Federal enrolment data · Fall 2023 · West Virginia
Online colleges in West Virginia
Across the 32 West Virginia colleges the federal government holds distance-education figures for, 15,465 students (19%) were enrolled entirely at a distance in Fall 2023, and 58% took at least one distance course. 16 of those colleges enrol at least a quarter of their students that way; they are listed below, largest online intake first.
Colleges with federal figures
32
In West Virginia
Students studying entirely online
15,465
19% of the 80,059 enrolled at those colleges
Took at least one distance course
58%
Fully online plus part-distance study
Colleges on the list below
16
At least 25% of students studying entirely online AND at least 50 of them. CampusPin thresholds, not federal categories.
Why your state still matters for online study
Distance study has no postcode, but the price and the paperwork do. Most public institutions charge residents less than non-residents, including for online courses at many of them, and states authorise which out-of-state institutions may enrol their residents at all. Starting from the colleges in West Virginia is therefore usually starting from the cheaper and simpler end, which is the only sense in which an online college is “in” a state.
West Virginia colleges where students actually study online
Every West Virginia college where at least 25% of students were enrolled entirely at a distance and at least 50students did so, ordered by how many. Share alone would let a twenty-student campus open the list ahead of a community college teaching thousands at a distance. It is a measurement of enrolment, not a ranking, and nobody paid to be on it.
1,471 of 2,758 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 769 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $32,842 in-state.
632 of 1,939 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 597 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $5,594 in-state / $13,262 out-of-state.
591 of 1,461 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 579 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $4,944 in-state / $7,560 out-of-state.
586 of 1,263 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 471 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $4,544 in-state / $12,728 out-of-state.
556 of 1,262 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 351 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $5,158 in-state / $8,140 out-of-state.
554 of 1,798 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 792 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $9,700 in-state / $20,600 out-of-state.
489 of 584 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 69 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $14,313 in-state.
479 of 1,448 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 461 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $8,064 in-state / $20,120 out-of-state.
461 of 651 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 190 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $11,944 in-state.
442 of 894 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 452 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $10,750 in-state / $13,750 out-of-state.
395 of 395 students enrolled entirely at a distance · private · published tuition $13,920 in-state.
350 of 1,270 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 698 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $10,240 in-state / $17,560 out-of-state.
175 of 416 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 160 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $4,288 in-state / $8,688 out-of-state.
169 of 209 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 40 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $10,050 in-state.
134 of 317 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 153 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $14,544 in-state.
58 of 175 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 73 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $14,747 in-state.
Tuition shown is the published institution-wide rate, not the price of an online programme. Many colleges price online study on a separate schedule, and some charge a single rate regardless of where the student lives, so treat them as headline figures for the institution and confirm the online rate with the institution.
What this list is not
- It is not the complete set of your options. It counts students, not programmes. A college below the threshold may run an excellent online degree that few students happened to take exclusively that term, and residents of West Virginia can enrol with institutions anywhere.
- It is not a ranking. A high share describes how an institution enrols, not how good it is. Some of the largest shares belong to institutions worth reading carefully before applying, which is why every row links to the full profile with cost, debt and graduation figures.
- It is one term. These are Fall 2023 enrolments, on the federal reporting cycle.
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Source & methodology
Enrolment figures are from the U.S. Department of Education, IPEDS Fall Enrollment (distance education status), Fall 2023. Published tuition and control are from CampusPin's committed institution snapshot. Federal data is public domain; credit the U.S. Department of Education.
Distance-education figures count STUDENTS enrolled in Fall 2023, not programs on offer. "Exclusively at a distance" means a student took only distance courses that term. A college with few or no such students may still run online courses or an online degree, so a low figure is not evidence that online study is unavailable, and a high one is not a judgement of quality either way.
Suggested citation
CampusPin. (2026). Online study at West Virginia colleges. Retrieved from https://campuspin.com/online-colleges-in/west-virginia
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