2021 West Virginia Health Sciences and Rural Health Report

West Virginia's three state-funded medical schools enroll more medical students per capita than any other state in the country. Due to its large number of medical student slots, the state typically is able to offer all qualified West Virginians the opportunity to complete their medical education in the state. In the academic year of 2020-2021, 43 percent of the 399 medical students who enrolled in the first year classes of the state's three medical schools were West Virginia residents. This report provides information on health sciences in West Virginia including: (1) Medical School Profiles; (2) Medical Licensure Exams; (3) Medical School Indebtedness; (4) Residency Training; (5) Medical School Graduate Retention for Practice in West Virginia; (6) Loans and Incentives; (7) The Rural Health Initiative Program; and (8) COVID-19 Response at West Virginia Colleges and Universities and Health Sciences Programs. [For the 2020 report, see ED610174.]