Program Payoff

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities programs in West Virginia

21 schools in West Virginia teach this, at certificate or associate level. 10 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $45,455 at American Public University System.

What this work pays in West Virginia

Postsecondary Teachers, All Other in West Virginia earn a median of $65,260 a year across 430 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.

Schools

SchoolCredentialMedian debtGraduate earnings, 2 yrsGraduates
American Public University System Charles Town Associate's degree $9,500 $45,455 (180 grads) 1,537
BridgeValley Community & Technical College South Charleston Associate's degree $42,682 (19 grads) 26
Blue Ridge Community and Technical College Martinsburg Undergraduate certificate $29,685 (37 grads) 115
Blue Ridge Community and Technical College Martinsburg Associate's degree $13,000 $23,456 (40 grads) 108
Pierpont Community and Technical College Fairmont Associate's degree $10,340 $22,192 (26 grads) 102
West Virginia University at Parkersburg Parkersburg Associate's degree $9,000 $20,824 (32 grads) 62
New River Community and Technical College Beaver Associate's degree $20,140 (24 grads) 42
Potomac State College of West Virginia University Keyser Associate's degree $12,000 $15,552 (14 grads) 125
West Virginia University Morgantown Associate's degree $12,000 $15,552 (14 grads)
West Virginia Northern Community College Wheeling Associate's degree $11,410 $14,318 (21 grads) 86
Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College Moorefield Associate's degree $6,000 not published 37
Glenville State University Glenville Associate's degree $20,000 not published 129
Mountwest Community and Technical College Huntington Associate's degree $9,600 not published 28
BridgeValley Community & Technical College South Charleston Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Catholic International University Charles Town Associate's degree not published 13
Marshall University Huntington Undergraduate certificate not published 1
New River Community and Technical College Beaver Undergraduate certificate not published
Salem University Salem Associate's degree not published 0
Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College Logan Undergraduate certificate not published 67
Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College Logan Associate's degree not published 82
West Virginia University at Parkersburg Parkersburg Undergraduate certificate not published 20

A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.

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Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.