West Virginia State University
Institute, West Virginia · Public · Four-year · Founded 1891
www.wvstateu.edu · official site
Founding
West Virginia State University was founded in 1891, and from 1891 to 1915 the original institute offered the equivalent of a high school education, vocational training, and teacher preparation. In 1915 the West Virginia Collegiate Institute began to offer college degrees.
Source: History and Traditions, West Virginia State University, read 2026-09-14.
As the Department of Education lists it
- Campus address
- Rte 25, Institute, WV 25112-1000
- Control
- Public
- IPEDS unit id
- 237899
- OPE id
- 00382600
- Federal student aid
- Participates in Title IV federal student aid
- Title III Part B list, FY 2026
- Listed
- On the map
- Not placed on the map: the Census Bureau returned no match. Held on 2026-09-14 until a person resolves the address; no other geocoder was consulted.
No enrollment figure is published on this page. The Ledger prints one only with a dated NCES citation, and none is attached to this record.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. IPEDS Institutional Characteristics, Directory information (HD2024), 2024-25 provisional data collection. Unit id 237899. https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/data/HD2024.zip. File dated 2025-09-21.
- U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education. Higher Education Programs Eligibility Matrix, sheet 'HBCU', dated 2026-06-08. https://www.ed.gov/media/document/fy-2026-higher-education-programs-eligibility-matrix-june-8-2026-114185.xlsx.
- History and Traditions, West Virginia State University. https://wvstateu.edu/about/history-and-traditions/. Read 2026-09-14.
- U.S. Census Bureau Geocoder, batch address service, benchmark Public_AR_Current. https://geocoding.geo.census.gov/geocoder/.
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