state: $13,726	In state: $7,912 Out of state: $13,600
Room & board	$10,040	Room/dormitory: $7,762 Meal plan: $5,314
Available payment plans	Tuition payment plan	Guaranteed tuition plan Tuition payment plan

Financial Aid
Students receiving financial aid (Grants & scholarships)	97.0% Average amount $10,376	89.0% Average amount $8,961
Students receiving federal student loan	55.0% Average amount $4,964	49.0% Average amount $7,576
Students taking out private loans	5.0% Average amount $9,199	2.0% Average amount $6,704

Students and Campus
Undergraduate students	8,312 Men 38.7% Women 61.3%	3,281 Men 41.9% Women 58.1%
Graduate students	670 Men 37.6% Women 62.4%	134 Men 41.8% Women 58.2%
Racial/ethnic diversity	Very Low	Very Low
Out-of-state students	N/A	22.6%
International students	0.7%	1.6%
Campus local/setting	Town: Remote	Suburb: Midsize
Dormitory capacity	3,315	369
First year students are required to live on campus?	No	No
Top 5 states where most U.S. students come from	Ohio Tennessee Virginia Illinois	West Virginia Ohio Maryland Georgia

Academics
Popular study areas	Education Health Professions Business Liberal Arts Agriculture	Business Law Enforcement and Firefighting Education Liberal Arts Public Administration and Social Service
Students to faculty ratio	15:1	12:1
Institutional accreditation	Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges	Higher Learning Commission

Outcome
Graduation rate	44.8%	29.6%
Dropout rate	53.6%	47.3%
Transferred out	N/A	19.9%
Alumni salary by major (Top 10)	Business/Commerce, General (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $57,256 Year 2: $61,516 Year 3: $67,934 Engineering Technology, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $55,465 Year 2: $56,544 Year 3: $63,288 Curriculum and Instruction (Graduate/Professional Certificates) Year 1: $53,198 Year 2: $57,318 Year 3: $61,548 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $57,164 Year 2: $59,919 Year 3: $59,589 Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $57,855 Year 2: $55,512 Year 3: $56,127 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Associate's Degrees) Year 1: $56,482 Year 2: $54,430 Year 3: $52,630 Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $43,023 Year 2: $41,565 Year 3: $52,250 Engineering-Related Fields (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $66,090 Year 2: $57,318 Year 3: $52,098 Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $34,707 Year 2: $35,823 Year 3: $42,105 Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $40,028 Year 2: $40,481 Year 3: $42,017	Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $35,198 Year 2: $33,993 Year 3: $36,756 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $35,938 Year 2: $29,141 Year 3: $36,314 Social Work (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $28,771 Year 2: $29,685 Year 3: $34,416 Criminal Justice and Corrections (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $25,256 Year 2: $27,504 Year 3: $32,672 Communication and Media Studies (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $23,227 Year 2: $26,739 Year 3: $32,224 Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $29,815 Year 2: $28,816 Year 3: $30,768 Psychology, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $26,073 Year 2: N/A Year 3: $19,116 English Language and Literature, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $29,654 Year 2: $20,140 Year 3: N/A Health and Physical Education/Fitness (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $18,771 Year 3: N/A Fine and Studio Arts (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $19,626 Year 2: N/A Year 3: N/A

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