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Changing Lives
Through 
Higher

Educational 
Opportunities​

Championing independent higher education throughout the state of West Virginia.

6,000

Students @ WVICU Institutions

1,742

First Generation

College Grads

2,100

In-State

Students

6

Member Institutions

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ABOUT WVICU

WVICU serves six not-for-profit member institutions.

 

Our mission is to advance collectively the interests of West Virginia's independent colleges and universities and their students.

 

 

WE SERVE

WVICU institutions serve 6,000 students including over 2,100 West Virginia residents. Nearly 1,800 are first-generation college students.

WE BELONG

The total estimated annual economic impact of WVICU members is $233 million.

WE ACHIEVE

The average four-year graduation rate at WVICU institutions is 18% higher than WV’s public institutions; and the six-year graduation rate is 12% higher.

Adult Students
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OUR DONORS

WVICU gratefully acknowledges the generous support of the following Circle of Vision Scholarship Program sponsors:

  • Carbon Fuel Foundation

  • Council of Independent Colleges through its UPS Educational Endowment Fund

  • Council of Independent Colleges Scholarship Challenge Grant 

  • Driehorst Family Foundation

  • Jeanne Hamilton & Lawson Hamilton, Jr. Family Foundation

  • Madge Douds Trust

  • The Bernard H. and Blanche E. Jacobson Foundation

  • The Maier Foundation, Inc.

  • Martha Gaines & Russell Wehrle Memorial Foundation

  • The Bernard McDonough Foundation, Inc.

  • Nutting Foundation

  • Antero Foundation

  • Highmark WV Charitable Fund for Health 

  • Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

  • The W. E. Stone Foundation

  • WVICU Legacy Endowment Scholarship Fund

  • The H.B. Wehrle Foundation 

  • United Bank

  • Wesbanco Bank

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