West Virginia University School of Medicine

What West Virginia University School of Medicine does

West Virginia University School of Medicine is a public, land-grant, R1-designated academic health sciences center and the only comprehensive medical school in West Virginia, founded in 1902 and headquartered at 64 Medical Center Drive, Morgantown, WV. It operates across three campuses (Morgantown, Charleston, and Eastern Panhandle including Martinsburg and Berkeley County, WV, and Winchester, VA) and serves prospective students, residents, fellows, faculty, and patients primarily in West Virginia and the surrounding Appalachian region. The school delivers undergraduate pre-health, graduate, and professional degree programs (including the four-year MD program, the Mountaineer Accelerated Pathway to Medical Degree, MS Speech-Language Pathology, AuD, DPT, MOT/OTD, MHS Physician Assistant, and MS/PhD tracks), residency and fellowship training, and clinical care through the affiliated WVU Medicine health system — West Virginia's largest employer. Tuition is publicly disclosed for 2025-2026 with resident vs. non-resident tiers (e.g., Medical Professional M1-M3 resident $12,357/term; non-resident M4 $35,253/term).

Its revenue model combines tuition and program fees, clinical net patient revenue through the WVU Medicine integrated delivery network (including Ruby Memorial Hospital and Berkeley Medical Center), federal research funding (NIH, CDC, NIGMS via WVCTSI), and philanthropic giving via the WVU Foundation. Notable proprietary assets include the WV STEPS David and JoAnn Shaw Simulation Training and Education for Patient Safety Center (holding dual ASPE/SSH accreditation in Human Simulation), a one-of-a-kind hybrid PET/EPRI pre-clinical imaging system built under a $2.38M NIH grant, and a prototype dedicated breast PET/CT scanner. Patient outcomes include a 42% increase in colorectal cancer screenings (100,000 additional West Virginians) via the WV PICCS partnership with 44 clinics (2015-2020) and 100% employment/Praxis pass rates in the MS Speech-Language Pathology program. Strategic positioning rests on regulatory monopoly status (state's only R1 academic health sciences center), distribution scale (state's largest employer via WVU Medicine), and a recent Johns Hopkins University research partnership alongside the Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, WV First Foundation $4M funding, and ongoing residency/fellowship expansions through 2026.

Name

West Virginia University School of Medicine

Legal name

West Virginia University School of Medicine

Website

https://medicine.wvu.edu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1867

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

West Virginia University's School of Medicine is the state's only comprehensive R1 academic health sciences center, delivering MD, graduate, and undergraduate health professions degrees, residency/fellowship training, and clinical care via the affiliated WVU Medicine health system across three campuses in West Virginia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Academic Health Sciences Center

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113), Educational Services (61), Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories (62151)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Hospitals (8060), Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011), Services-Medical Laboratories (8071)

akta.pro primary industry

Medical Schools (MD/DO Granting) (EDAHAGAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Online Healthcare & Nursing Universities (Allied Health, RN-to-BSN, etc.) (EDAHALAF), Schools of Public Health (EDAHAGAD), Schools of Medical Laboratory Science & Clinical Diagnostics (EDAHAGAO)

Keywords

• Medical education programs
• Clinical research services
• Graduate medical education
• Academic health sciences
• Healthcare workforce training

Headquarters

HQ city

Morgantown

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Tuition and program fees: Per-term tuition and program fees for undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs, differentiated by resident vs. non-resident status. For example, Resident Medical Professional M1-M3 term total is $12,357 and M4 is $17,775; Non-Resident M1-M3 is $24,669 and M4 is $35,253 (2025-2026).
2. Clinical care revenue through WVU Medicine health system: Revenue generated via the WVU Medicine health system, which is the state's largest employer and operates faculty clinics, hospitals (e.g., Ruby Memorial, Berkeley Medical Center), and clinical services across the region.
3. Research grants: Federal research funding including a $2.38M grant from the National Institutes of Health to build a hybrid PET/EPRI imaging system, with additional support from the West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute (IDeA Clinical and Translational grant from NIGMS).
4. Public health program funding: Funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the West Virginia Program to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening (WV PICCS), operated by WVU Cancer Institute Cancer Prevention and Control.
5. Philanthropic giving: Donations solicited via the WVU School of Medicine giving portal (give.wvu.edu/medicine). Includes gifts from foundations such as the WV First Foundation, which approved a $4 million Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute funding request.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

West Virginia University School of Medicine operates as West Virginia's only comprehensive academic health sciences center, delivering undergraduate pre-health, graduate, and professional degree programs (including the MD program), residency and fellowship training, biomedical and clinical research across multiple institutes, and integrated clinical care through the affiliated WVU Medicine health system across Morgantown, Charleston, and Eastern campuses.

Product overview

The WVU School of Medicine operates as a comprehensive academic health sciences center and land-grant R1 research university medical school, rather than a single unified software product. Its portfolio spans an integrated ecosystem of educational degree programs (including the MD Program, the Speech-Language Pathology (MS) program, the Audiology (AuD) program, and numerous BS, MS, and PhD programs), the WV STEPS David and JoAnn Shaw Simulation Training and Education for Patient Safety Center, more than a dozen research centers and institutes (including the WVU Cancer Institute, WVU Critical Care and Trauma Institute, WVU Heart and Vascular Institute, West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute, WVU Eye Institute, and others), and clinical care services delivered through WVU Medicine. These offerings are interconnected: the research centers and institutes (e.g., WVU Cancer Institute, Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute) provide training environments for the degree programs and feed into the clinical services; the WV STEPS center supports simulation-based learning across multiple degree programs; and translational instruments such as the PET/EPRI Hybrid Pre-clinical Imaging System and the Prototype PET/CT Breast Imaging Scanner anchor the research mission.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• WVU Medicine: The affiliated clinical health system and largest employer in the state, distinct from but closely tied to the academic School of Medicine.

