Charleston University (WV) acceptance rate and admissions profile

Charleston University (WV), a private college in West Virginia, reports a 62% acceptance rate and sits in the moderately selective band. In practice that means it admits more applicants than it rejects, so a strong application is judged against an applicant pool that is already self-selected.

Use this page to see what Charleston University (WV) weighs, where it ranks among West Virginia schools, and how a profile like yours is likely to land. Admitted students post a 75th-percentile SAT around 1150, a useful checkpoint for where your scores sit, though it is a reference range and not a cutoff.

The factors that carry the most weight at Charleston University (WV) are rigor of secondary school record, academic GPA, and standardized test scores. Solid grades in a challenging schedule do most of the work here, with the rest of the application providing context. These ratings come from Charleston University (WV)'s reported Common Data Set, so the full chart below reflects what the school itself says it values, not a generic guess.

Among the 15 West Virginia schools we track, Charleston University (WV) ranks #2 most selective by acceptance rate. Schools like Bethany College (WV) (59%) and Wheeling University (63%) sit nearby, which makes West Virginia a useful frame for calibrating a balanced list.

Applicants targeting Charleston University (WV) often weigh Hampton University, Queens University of Charlotte, and University of San Francisco, which sit at a similar level. Running the same profile against each one in the free calculator is the fastest way to see where you are a reach, a match, or a likely.

Acceptance rate and admitted test ranges reflect publicly reported data (U.S. Department of Education / NCES IPEDS / Common Data Sets). Estimates from CollegeCalcAI are a planning tool computed by a fixed, transparent model, not a guarantee of any admission decision.