unitid 237312 · Charleston, WV · private nonprofit 4-year · city (small)
University of Charleston
- enrollment 2023
- 4,303
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private nonprofit 4-years
The record
admission rate
62%
30th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
undergraduates
2,259
78th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
Pell share
31%
undergrads on Pell grants
45th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
completion
46%
finish within 150% time
29th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$46,470
48th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$22,107
after aid, aided students
49th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$55,774
after entry, Title IV students
59th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median grad debt
$19,500
19th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $21,427 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k28%
- 30-48k13%
- 48-75k16%
- 75-110k18%
- 110k+24%
- Median family income
- $44,570
- First-generation students
- 43%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $33,800
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.9× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 352 | $70,557 | $13,666 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 121 | — | $24,250 |
| Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other. | 106 | $49,351 | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 58 | $77,267 | $27,250 |
| Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration. | 42 | — | — |
| Business/Commerce, General. | 41 | — | — |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 36 | — | — |
| Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other. | 35 | — | — |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions. | 29 | $119,113 | — |
| Security Science and Technology. | 25 | — | — |
| Security Science and Technology. | 20 | — | — |
| Biology, General. | 19 | $59,223 | $24,125 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.