Bachelor's · Parkersburg, West Virginia
Is Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities at West Virginia University at Parkersburg worth it?
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The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Earnings are reported, but there isn't enough cost data to estimate payback.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $43,463
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $47,192
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $18,917
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $11k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in WV
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 34%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- not reported / ≤ 20%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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