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 2018 Reauthorization Review

Annualized Tuition Bachelor Loan % Undergrads # Students Unduplicated and Retention Graduation Default Receiving Receiving Financial Head Count Fees Rates Rate Rate Federal Loans Federal Loans Health Institution Accreditation Accreditation 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 Institutions Type Stuatus Date Data Data Data Data Data Data Data Data Public Accredited 20-FEB-12 1,605 $7,056 63.8 27.6 20.4 62.2 679 -1.94 Public Accredited 04-SEP-08 2,659 $8,211 64.0 35.0 14.4 52.0 846 0.45 Fairmont State University Public Accredited 21-MAY-13 4,620 $7,514 65.0 35.7 10.8 61.3 1,349 1.12 Public Accredited 12-AUG-13 2,086 $6,919 57.5 22.6 17.2 47.6 389 -0.85 Public Accredited 14-DEC-15 16,818 $8,128 72.0 45.7 10.5 56.0 3,155 2.74 Public Accredited 20-JUN-12 4,700 $7,548 64.7 48.2 7.8 57.7 1,082 -0.76 Public Accredited 31-JUL-18 2,253 $7,730 71.0 48.0 8.8 56.0 742 1.46 West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine Public Accredited 30-OCT-14 849 $22,672 98.6 0.0 1.0 0.0 187 7.00 West Virginia State University Public Accredited 26-OCT-15 4,466 $7,712 59.0 26.0 14.9 64.1 1,000 -0.52 Public Accredited 12-AUG-14 31,900 $8,376 79.6 59.1 8.5 48.6 7,427 0.51 Potomac State College of WVU Public Accredited 12-AUG-14 1,658 $4,248 46.1 20.5 8.5 48.6 7,427 0.51 *Note Associate Grad Rates for PSC WVU Institute of Technology Public Accredited 12-AUG-14 1,634 $6,960 63.2 33.7 8.5 48.6 7,427 0.51

Accredited - Alderson Broaddus University Private Notice 29-JUN-17 1,107 $26,610 57.0 47.0 13.4 81.0 343 0.03 Appalachian Bible College Private Accredited 27-JUL-15 302 $14,290 71.0 40.0 7.5 18.0 53 1.00 Bethany College Private Accredited 25-JUN-09 708 $29,773 68.0 50.0 13.0 80.6 276 1.70 Catholic Distance University Private Accredited 31-JAN-16 282 $10,175 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.0 0 2.40 Davis & Elkins College Private Accredited 18-APR-11 978 $29,390 67.9 41.2 11.2 71.0 267 2.54 Future Generations University Private Accredited 22-SEP-10 31 $6,440 73.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.56 Private Accredited 12-NOV-13 625 $21,750 69.0 45.0 8.6 63.3 175 -0.10 Private Accredited 27-JUL-15 3,331 $21,397 58.2 46.5 8.2 34.7 621 2.63 West Virginia Wesleyan College Private Accredited 29-APR-10 1,483 $30,752 73.6 48.5 5.3 72.0 395 2.25 Accredited- Financial Distress Wheeling Jesuit University Private Designation 13-JAN-10 1,310 $29,290 64.0 64.0 5.4 61.0 552 1.50

American Public University System For-Profit Accredited 26-MAY-06 87,489 $6,880 95.0 34.0 23.8 25.0 21,671 3.00 For-Profit Accredited 27-FEB-14 1,177 $16,700 48.0 26.0 18.0 69.0 516 2.46 Strayer University For-Profit Accredited 22-JUN-17 287 $13,380 0.0 0.0 10.6 81.9 146 3.00

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Illegal Drug Law Liquor Negligent Sex Offense Sex Offense Aggravated Motor Vehicle Hate Weapons Violations Violations Murder Manslaughter Forcible Non-Forcible Robbery Assault Burglary Theft Arson Crimes 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 Institutions Data Data Data Data Data Data Data Data Data Data Data Data Data Bluefield State College 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Concord University 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Fairmont State University 0 9 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 Glenville State College 0 5 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Marshall University 6 56 51 1 0 6 0 16 3 7 1 0 0 Shepherd University 0 9 33 0 0 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 West Liberty University 0 4 14 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 West Virginia State University 1 4 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 8 0 0 0 West Virginia University 3 231 529 0 0 20 0 6 3 11 3 2 0 Potomac State College of WVU 0 32 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 WVU Institute of Technology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0

Alderson Broaddus University 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 0 0 Appalachian Bible College 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bethany College 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 5 0 1 0 Catholic Distance University 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Davis & Elkins College 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Future Generations University 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Ohio Valley University 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 University of Charleston 0 10 60 0 0 4 0 0 0 15 1 0 0 West Virginia Wesleyan College 0 1 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wheeling Jesuit University 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 4 0

American Public University System 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Salem University 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Strayer University 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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