Which West Virginia State major has the lowest debt?

Criminal Justice graduates leave with a median of $25,860 in federal loans, the lowest among 7 West Virginia State bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does West Virginia State cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $9,570 a year, and $14,990 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $11,139 a year.

How many West Virginia State programs report graduate pay?

7 bachelor's programs at West Virginia State report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

West Virginia State Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

West Virginia State University
Public university
Institute, WV
1,321 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

7 West Virginia State bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Business Administration pays the most in the first year ($43,709), and Communications the least ($26,351). The median program pays $39,056.

In-state tuition and fees$9,570Per year. Out-of-state $14,990

Average net price after aid$11,139Per year

Graduation rate39%Within 6 years

Admission rate96%Of applicants

All 7 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in West Virginia" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across West Virginia. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in West Virginia
1	Business AdministrationAbout 74 graduates a year	$43,709	$41,240	$27,045	6th of 13
2	Teacher EducationAbout 25 graduates a year	$42,197	$45,022	$26,932	2nd of 8
3	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 34 graduates a year	$41,319	$43,268	$31,125	2nd of 11
4	Criminal JusticeAbout 25 graduates a year	$39,056	$37,109	$25,860	2nd of 7
5	Social WorkAbout 13 graduates a year	$30,060	$42,174	$37,371	5th of 5
6	PsychologyAbout 11 graduates a year	$28,185	$40,263	$26,305	6th of 8
7	CommunicationsAbout 7 graduates a year	$26,351	$35,928	$30,788	1st of 2

Program names link to the program's own page, and West Virginia ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five West Virginia programs in the field do too.

2 more bachelor's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Lowest median debt

Criminal Justice$25,860
Psychology$26,305
Teacher Education$26,932
Business Administration$27,045
Communications$30,788

Largest programs

Business AdministrationAbout 74 graduates a year
Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 34 graduates a year
Teacher EducationAbout 25 graduates a year
Criminal JusticeAbout 25 graduates a year
Social WorkAbout 13 graduates a year

Common questions

Business Administration graduates earn a median of $43,709 in their first year, the most of 7 West Virginia State bachelor's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of West Virginia rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels