Stacker compiled a list of the best colleges in West Virginia using rankings from Niche. The highest-ranking school in the state is West Virginia University in Morgantown, with an acceptance rate of 84 percent and a price tag of $12,000 per year. The University of Charleston is in second place with a 50 percent acceptance rate and a price of $21,000 per year. The West Virginia University Institute of Technology in Beckley was third with a 51 percent acceptance rate and a price of $10,000. The average cost of a year’s worth of college tuition in America is just over $15,000.