West Virginia State University

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About

instance of	public university land-grant university historically black college or university public educational institution of the United States
inception	1891
official name	West Virginia State University · since 2004 West Virginia State College · 1929–2004 West Virginia Collegiate Institute · 1915–1929 West Virginia Colored Institute · 1891–1915
native label	West Virginia State University
academic calendar type	semester

Location and contact

country	United States
located in the administrative territorial entity	West Virginia Kanawha County
street address	Rte 25, Institute, WV, 25112-1000
postal code	25112-1000
coordinate location	38.3825, -81.7656
elevation above sea level	614 foot
official website	https://wvstateu.edu/ · language of work or name: English http://wvsc.edu · language of work or name: English · archive URL: https://web.archive.org/*/http://wvsc.edu

People and numbers

count of students	3,638 · September 2020
employees	342 · September 2020
admission rate	89% · 2020
admission yield rate	10% · 2020

Rankings and recognition

Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education	baccalaureate colleges: arts and sciences focus very high undergraduate postbaccalaureate: other-dominant, with other professional programs four-year, small, primarily nonresidential four-year, full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in balanced arts & sciences/professions, some graduate coexistence

Structure and memberships

child organization or unit	Drain-Jordan Library
member of	Thurgood Marshall College Fund American Council on Education Association of Public and Land-grant Universities American Association of State Colleges and Universities
athletics program	West Virginia State Yellow Jackets

Other facts

located in the statistical territorial entity	Institute
number of viewers/listeners	334,868 · YouTube video views · YouTube channel ID: UCERE8aG-5PhCJwRZ0-32peQ · YouTube handle: wvsu1891 · 24 November 2025
post town	Institute, WV

Images and media on Wikimedia Commons (2)

image	Canty House.jpg
logo image	Wvsu simple logo.png

Wikimedia and technical details (6)

Commons category	West Virginia State University
topic's main category	Category:West Virginia State University
category for alumni of educational institution	Category:West Virginia State University alumni
on focus list of Wikimedia project	WikiProject African diaspora
archives at	Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library
social media followers	5,298 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 40079426 · 5 January 2021

Identifiers in other databases (28)

e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia ID	1106
Facebook username	wvstateu
FAST ID	1978293 · subject named as: West Virginia State University 510846 · subject named as: West Virginia State College (Institute, W. Va.)
Freebase ID	/m/04lr53
GeoNames ID	4826838
GNIS Feature ID	1548951
GRID ID	grid.427308.a
Instagram username	wvstateu
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System ID	237899
ISNI	0000000123745599
KISTI ID	K000208375
Library of Congress Authorities ID	n2011045577 · subject named as: West Virginia State University n50004854 · subject named as: West Virginia State College (Institute, W. Va.)
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)	77002289
OpenAlex ID	I77002289
OpenStreetMap way ID	386835483
Quora topic ID	West-Virginia-State-University
Ringgold ID	2338
ROR ID	04ykhhw18
SEVIS school ID	7364
SNARC ID	Q49575
VIAF cluster ID	173736907 · subject named as: West Virginia State University 125035739 · subject named as: West Virginia State College (Institute, W. Va.)
World Higher Education Database ID	IAU-021201
WorldCat Entities ID	E39PBJhCHGPKB96TtyFXdckCcP
X (Twitter) username	WVStateU · number of subscribers: 4,072 · number of subscribers: 5,062 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 40079426 · 27 April 2020
YouTube channel ID	UCERE8aG-5PhCJwRZ0-32peQ · subject named as: West Virginia State University · number of works: 74 · number of subscribers: 403 · number of viewers/listeners: 80,111 · 12 December 2020
YouTube handle	wvsu1891 · YouTube channel ID: UCERE8aG-5PhCJwRZ0-32peQ · 20 October 2025
‎Scilit organization ID	19277
‎Yale LUX ID	group/9fb3a53c-9f57-43db-9ed8-236e47e6b74b