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  • Since 1997, two FSU faculty have been named West Virginia Faculty Merit Foundation Professor of the Year.
  • The FSU chemistry department places 100 percent of its students applying to top graduate programs.
  • Pierpont's Physical Therapist Assistant Program boasts a 100 percent job placement rate for students who pass the licensing exam.
  • Fairmont State and Pierpont provide an enormous range of two- and four-year degree options (along with select graduate degrees), offering career pathways.

Fairmont State University
Founded: 1865
Total Enrollment: 4,600
Academic Programs: FSU offers more than 90 baccalaureate degrees and graduate programs in business, criminal justice, education and human services.

Pierpont Community & Technical College
Founded: 1974
Total Enrollment: 2,600
Academic Programs: Pierpont offers more than 50 associate degree programs, skill sets and certificates, as well as a variety of workforce training.

Student/Faculty Ratio: 17:1

Locations: FSU and Pierpont share a main campus in Fairmont, West Virginia, a friendly city of 20,000. The campus is home to the Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center. FSU features a branch campus in Clarksburg, which is called the Gaston Caperton Center. Pierpont offers classes in 13 sites in North Central West Virginia, including our Braxton County Center in Flatwoods. Through its Center for Workforce Education in downtown Fairmont, Pierpont provides workforce training and community education for its 13-county region. Pierpont’s Robert C. Byrd National Aerospace Education Center in Bridgeport offers programs in flight and aviation maintenance.

Accreditations: North Central Association and The Higher Learning Commission

Financial Aid: Approximately 86 percent of our students receive some form of scholarship or financial aid.

Activities: More than 85 clubs, organizations, student publications, honoraries, sororities and fraternities and Intramural sports.

Athletics: Fairmont State University is a member of the NCAA Division II and the West Virginia Inercollegiate Athletics Conference.

Men's sports:
Football, basketball, baseball, cross-country, golf, tennis and swimming.

Women's sports:
Tennis, golf, basketball, volleyball, swimming, softball and cross-country.

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