Potomac State College of West Virginia University

Keyser, West Virginia

  • Two-year college
  • Public
  • Town
  • 853 students

What you can study

Programs this school reported awarding, with how many students finished one in the latest year. Where the federal data has it, we show what this school's graduates earned a year after finishing (for graduates from a few years back, so a program can show earnings even if few finished recently). The national figure is for everyone who finished that kind of program anywhere.

Agriculture and horticulture

  • Agriculture, GeneralAssociate degree · 29 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,346
  • Agricultural Business and ManagementAssociate degree · 13 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,343

Computers and IT

  • Information Science/StudiesAssociate degree · 14 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,425

EMT, surgical tech and imaging

  • Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $61,169

Engineering technology

  • Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $57,072

Police, fire and corrections

  • Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
  • Criminal Justice and CorrectionsBachelor's degree · 0 finishedGraduates here earned $38,071 a year after finishingNationally: $43,365

Registered nursing

  • Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingBachelor's degree · 0 finishedGraduates here earned $77,785 a year after finishingNationally: $84,093
Other programs (8)
  • Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 26 finishedNationally: $41,208
  • Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate degree · 10 finishedNationally: $40,381
  • Education, GeneralAssociate degree · 25 finishedNationally: $28,911
  • Engineering, GeneralAssociate degree · 10 finishedNationally: $47,691
  • ForestryAssociate degree · 9 finishedNationally: $39,285
  • Hospitality Administration/ManagementAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $37,255
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 113 finishedGraduates here earned $26,347 a year afterNationally: $34,134
  • Science Technologies/Technicians, OtherAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $41,828
Source: College Scorecard

What it really costs

Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.

Average net price per year, by family income
$0–30k$12,869$30–48k$11,378$48–75k$11,880$75–110k$17,300Over $110k$18,650Source: College Scorecard
Average net price
$13,967per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
Total cost of attendance
$24,890sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
Tuition, in-state
$6,228Source: College Scorecard
Students with federal loans
30%Source: College Scorecard

How students do

Finish their program
36%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings
$49,7876 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings, later
$62,91010 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
Median debt at completion
$21,146federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Earned a degree or certificate here
30%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
Left for another college before finishing
31%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard

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Where these numbers come from

Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Potomac State College of West Virginia University, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. Program earnings cover graduates who received federal student aid. We last pulled the data on November 6, 2026.

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