West Virginia University at Parkersburg
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West Virginia University at Parkersburg is highly regarded for delivering exceptionally affordable, career-focused education, with its strongest academic programs housed in its competitive Nursing and Health Sciences division, Business, and Applied Technology. The campus culture is welcoming, collaborative, and commuter-friendly, offering a tight-knit student experience rich with active student organizations and highly personalized attention from faculty. Distinctively, WVU Parkersburg stands out as the only community college in West Virginia authorized to award select bachelor's degrees, allowing you to earn a four-year credential at a fraction of the cost of a traditional university. This value is further enhanced by the university’s unique Riverhawk Farm, a working agriculture center that offers students rare, hands-on entrepreneurial experience in agribusiness and crop diversification.
Wikipedia:West Virginia University at Parkersburg is a public community college in Parkersburg, West Virginia, United States. Although it was originally part of West Virginia University, it is now an independent public institution with its own board of governors and degree-granting authority. Conceived as a community college to serve seven counties in west central West Virginia, it now offers baccalaureate programs. It is one of the largest community colleges in West Virginia with over 2,500 students.
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