Fairmont State University
Built for athletes. The numbers a recruit needs and a coach won't volunteer: roster room, the money behind the program, admissions fit, what a family really pays, campus life and safety.
Fairmont State University is a public master's university in Fairmont, WV (town setting), with 3,060 undergraduates (57% women). It admitted 99% of 1,979 applicants — bottom quarter for selectivity among Division II schools; the middle half of admitted students scored 830–1040 on the SAT and 17–23 on the ACT. Cost of attendance is $32,858 a year for out-of-state students and $22,940 in-state; aided first-year students paid $10,993 on average after grants (top quarter for affordability in its division). 45% of students graduate within six years. The most common bachelor's degrees are in business, health professions & nursing, engineering technologies. The campus reported 0.71 violent offences per 1,000 students a year over 2022–2024 — upper half for safety among Division II schools.
Against Division II schools
Percentile among 299 Division II institutions; higher is better on every bar.
Selectivity, graduation, net price and safety (violent offences per 1,000 students, three-year average). Method.
Where Fairmont State University ranks
1 top-ten finish among Division II schools, across 64 data-built lists.
About the school
What an athlete asks first — each panel opens the full picture.Campus
Full picture →- Setting
- Town
- Type
- Public · Master's university
- Affiliation
- None
Getting in
Full picture →- Test scores
- Scores required
- Graduate in 6 yrs
- 45%
Cost
Full picture →- Tuition & fees
- $8,454 in-state · $18,372 out
Campus safety
Full picture →- In residence halls
- 1 burglaries · 7 sex offences over 2022–2024
- Residence-hall fires
- 0 over 2022–2024
Majors
Full picture →Your coaches
Research Fairmont State University
School pages built around what an athlete needs to know — the program's money and roster room, admissions fit, what a family really pays, majors, campus life and safety.
Fairmont State University teams on the site
| Program | Conference | Roster | Cap | Coaches | Budget | Per player | APR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's Soccer | Mountain East Conference | 29 | — | 3 | $291k | $10,025 | — | |
| Baseball | Mountain East Conference | 36 | — | 1 | $276k | $7,659 | — | |
| Men's Basketball | Mountain East Conference | 20 | — | 1 | $841k | $42,058 | — | |
| Women's Basketball | Mountain East Conference | 14 | — | 1 | $541k | $38,656 | — | |
| Men's Cross Country | Mountain East Conference | 8 | — | 4 | $30k | $3,806 | — | |
| Women's Cross Country | Mountain East Conference | 9 | — | 4 | $50k | $5,588 | — | |
| Football | Mountain East Conference | 100 | — | 1 | $1.3M | $12,697 | — | |
| Men's Golf | Mountain East Conference | 14 | — | 1 | $106k | $7,589 | — | |
| Women's Golf | Mountain East Conference | 9 | — | 1 | $95k | $10,598 | — | |
| Softball | Mountain East Conference | 29 | — | 1 | $286k | $9,845 | — | |
| Men's Swimming & Diving | Great Midwest Athletic Conference | 10 | — | 5 | $62k | $6,212 | — | |
| Women's Swimming & Diving | Great Midwest Athletic Conference | 12 | — | 5 | $93k | $7,725 | — | |
| Men's Tennis | Mountain East Conference | 13 | — | 4 | $108k | $8,343 | — | |
| Women's Tennis | Mountain East Conference | 11 | — | 4 | $104k | $9,445 | — | |
| Men's Track & Field | Mountain East Conference | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | |
| Women's Track & Field | Mountain East Conference | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Women's Volleyball | Mountain East Conference | 22 | — | 1 | $273k | $12,392 | — | |
| Men's Wrestling | Mountain East Conference | 32 | — | 4 | $203k | $6,358 | — | |
| Women's Wrestling | Mountain East Conference | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
The whole athletics department — every team with staff and aid totals.