Nursing schools in West Virginia

60 nursing schools, from practical nursing to doctorates: 48 with a federal record and 12 listed only by the state board, with board approval, first-time NCLEX pass rates and accreditation.

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Nursing graduates by year

2014: 1,6912015: 1,7192016: 1,6672017: 1,6372018: 1,7432019: 1,8252020: 1,9482021: 2,1052022: 2,1062023: 2,0862024: 2,2561,69120142,2562024
Nursing completions in West Virginia by year, all schools, IPEDS. Up 33% from 2014 to 2024.
YearCompletions
20141691
20151719
20161667
20171637
20181743
20191825
20201948
20212105
20222106
20232086
20242256

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Loading the map… NCLEX 90% and above 80 to 89% under 80% no board rate board-listed, placed at its city 12 board-listed programs in West Virginia have no federal record and are shown at the center of the city the board lists. 10 board-listed programs have no city on the board’s list and no point; they are in the table below.

Nursing schools (48)

More board-approved programs (22)

Programs the West Virginia board of nursing approves at schools that report no nursing awards to IPEDS, as the board lists them.

SchoolCityProgramApprovalFirst-time NCLEX
Boone Career Technical CenterFosterPractical nursingAccredited
LAUREL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGYMorgantownRN, associate degreeFull Approval77.27% (2025, 22 first-time takers)
LAUREL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGYMorgantownRN, associate degreeFull Approval97.06% (2025, 34 first-time takers)
LAUREL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGYMorgantownRN, associate degreeFull Approval100% (2025, 7 first-time takers)
LAUREL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGYMorgantownRN, associate degreeFull Approval
LAUREL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGYMorgantownRN, associate degreeFull Approval
McDowell County Career and Technical CenterWelchPractical nursingAccredited
Med-Care Training CenterLoganPractical nursingAccredited
MED-CARE TRAINING CENTERLoganRN, associate degreeProvisional Approval
Mineral County Technical CenterKeyserPractical nursingAccredited
Ralph R. Willis Technical CenterStollingsPractical nursingAccredited
ST MARY'S COOPERATIVE AT MARSHALL UNIVERSITYRN, associate degreeFull Approval95.4% (2025, 87 first-time takers)
WEST VIRGINIA JUNIOR COLLEGERN, associate degreeFull Approval83.78% (2025, 37 first-time takers)
WEST VIRGINIA JUNIOR COLLEGERN, associate degreeClosed84.85% (2025, 33 first-time takers)
WEST VIRGINIA JUNIOR COLLEGERN, associate degreeClosed
WEST VIRGINIA JUNIOR COLLEGERN, associate degreeFull Approval92.86% (2025, 28 first-time takers)
WEST VIRGINIA JUNIOR COLLEGERN, associate degreeFull Approval58.33% (2025, 12 first-time takers)
WEST VIRGINIA JUNIOR COLLEGERN, associate degreeFull Approval88.89% (2025, 9 first-time takers)
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY MEDICINERN, diplomaFull Approval
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY MEDICINE CENTER FOR NURSING EDUCATIONMorgantownRN, diplomaFull Approval
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY MEDICINE CENTER FOR NURSING EDUCATIONRN, diplomaFull Approval
Wyoming County Career and Technical CenterPinevillePractical nursingAccredited

Sources

Schools and awards: IPEDS Completions. Accreditation: CCNE and CNEA directories.

State board sources: WV Board of Registered Nurses: Approved Prelicensure Nursing Education Programs (32 institutions in 3 sections; read for the city of each institution); WV Board of Registered Nurses: Nursing Education Programs NCLEX-RN Licensure Exam Pass Rate and Approval Status Table (2025 calendar year, first-time test takers, and the approval status of every track); WV State Board of Examiners for Licensed Practical Nurses: List of Accredited Schools 2024 (LIST OF ACCREDITED SCHOOLS 2024); WV State Board of Examiners for Licensed Practical Nurses: Site Map (the board's own enumeration of its pages, 38 links, 0 of them naming an examination result); WV State Board of Examiners for Licensed Practical Nurses: Accreditation (the accreditation forms and guidance the board publishes, including the annual report workbook); WV State Board of Examiners for Licensed Practical Nurses: Practical Nursing Programs Annual Report (blank form) (the 9 headings a program reports against, with 0 rows of data beneath them).