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University of Charleston Data & Information Overview

Fair Price Value for Your Money
68% Acceptance Rate
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How Well Is University of Charleston Ranked?

#1,557 Best Colleges in Nation
#7 Best Colleges in WV
Business Administration & Management Highest Ranked Major

2025 Rankings

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Overall Quality

College Factual ranked UC as #1,557 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list.

UC is also ranked #7 out of 25 schools in West Virginia.

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Is It Hard to Get Into UC?

68% Acceptance Rate
65% Of Accepted Are Women

Acceptance Rate

The acceptance rate at University of Charleston is a competitive 68%, so make sure you take your application seriously when putting it together. Even leaving out a minor detail could be a reason to move you to the rejection pile.

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University of Charleston Faculty

16 to 1 Student to Faculty
50% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio at University of Charleston is about average at 16 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.

The full-time faculty percentage at University of Charleston is 50%. This is comparable to the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  50 out of 100
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Retention and Graduation Rates at University of Charleston

71% Freshmen Retention
37% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at University of Charleston is 71%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.

Freshmen Retention Rate  71 out of 100
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100

Graduation Rate

The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full-time students who get their bachelor's degree with four years. At UC this rate is 37%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 33.3%.

On-Time Graduation Rate  37 out of 100
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University of Charleston Undergraduate Student Diversity

1,189 Full-Time Undergraduates
19.9% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
54.8% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,115 undergraduates at UC with 1,189 being full-time and 926 being part-time.

How Much Does University of Charleston Cost?

$21,383 Net Price
53% Take Out Loans
$26,896 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of UC is $21,383. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for UC

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$21,509 $14,123 $25,327 $24,078 $20,067

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of UC, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At UC, approximately 53% of students took out student loans averaging $6,724 a year. That adds up to $26,896 over four years for those students.

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How Much Money Do UC Graduates Make?

$55,774 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Although some majors pay more than others, students who graduate from UC with a bachelor's degree go on to jobs where they make an average salary of $55,774 in their early years. This is good news for future UC graduates since it is 13% more than the average college graduate's salary of $49,219 per year.

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Location of University of Charleston

West Virginia State
1,189 Full-Time Undergraduates
Small City Campus Setting
University of Charleston is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Charleston, West Virginia. The location of UC is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

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Contact details for UC are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 2300 Maccorkle Avenue, Se, Charleston, WV 25304
Phone: 800-995-4682
Website: www.ucwv.edu/

University of Charleston Majors

24 Majors With Completions
2,130 Undergraduate Degrees
2,130 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 24 majors graduated from University of Charleston. Of these students, 2,130 received undergraduate degrees and 2,130 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
Business Administration & Management 378 $63,623
Other Business, Management & Marketing 203 NA
Nursing 183 $69,468
Allied Health Professions 46 $57,338
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 46 NA
General Business/Commerce 30 NA
Security Science and Technology 27 NA
Health & Physical Education 25 NA
Accounting 22 $45,410
General Biology 21 $29,188

Learn more about the majors offered at University of Charleston along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at UC

78% Take At Least One Class Online
57% Take All Classes Online

Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.

In 2022-2023, 2,379 students took at least one online class at University of Charleston. This is an increase from the 2,265 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2022-2023 2,379 1,734
2021-2022 2,265 1,555
2020-2021 2,309 1,628
2018-2019 1,946 1,050

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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