Top West Virginia Community Colleges
- For the 2020 school year, there are 22 top community colleges located throughout West Virginia (15 public colleges and 7 private colleges), serving 28,413 students.
- For West Virginia community colleges, the average tuition is approximately $4,026 per year for in-state students and $8,257 for out-of-state students. For private community colleges, the average yearly tuition is approximately $12,353 per year (view national tuition costs).
- West Virginia community colleges have a diversity score of 0.24, which is lower than the national average of 0.65 (view national diversity statistics).
- Minority enrollment is 13% (majority Black) and the student:teacher ratio is 23:1.
Student by Ethnicity
(WV) School Average
Asian
1%
Hispanic
2%
Black
7%
White
87%
Two or more races
1%
Unknown
2%
Top West Virginia Community Colleges by Town (2020)
- College Location Students
- 13650 Apple Harvest Drive
Martinsburg, WV 25403
(304)260-4380 5,528 students - 619 2nd Avenue
Montgomery, WV 25136
(304)734-6601 1,162 students - 316 Eastern Drive
Moorefield, WV 26836
(304)434-8000 487 students - Everest Institute-Cross LanesPrivate, for profit5514 Big Tyler Rd
Charleston, WV 25313
(304)776-6290 63 students - 2001 Union Carbide Drive
South Charleston, WV 25303
(304)205-6600 1,573 students - Mountain State CollegePrivate, for profit1508 Spring St
Parkersburg, WV 26101
(304)485-5487 158 students - One Mountwest Way
Huntington, WV 25701
(866)710-3140 2,026 students - 280 University Drive
Beaver, WV 25813
(304)929-5450 2,551 students - 1201 Locust Ave
Fairmont, WV 26554
(304)333-3684 2,838 students - 101 Fort Ave
Keyser, WV 26726
(304)788-6820 1,540 students - Dempsey Branch Road
Mount Gay, WV 25637
(304)896-7098 1,859 students - Valley College-BeckleyPrivate, for profit120 New River Town Center
Beckley, WV 25801
(304)252-9547 331 students - 287 Aikens Ctr Edwin Miller Blvd
Martinsburg, WV 25404
(304)263-0979 140 students - Valley College-PrincetonPrivate, for profit617 Mercer Street
Princeton, WV 24740
(304)425-2323 89 students - West Virginia Junior College-BridgeportPrivate, for profit176 Thompson Dr.
Bridgeport, WV 26330
(304)842-4007 188 students - West Virginia Junior College-CharlestonPrivate, for profit1000 Virginia St E
Charleston, WV 25301
(304)345-2820 129 students - West Virginia Junior College-MorgantownPrivate, for profit148 Willey St
Morgantown, WV 26505
(304)296-8282 373 students - 1704 Market St.
Wheeling, WV 26003
(304)233-5900 1,923 students - 300 Campus Drive
Parkersburg, WV 26104
(304)424-8000 2,985 students
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