West Virginia University at Parkersburg
Parkersburg, West Virginia
- Two-year college
- Public
- Rural
- 1,868 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
- Agricultural Business and ManagementAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,343
Child care and early education
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate degree · 40 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,190
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsBachelor's degree · 13 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,159
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 22 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 30 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $29,763
Computers and IT
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 13 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,763
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralBachelor's degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $70,762
- Computer ScienceAssociate degree · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,515
- Computer ScienceBachelor's degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $80,182
Electrician
- Electrical and Power Transmission InstallersCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,469
EMT, surgical tech and imaging
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 12 finishedGraduates here earned $50,404 a year after finishingNationally: $61,169
Engineering technology
- Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,608
- Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $63,073
- Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 18 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,893
- Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $63,717
Industrial and equipment maintenance
- Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $53,952
- Mechanic and Repair Technologies/Technicians, OtherAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $54,405
Office and business support
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificateEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssociate degreeEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,369
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 13 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,215
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 19 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
Practical nursing and nursing assistant
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,533
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 52 finishedGraduates here earned $64,566 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingBachelor's degree · 29 finishedGraduates here earned $95,316 a year after finishingNationally: $84,093
Welding and machining
- Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 13 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,421
- Precision Metal WorkingAssociate degree · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,947
Other programs (18)
- Audiovisual Communications Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $27,737
- Audiovisual Communications Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 8 finishedNationally: $29,515
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $44,510
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 14 finishedNationally: $41,208
- Business/Commerce, GeneralCertificate · 26 finishedNationally: $54,610
- Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate degree · 68 finishedNationally: $40,381
- Graphic CommunicationsAssociate degree · 6 finishedNationally: $27,878
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCertificate · 16 finishedNationally: $35,042
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 56 finishedNationally: $34,134
- Mechanics and Repairers, GeneralAssociate degree · 12 finishedNationally: $61,028
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, OtherAssociate degree · 7 finishedNationally: $45,150
- Non-Professional Legal StudiesCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $58,040
- Non-Professional Legal StudiesAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $34,993
- Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied CommunicationAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $36,320
- Radio, Television, and Digital CommunicationCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $28,590
- Radio, Television, and Digital CommunicationAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $27,637
- Science Technologies/Technicians, OtherAssociate degree · 5 finishedNationally: $41,828
- Teaching Assistants/AidesCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $23,489
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- Not reportedper year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $9,685sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $4,612Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 17%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 34%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $37,4246 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $38,66510 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $14,622federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 36%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 12%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 West Virginia University at Parkersburg, 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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