University · Morgantown, United States

West Virginia University

Public university in Morgantown, West Virginia, United States

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About

instance of	public research university land-grant university public educational institution of the United States open-access publisher
inception	1867
official name	West Virginia University · since 1868 Agricultural College of West Virginia · until 1868
academic calendar type	semester

Location and contact

country	United States
located in the administrative territorial entity	Morgantown
headquarters location	Morgantown · country: United States · postal code: 26506 · street address: Stewart Hall
street address	Stewart Hall, 1500 University Avenue, Morgantown, WV, 26506-6201
postal code	26506-6201
coordinate location	39.6358, -79.9545
official website	http://www.wvu.edu/ · language of work or name: English
phone number	+1-304-293-0111
email address	mailto:web_services@mail.wvu.edu

People and numbers

count of students	26,269 · September 2020 26,341 · full-time equivalent · 1 September 2021
employees	9,436
admission rate	84% · 2020
admission yield rate	31% · 2020

Rankings and recognition

Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education	doctoral universities: very high research activity high undergraduate research doctoral: humanities/social sciences-dominant four-year, large, primarily nonresidential balanced arts & sciences/professions, high graduate coexistence four-year, full-time, selective, lower transfer-in

Finances

endowment	$875,111,661 · 30 June 2022 Earlier figures (1) $797,223,791 · 30 June 2021

Structure and memberships

child organization or unit	Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute West Virginia Space Grant Consortium West Virginia & Regional History Center
member of	Digital Library Federation Consortium of Social Science Associations ORCID, Inc. · October 2023 Open Education Network Higher Education Leadership Initiative for Open Scholarship · since 2022 4 more Association of Public and Land-grant Universities Center for Research Libraries Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition Council on Governmental Relations
owner of	Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium Hope Coliseum Daily Athenaeum Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium Hawley Field 3 more Mountaineer Field Stansbury Hall WWVU-FM
athletics program	West Virginia Mountaineers

Other facts

significant event	mixed-sex education · since 1889

Images and media on Wikimedia Commons (4)

image	Woodburn Hall WVU (9300119056).jpg · media legend: Woodburn hall (nb) · media legend: Woodburn Hall, l'un des plus anciens bâtiments de l'université. (fr)
logo image	West Virginia University logo.svg · for color scheme: dark-on-light color scheme West Virginia University logo gold-white.svg · for color scheme: light-on-dark color scheme
seal image	West Virginia University seal.svg
small logo or icon	WVU flying WV Gold124.svg

Wikimedia and technical details (8)

Commons category	West Virginia University
topic's main category	Category:West Virginia University
category for alumni of educational institution	Category:West Virginia University alumni
category for employees of the organization	Category:West Virginia University faculty
described by source	Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921 · statement is subject of: Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/West Virginia University The New Student's Reference Work · statement is subject of: The New Student's Reference Work/West Virginia University New International Encyclopedia · statement is subject of: The New International Encyclopædia/West Virginia University
API endpoint URL	https://idp.wvu.edu/idp/shibboleth · protocol: Shibboleth
Commons gallery	West Virginia University
social media followers	198,144 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 17962391 · 11 February 2023 Earlier figures (3) 190,535 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 17962391 · 27 February 2022 186,336 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 17962391 · 4 January 2021 186,241 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 17962391 · 27 April 2020

Identifiers in other databases (52)

ARK Name Assigning Authority Number	22916
ARWU university ID	West-Virginia-University
BHL creator ID	274850
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID	120006619 · subject named as: West Virginia university
BIBSYS ID	90224218 · subject named as: West Virginia University
Canadiana Name Authority ID	ncf12086688 · subject named as: West Virginia University · alternative name: Virginie-Occidentale.‏ University · alternative name: WVU
CiNii Research ID	1140000791563412864
Crunchbase organization ID	west-virginia-university
e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia ID	1127
ELMCIP ID	11886
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID	topic/West-Virginia-University · subject named as: West Virginia University
ERR keyword ID	24420605
Facebook username	wvumountaineers · subject named as: West Virginia University
FAST ID	533271 · subject named as: West Virginia University · alternative name: W.V.U. · alternative name: WVU
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Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System ID	238032
Interlingual Index ID	i60730
ISNI	0000000121566140
J9U entity ID	987007576770405171 · subject named as: West Virginia University · alternative name: W.V.U. (West Virginia University) · alternative name: WVU (West Virginia University)
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID	39379-4
KISTI ID	K000208376
Libraries Australia ID	35601162 · subject named as: West Virginia University
Library of Congress Authorities ID	n79059828 · subject named as: West Virginia University · alternative name: W.V.U. · alternative name: WVU
LibraryThing author ID	westvirginiauniversi · subject named as: West Virginia University
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)	12097938 130288811
MusicBrainz place ID	690c3dc7-d048-4f0f-8aec-4742b39a1b02
NACSIS-CAT author ID	DA01075253 · subject named as: West Virginia University
National Library of Portugal ID	534699 · subject named as: West Virginia University
New York Post topic ID	west-virginia-university
NL CR AUT ID	kn20080911009 · subject named as: West Virginia University · alternative name: Západní Virginie. West Virginia University · alternative name: WVU · alternative name: W.V.U. ko2008471577 · subject named as: Agricultural College of West Virginia
NLA Trove people ID	1010519 · subject named as: West Virginia. University.
NUKAT ID	n2014062429 · subject named as: West Virginia University · alternative name: WVU
Open Funder Registry funder ID	100009455
openMLOL author ID	166236
Quora topic ID	West-Virginia-University
Ringgold ID	5631
ROR ID	011vxgd24
SEVIS school ID	4994
SNARC ID	Q47119
subreddit	WVU · language of work or name: English · subject named as: Home of the Mountaineers · 23 May 2023
Times Higher Education World University ID	west-virginia-university
U-Multirank university ID	west-virginia-university
UK Parliament thesaurus ID	94569 · subject named as: West Virginia University
VIAF cluster ID	129811317
Wellcome Collection concept ID	myn5ch4v
X (Twitter) topic ID	1288108897014657031
X (Twitter) username	WestVirginiaU · has characteristic: verified account or profile · number of subscribers: 186,241 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 17962391 · 27 April 2020
‎Scilit organization ID	3342
‎Yale LUX ID	group/1698aad2-5054-461f-8596-64fbf7d47e5c