| In-State Headcount Enrollment by County | |||||||||
| Fall Semesters 1976 through 1983 | |||||||||
| County | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | |
| Barbour | 2 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 22 | 23 | 19 | 14 | |
| Berkeley | 42 | 43 | 47 | 45 | 53 | 36 | 39 | 38 | |
| Boone | 69 | 71 | 79 | 99 | 111 | 128 | 126 | 115 | |
| Braxton | 7 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 22 | |
| Brooke | 25 | 23 | 16 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 30 | 26 | |
| Cabell | 4,197 | 4,330 | 4,163 | 4,467 | 4,540 | 4,185 | 4,192 | 4,154 | |
| Calhoun | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 3 | |
| Clay | 10 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 16 | 22 | 15 | |
| Doddridge | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 17 | |
| Fayette | 122 | 124 | 109 | 94 | 142 | 130 | 122 | 136 | |
| Gilmer | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 15 | |
| Grant | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 14 | |
| Greenbrier | 91 | 86 | 85 | 72 | 99 | 106 | 109 | 113 | |
| Hampshire | 6 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 34 | 32 | |
| Hancock | 57 | 51 | 51 | 43 | 34 | 33 | 32 | 39 | |
| Hardy | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 31 | 25 | 13 | |
| Harrison | 36 | 32 | 37 | 48 | 69 | 77 | 111 | 84 | |
| Jackson | 119 | 142 | 148 | 93 | 123 | 143 | 157 | 155 | |
| Jefferson | 20 | 17 | 11 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 21 | 22 | |
| Kanawha | 1,213 | 1,185 | 1,173 | 1,015 | 1,299 | 1,153 | 1,234 | 1,119 | |
| Lewis | 6 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 20 | |
| Lincoln | 211 | 238 | 198 | 167 | 193 | 203 | 234 | 253 | |
| Logan | 396 | 387 | 383 | 377 | 376 | 360 | 295 | 307 | |
| Marion | 18 | 14 | 21 | 38 | 38 | 52 | 56 | 41 | |
| Marshall | 31 | 19 | 27 | 29 | 56 | 58 | 57 | 46 | |
| Mason | 414 | 418 | 429 | 373 | 431 | 368 | 377 | 435 | |
| McDowell | 89 | 76 | 94 | 77 | 73 | 101 | 78 | 66 | |
| Mercer | 104 | 95 | 86 | 105 | 127 | 124 | 115 | 106 | |
| Mineral | 38 | 48 | 67 | 52 | 35 | 22 | 14 | 9 | |
| Mingo | 276 | 240 | 200 | 226 | 248 | 276 | 248 | 264 | |
| Monongalia | 11 | 17 | 30 | 34 | 29 | 60 | 55 | 45 | |
| Monroe | 19 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 23 | 31 | 23 | 26 | |
| Morgan | 30 | 37 | 64 | 51 | 40 | 28 | 6 | 6 | |
| Nicholas | 47 | 38 | 46 | 70 | 91 | 100 | 75 | 77 | |
| Ohio | 70 | 65 | 52 | 60 | 63 | 71 | 63 | 67 | |
| Pendleton | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | |
| Pleasants | 15 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 7 | |
| Pocahontas | 13 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 23 | 40 | 40 | |
| Preston | 9 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 9 | |
| Putnam | 306 | 323 | 343 | 296 | 342 | 305 | 342 | 408 | |
| Raleigh | 192 | 185 | 159 | 166 | 187 | 203 | 185 | 179 | |
| Randolph | 22 | 25 | 35 | 40 | 51 | 55 | 54 | 73 | |
| Ritchie | 13 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 14 | |
| Roane | 41 | 42 | 34 | 29 | 34 | 34 | 44 | 36 | |
| Summers | 33 | 28 | 31 | 23 | 28 | 40 | 29 | 35 | |
| Taylor | 6 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 14 | |
| Tucker | 3 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | |
| Tyler | 12 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 27 | 22 | 27 | 41 | |
| Upshur | 12 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 23 | 27 | 59 | 50 | |
| Wayne | 1,098 | 1,065 | 1,043 | 891 | 978 | 1,049 | 1,074 | 1,177 | |
| Webster | 5 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 18 | |
| Wetzel | 34 | 29 | 22 | 18 | 27 | 37 | 48 | 44 | |
| Wirt | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 16 | |
| Wood | 190 | 211 | 239 | 191 | 253 | 280 | 270 | 288 | |
| Wyoming | 88 | 85 | 87 | 82 | 82 | 81 | 77 | 58 | |
| Total | 9,897 | 9,956 | 9,788 | 9,647 | 10,571 | 10,273 | 10,381 | 10,429 | |
| % Change | -0.6% | 1.7% | 1.4% | -9.6% | 2.8% | -1.1% | -0.5% | ||
| Notes: | |||||||||
| The county is the county reported by the student in the most recent permanent address change. | |||||||||