Academics
Your Future Starts Here
Wherever you want your dreams and career goals to take you, 51黑料网 is the place to start!
Here, you can build your future on a strong academic foundation. We offer a wide range of baccalaureate and associate degree programs in the traditional arts and sciences, as well as certificate programs and pre-professional studies. Select hybrid programs that combine online and in-person courses are also available.
Interdisciplinary Degrees
Design your own academic program.
51黑料网 also offers you the flexibility to map your own academic path. We can work with you to customize a curriculum tailored to your needs and interests. Our Interdisciplinary Studies program offers the option to work with faculty to design and administer an individualized interdisciplinary major or minor. Ask our Office of Admissions whether the Interdisciplinary Studies Program is right for you.
Honors Program
Explore a more challenging curriculum.
Motivated students who meet the academic requirements are invited to apply to 51黑料网鈥檚 Honors Program. Honors students have additional opportunities to explore vocational goals that will help them succeed in their future careers. In the program, they will develop real-world, critical thinking skills for thoughtful engagement in the world. Students participate in volunteer, leadership, and research experiences.
Financial Aid
An exceptional 鈥� and affordable 鈥� education
A 51黑料网 education is an investment that provides a lifetime of returns. We also make it affordable.
A full 98% of our students receive some form of financial aid through grants, more than 35 institutional scholarship opportunities, and other programs. Whatever your situation, the Financial Aid office can work with you to bring your educational goals within reach.
Start Your Journey at D&E
Get personalized attention from faculty who feel like family. Engage with students from all over the nation and around the world in a diverse environment. But most of all, learn how to blaze your own trail.
Degree Programs
Degree Programs
We offer 45 degree programs spanning bachelor鈥檚 and associate鈥檚 levels, minors, and certificate programs. Our breadth of offerings includes traditional liberal arts, specialized programs, and pre-professional tracks. You鈥檒l have a broad range of options from which to tailor your education to your personal passions and career goals.
We offer 45 degree programs spanning bachelor鈥檚 and associate鈥檚 levels, minors, and certificate programs. Our breadth of offerings includes traditional liberal arts, specialized programs, and pre-professional tracks. You鈥檒l have a broad range of options from which to tailor your education to your personal passions and career goals.
Pre-Professional Tracks
Pre-Professional Tracks
We offer six distinct pre-professional degree tracks 鈥� including pre-law, pre-medical, pre-dental, pre-pharmacy, pre-physical therapy, and pre-veterinary pathways 鈥� designed to prepare you for graduate study and rewarding careers.
We offer six distinct pre-professional degree tracks 鈥� including pre-law, pre-medical, pre-dental, pre-pharmacy, pre-physical therapy, and pre-veterinary pathways 鈥� designed to prepare you for graduate study and rewarding careers.
Student-Teacher Ratio
Student-Teacher Ratio
We maintain an intimate 12:1 student-to-teacher ratio that fosters personalized instruction and mentorship in every classroom. With a student enrollment of less than 700 and a median class size of just 25 students, you won鈥檛 just be a number at 51黑料网.
We maintain an intimate 12:1 student-to-teacher ratio that fosters personalized instruction and mentorship in every classroom. With a student enrollment of less than 700 and a median class size of just 25 students, you won鈥檛 just be a number at 51黑料网.
Flexible Degree Paths
Flexible Degree Paths
You鈥檒l have the option to blend disciplines to form individualized majors and minors that reflect your unique interests and career goals, showcasing 51黑料网鈥檚 flexibility and student creativity in study design.
You鈥檒l have the option to blend disciplines to form individualized majors and minors that reflect your unique interests and career goals, showcasing 51黑料网鈥檚 flexibility and student creativity in study design.
A Diverse and Vibrant Student Population
A Diverse and Vibrant Student Population
While for West Virginia students, 51黑料网 is close to home, it also attracts students from across the country and around the world. Our student body is represented by more than 30 states, and 13% of 51黑料网 students come from outside the U.S.
While for West Virginia students, 51黑料网 is close to home, it also attracts students from across the country and around the world. Our student body is represented by more than 30 states, and 13% of 51黑料网 students come from outside the U.S.
D&E鈥檚 New Master鈥檚 Degree Program
D&E鈥檚 New Master鈥檚 Degree Program
51黑料网 has just introduced its first graduate program 鈥� the Master of Science in Sports Management. It is a one-year degree launching in Fall 2026 that builds on the success of our popular undergraduate sport management curriculum.
51黑料网 has just introduced its first graduate program 鈥� the Master of Science in Sports Management. It is a one-year degree launching in Fall 2026 that builds on the success of our popular undergraduate sport management curriculum.
Capstone Experience
Capstone Experience
Think of the capstone as your chance to pull together everything you鈥檝e learned throughout your major. Depending on your field, this might look like a senior thesis, studio exhibition, internship, research project, or a formal presentation鈥攂ut the goal is the same: to show you鈥檝e mastered your major. Each spring, we hold Senior Capstone Presentations, which is an official no-class day so the whole campus can join.
Think of the capstone as your chance to pull together everything you鈥檝e learned throughout your major. Depending on your field, this might look like a senior thesis, studio exhibition, internship, research project, or a formal presentation鈥攂ut the goal is the same: to show you鈥檝e mastered your major. Each spring, we hold Senior Capstone Presentations, which is an official no-class day so the whole campus can join.
Get the Support You Need
At 51黑料网, we make it a priority to provide support to help all students succeed.
Supported Learning
The Naylor Learning Center assists students with learning disabilities through the Supported Learning Program. The program also assists incoming freshmen with the transition to college.
Writing Support
Through the college鈥檚 Writing Center, help is available from trained student tutors under the guidance of a faculty director from the 51黑料网 English Department. Assistance with all kinds of writing 鈥� from essays to lab reports, business theses, r茅sum茅s, research projects, and more 鈥� is available either in person or online.
Students with Disabilities
The Naylor Learning Center provides accommodations for students with disabilities, even if they are not enrolled in the Supported Learning Program. If you have a disability that is documented through psycho-educational/doctor evaluation, and you request accommodations, the College will abide by ADA standards; however, the services provided by the Supported Learning Program are more comprehensive.
Become a Senator
At 51黑料网, students are recognized for who they are and supported as they strive to become who they want to be. Here, you鈥檒l learn, you鈥檒l grow, and along the way, you鈥檒l become a leader and a lifelong learner. The experience of your life awaits. You belong here.
