Admission Requirements

Eligible applicants are offered admission under three classifications:

Direct Admission

Students with a 3.25 high school GPA; 22 ACT MATH or 540 Pre-March 2016 SAT MATH or 570 Post-March 2016 SAT MATH and official high school transcript are eligible for direct admission into one of our academic majors: Accounting, Economics, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Finance, General Business, Global Supply Chain Management, Hospitality and Tourism Management, Management, Management Information Systems, or Marketing.

Business

Students with a 2.50 high school GPA and 19 ACT composite or 910 Pre-March 2016 SAT math and critical reading combined score or 990 Post-March 2016 SAT combined Evidence Based Reading/Writing and Math (WV residents) 21 ACT composite or 990 Pre-March 2016 SAT math and critical reading combined score or 1070 Post-March 2016 SAT combined Evidence Based Reading/Writing and Math (Non-WV residents), and official high school transcript will be admitted into the College of Business and Economics as a Business major.

Transfer Students

Freshmen, 0-14 credit hours - must satisfy the high school GPA and standardized test score requirements of an incoming freshman.

Freshmen, 15-23 credit hours – 2.5 or > overall GPA and completion of MATH 122 (minimum grade of C-) or placement in MATH 126A or a higher level of college math.

Freshmen, 24-28 credit hours – 2.5 or > overall GPA and completion of college algebra (or a higher level of college math) with a minimum grade of C-.

Sophomores, 29-58 credit hours – 2.5 or > overall GPA and completion of college algebra (or a higher level of college math) with a minimum grade of C-.

Juniors, 59-88 credit hours – 2.5 or > overall GPA and no more than one term away from completion of the 10 prerequisite courses necessary to begin attempting upper-division business/economics courses (listed below.)

To remain in good academic standing with the College, students must maintain an overall GPA of at least 2.0 and demonstrate progress in competing the College course prerequisites below.

Admission Requirements for Majors

Students must meet the following requirements in order to take upper-level courses within their declared major:

A minimum overall GPA of 2.5

Completion of a minimum of 45 semester hours at the end of the semester in which the application is filed

English 101 and 102 or 103 with a minimum grade of C

Computer Science 101 with a minimum grade of C

Accounting 201 and 202 with a minimum grade of C (Minimum grade of B for Accounting majors)

Economics 201 and 202 with a minimum grade of C (Minimum grade of B for Finance majors, and B or better in either 201 or 202 for Economics majors)

Economics 225 or Statistics 211 with a minimum grade of C

Math 126, 129 or 153 with a minimum grade of C

Math 150, 154, 155 or higher level of college calculus with a minimum grade of C. (Minimum grade of B in math 150 or a minimum grade of C in math 155 for Finance, Economics and MIS majors.) Students who successfully place into Math 150 or a higher level of college calculus and earn a minimum grade of C in the course are waived from having to complete Math 126 or Math 153.

A competitive GPA greater than 2.5 may be required for some majors.

* All prospective students must apply for admission to West Virginia University. For information on how to apply follow the link in the sidebar or go to admissions.wvu.edu.