unitid 237701 · Keyser, WV · public 4-year · town (remote)
Potomac State College of West Virginia University
- enrollment 2023
- 1,398
- predominant degree
- Associate's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
not reported
undergraduates
853
9th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
38%
undergrads on Pell grants
66th pctl among public 4-years
completion
31%
finish within 150% time
20th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$17,619
26th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$9,197
after aid, aided students
27th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$55,939
after entry, Title IV students
65th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$22,500
76th pctl among public 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 $7,375 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k23%
- 30-48k14%
- 48-75k16%
- 75-110k18%
- 110k+29%
- Median family income
- $60,096
- First-generation students
- 30%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $5,280
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.5× 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 103 | $33,585 | $12,000 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 33 | $50,214 | $25,000 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 29 | — | — |
| Education, General. | 26 | $25,062 | $11,050 |
| Business/Commerce, General. | 17 | — | — |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 15 | $45,912 | — |
| Agriculture, General. | 10 | — | — |
| Information Science/Studies. | 8 | — | — |
| Agricultural Business and Management. | 5 | — | — |
| Forestry. | 5 | — | — |
| Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians. | 4 | — | — |
| Engineering, General. | 2 | — | — |
— 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
no years reported
Price per year
- sticker
- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
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.