Annual Reauthorization – Consumer Information

Senate Bill 375, passed during the 2011 legislative session, delegated the responsibility for making rules for the annual reauthorization of colleges and universities in the state of to the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission and the West Virginia Council for Community and Technical College Education. To retain the authority to confer degrees within West Virginia, each higher education institution is required to annually submit, as requested, all information the Commission or Council considers “necessary to assess the performance of the institution and to determine whether the institution continues to meet the minimum standards for conferring degrees.”

The annual reporting requirements outlined in Series 52, Annual Reauthorization of Degree-Granting Institutions, require each institution to provide such information as:

➢ verification of current accreditation status, ➢ student enrollment data, ➢ tuition and fee information, ➢ first to second year retention rates, ➢ graduation rates, ➢ student transfer information, ➢ licensure pass rates, ➢ student loan default rates, ➢ campus crime statistics, ➢ number of student, staff, and faculty grievances, and ➢ financial health

This information is available to the public in the following tables.

4-Year Performance 2019 Reauthorization Review # Students Annualized Bachelor Loan % Undergrads Receiving Unduplicated Tuition Retention Graduation Default Receiving Federal Financial Head Count and Fees Rates Rate Rate Federal Loans Loans Health Institution Accreditation Accreditation 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 Institutions Type Status Date Data Data Data Data Data Data Data Data Public Accredited 20-FEB-12 1,463 $ 7,056 64.4 27.2 19.0 52.0 505 -1.85 Public Accredited 04-SEP-08 2,490 $ 8,385 62.0 38.0 12.9 66.0 664 0.27 Fairmont State University Public Accredited 21-MAY-13 4,548 $ 7,950 62.3 41.7 10.9 49.5 1,219 1.99 Public Accredited 12-AUG-13 1,916 $ 7,308 50.0 34.0 17.6 71.0 369 -0.74 Public Accredited 14-DEC-15 16,452 $ 8,412 72.0 45.0 11.1 56.1 3,028 2.38 Public Accredited 20-JUN-12 4,523 $ 7,784 69.7 48.5 9.7 56.4 1,063 -0.69 Public Accredited 31-JUL-18 2,338 $ 7,990 72.0 47.0 9.4 59.0 737 0.40 Public Accredited 12-AUG-14 30,914 $ 8,856 76.0 60.4 8.0 53.5 7,023 0.23 Potomac State College of WVU Public Accredited 12-AUG-14 1,584 $ 4,488 39.0 21.5* 8.0 53.5 7,023 0.23 *Note: Associate Grad Rates for PSC WVU Institute of Technology Public Accredited 12-AUG-14 2,077 $ 7,464 56.0 21.7 8.0 53.5 7,023 0.23 West Virginia State University Public Accredited 26-OCT-15 5,105 $ 4,198 60.4 30.9 14.9 62.4 727 -0.89 West Virginia School Of Osteopathic Medicine Public Accredited 30-OCT-14 841 $ 22,672 96.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 170 7.19

Accredited -On Alderson Broaddus University Private Notice 29-JUN-17 1,055 $ 27,910 51.0 34.0 13.2 83.0 324 -0.13 Appalachian Bible College Private Accredited 27-JUL-15 323 $ 15,162 76.0 53.0 3.0 30.4 33 0.55 Bethany College Private Accredited 25-JUN-09 588 $ 30,666 61.0 34.0 21.2 80.0 277 0.89 Catholic Distance University Private Accredited 31-JAN-16 284 $ 8,405 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.6 0 3.00 Davis & Elkins College Private Accredited 18-APR-11 919 $ 29,630 68.0 40.0 16.4 67.7 256 2.32 Future Generations University Private Accredited 22-SEP-10 39 $ 4,500 79.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.77 Accredited - Private On Probation 12-NOV-13 493 $ 21,900 60.0 45.5 8.3 67.6 169 -0.10 Private Accredited 27-JUL-15 3,579 $ 23,389 67.0 40.0 8.1 62.0 600 2.78 West Virginia Wesleyan College Private Accredited 29-APR-10 1,366 $ 31,640 70.0 49.0 7.3 73.0 365 2.67 Accredited - Financial Private Distress 13-JAN-10 1,573 $ 29,200 55.1 21.5 4.0 74.8 474 1.30

American Public University System For-Profit Accredited 26-MAY-06 87,085 $ 6,880 96.0 35.0 18.5 23.4 16,496 3.00 For-Profit Accredited 27-FEB-14 1,473 $ 16,900 46.0 11.0 17.0 93.4 452 1.73 Strayer University For-Profit Accredited 22-JUN-17 300 $ 13,380 100.0 0.0 10.4 79.0 112 3.00 4-Year Crime 2019 Reauthorization Review Motor Criminal Sexual Aggravated Vehicle Hate Crimes Larceny / Theft Simple Assault Intimidation Destruction / damage / vandalism of Domestic Violence Dating Violence Stalking (new Illegal Drug Law Liquor Homicide Assault Robery Assault Burglary Theft Arson (prior to 2018) (new for 2018) (new for 2018) (new for 2018) property (new for 2018) (new for 2018) (new for 2018) for 2018) Weapons Violations Violations 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 Institutions Data Data Data Data Data Data Data Data Data Data Data Data Data Data Data Data Data Data Bluefield State College 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Concord University 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 N/A 3 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 11 5 Fairmont State University 0 13 0 1 9 6 0 N/A 0 0 0 0 5 0 17 2 20 35 Glenville State College 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 N/A 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 18 18 Marshall University 0 8 8 2 11 1 0 N/A 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 1 65 61 Shepherd University 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 N/A 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 73 25 West Liberty University 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 N/A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 42 West Virginia University 0 9 3 6 18 6 1 N/A 209 61 0 106 20 1 3 2 169 318 Potomac State College of WVU 0 1 0 0 6 1 0 N/A 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 18 7 WVU Institute of Technology 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 N/A 20 3 0 13 1 0 0 0 1 0 West Virginia State University 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Alderson Broaddus University 0 0 1 0 14 0 0 N/A 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 38 19 Appalachian Bible College 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bethany College 0 2 0 1 6 0 0 N/A 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 15 8 Catholic Distance University 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Davis & Elkins College 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 N/A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 23 24 Future Generations University 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ohio Valley University 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 N/A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 University Of Charleston 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 N/A 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 100 West Virginia Wesleyan College 0 8 0 1 0 0 0 N/A 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 32 69 Wheeling University 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 N/A 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0

American Public University System 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Salem University 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 N/A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Strayer University 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0