Products and services

• MD Program
• Speech-Language Pathology (MS)
• Audiology (AuD)
• Biomedical Laboratory Diagnostics (BS)
• Communication Sciences and Disorders (BS)
• Exercise Physiology (BS)
• Health Informatics and Information Management (BS)
• Immunology and Medical Microbiology (BS)
• Respiratory Therapy (BSRT)
• Occupational Therapy (MOT)
• Occupational Therapy (OTD)
• Physical Therapy (DPT)
• Physician Assistant Studies (MHS)
• Pathologists' Assistant (MHS)
• Athletic Training (MS)
• Medical Laboratory Science (MS)
• Health Sciences (MS)
• Exercise Physiology (MS)
• Pathophysiology, Performance, and Rehabilitation (PhD)
• Music Therapy (BM)
• WV STEPS David and JoAnn Shaw Simulation Training and Education for Patient Safety Center
• WVU Medicine Clinical Care Services
• Bariatric Surgery Fellowship Program
• Practical Anatomy and Surgical Skills (PASS) Course

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% initial employment rate and 100% Praxis pass rate in MS Speech-Language Pathology program
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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No

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• Johns Hopkins UniversityflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025WVU announced a research partnership with Johns Hopkins University to advance joint solutions for shared challenges. The partnership was featured as a top news item on the WVU School of Medicine homepage.
• West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute (WVCTSI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWVCTSI partially funded the EPR equipment used in the hybrid PET/EPRI imaging system. WVCTSI itself is funded by an IDeA Clinical and Translational grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (5U54GM104942-03).
• CSDCAS (Communication Sciences and Disorders Centralized Application Service)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorWVU uses CSDCAS as its centralized application portal for the MS in Speech-Language Pathology and AuD programs. The CSDCAS portal for WVU opens July 16, with verified applications due January 15, 2027 for 2026-2027 admissions.
• Avant-Garde HealthminorGTM or Marketing PartnerAvant-Garde Health compiles Healthcare Research All-Star lists naming the top 5% of hospitals and physicians publishing leading-edge oncology research; recognized Dr. Brian Boone in 2025.
• The Ohio State University Wexner Medical CenterminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerHost of the Interventional Radiology Fellowship where WVU rising fourth-year resident James Kingsbury, MD will continue his training for 2019-2020.
• University of Florida College of Medicine (Jacksonville)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerHost of the Interventional Radiology Fellowship where WVU rising fourth-year resident Mike Nagib, MD will continue his training for 2019-2020.
• Vanderbilt University Adult HospitalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDr. Sunil Geevarghese, M.D., MSCI, FACS (Professor of Surgery and Vice Chair for Education at Vanderbilt) served as the 2025 H. Bernard Zimmermann, M.D. Visiting Professor for the WVU Department of Surgery Grand Rounds on April 16, 2025.
• Society of Neurological Surgeons CASTcoreOthersTwo WVU Medicine neurointerventional radiologists (Ansaar Rai, MD and Jeffrey Carpenter, MD) obtained neuroendovascular surgery (NES) subspecialty certification from CAST, a first step in certifying the Endovascular Neurosurgery Fellowship Program offered jointly through WVU's Departments of Neurosurgery and Radiology.
• National Cancer InstituteminorOthersProvides the data showing West Virginia's colorectal cancer incidence rate of 44.3 per 100,000 vs. the national figure of 36.4 per 100,000, supporting the rationale for the WV PICCS program.
• American Cancer SocietyminorOthersRecommends that everyone begin regular colorectal cancer screening at age 45 and continue to age 75, the basis for screening protocols promoted by the WVU Cancer Institute.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Quinnipiac University Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine: Emerging newer medical school with a growing research footprint and health system partnerships. Comparable in offering newer residency and fellowship programs but on a smaller scale than WVU's portfolio.

Broad incumbents

• Duke University School of Medicine: Top-tier R1 research medical school and a benchmark for academic competition. WVU's Johns Hopkins partnership suggests aspiration toward this peer tier for research output and translational funding.
• Ohio State University College of Medicine: Larger land-grant Big Ten academic medical center with broader portfolio and deeper research base. Already a documented pipeline partner — hosts WVU interventional radiology fellowship placements.
• University of Kentucky College of Medicine: Land-grant, R1-adjacent academic medical center with comparable MD, residency, and biomedical research programs serving an Appalachian population with similar health disparities.

Direct peers

• West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine: In-state peer osteopathic medical school training primary care physicians for rural West Virginia. Competes directly for the rural health mission and the same state-level clinical training sites.
• University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine: Neighboring R1 academic medical center with similar scope of MD, graduate, and residency programs plus a large affiliated hospital system (UPMC). Competes for regional faculty, students, and research funding.
• University of Virginia School of Medicine: Adjacent-state R1 academic medical center with comparable MD, residency, fellowship, and biomedical research programs. Comparable in scale and mission, drawing from the same Mid-Atlantic applicant pool.
• Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine: In-state direct peer: another West Virginia-based medical school offering MD training and clinical care, competing for the same applicant pool and regional clinical referrals. Most directly comparable peer given shared state geography and mission.
• Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine: Virginia-based private medical school with research and clinical care focus, drawing from overlapping Mid-Atlantic applicant pools and competing for regional graduate medical education placements.
• East Tennessee State University Quillen College of Medicine: Rural-mission-focused public medical school in Appalachia with similar community health, primary care, and rural workforce priorities. Closely comparable peer in mission and patient population.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@wvumedschool
• Instagraminstagram.com/wvumedschool
• Facebookfacebook.com/28580386540
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/west-virginia-university

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Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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