STEM Division • Keyser, WV • Campus • $251/Credit (Resident, 2026-27)
WVU Potomac State College offers 1 nutrition credential:
- A.S., Human Nutrition and Food (the first two years of WVU Morgantown’s bachelor’s)
Program Tracks Overview
| Program | Est. Tuition | Est. Duration | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.S. Human Nutrition and Food | About $6,024/yr resident (2026-27, full-time flat rate) | 2 years full time | 60 |
Potomac State’s differentiator isn’t a transfer agreement between two separate schools; it’s that there is only one school. Potomac State has been a fully integrated division of West Virginia University since 2005, so moving from this associate degree to WVU’s Morgantown bachelor’s is an intra-university Change of Campus, not an articulation agreement, with no separate application fee.
Quick Facts
| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
| Format | Campus, Keyser; not listed among Potomac State’s fully online associate programs |
| Credit Hours | 60 |
| ACEND Accreditation | No. The Didactic Program in Dietetics and the ACEND-accredited internship both happen only after transfer to WVU Morgantown |
| RD/RDN Eligibility | No, on its own. This is the first two years of WVU Morgantown’s Human Nutrition and Foods B.S., which itself requires a separate matched internship after graduation for RD eligibility |
| Transfer Pathway | Not a two-institution articulation agreement. Potomac State is an integrated WVU division, so the move to Morgantown is an intra-university Change of Campus: no separate application fee, priority registration, and records that are already part of the university’s own system |
| Admissions | Open, rolling admission: a high school diploma from an accredited school, or GED/TASC/HiSET, or home-school documentation; ACT/SAT optional, used only for placement or scholarships |
| Tuition | $251/credit resident, $630 non-resident, $403 Metro rate, $226 WV Invests rate (2026-27); full-time flat rate $3,012/semester resident, $7,560 non-resident |
| Institutional Accreditation | HLC (Higher Learning Commission), as an integrated division of WVU rather than a separately accredited institution |
Associate of Science, Human Nutrition and Food
The estimated tuition is about $6,024 a year for a resident at the full-time flat rate (2026-27). The degree is 60 credits over two years, covering biology, chemistry, math, psychology, and other coursework a nutrition bachelor’s expects.
Curriculum and the Path to Morgantown
Potomac State’s own catalog is explicit that this associate degree provides the first two years of the bachelor’s program; the Didactic Program in Dietetics and the ACEND-accredited dietetic internship both happen after transfer to Morgantown, not here. No graduate-level pathway or agreement tied to this associate degree was found.
You Should Know
Potomac State’s own tuition pages disagree with each other. One undated page shows a lower resident rate ($220/credit); a separate, explicitly dated 2026-27 page, which matches WVU’s own official tuition schedule, shows $251/credit and a $3,012 full-time flat semester rate. This profile uses the dated, corroborated figure; confirm current rates directly before enrolling. Note also that Potomac State’s own two pages spell the major name differently, as “Human Nutrition and Food” (catalog) and “Human Nutrition and Foods” (program page); WVU Morgantown’s matching bachelor’s uses the plural “Foods.”
Admissions
Open, rolling admission: a high school diploma from an accredited school, GED, TASC, or HiSET with a qualifying score, or home-school documentation. ACT or SAT scores are optional and used only for placement or scholarships. No nutrition-specific admissions requirements were found.
Tuition
Potomac State’s 2026-27 STEM Associate Division rates, confirmed against WVU’s own official tuition schedule:
- Resident: $251/credit ($215 tuition, $26 fee, $10 program), $3,012/semester full time
- Non-resident: $630/credit, $7,560/semester
- Metro rate: $403/credit, $4,836/semester
- WV Invests rate: $226/credit, $2,706/semester
- Annual estimate (30 credits, full-time flat rate both semesters): about $6,024 resident, $15,120 non-resident
Be aware that:
A separate, unlabeled Potomac State tuition page shows lower per-credit figures (around $220 resident) that could not be confirmed as a genuine 2025-26 rate; the figures above come from the page that explicitly states 2026-27 and matches WVU’s own tuition schedule. Do not average the two.
Official figures are on Potomac State’s tuition and fees page.
Why Choose This Nutrition Program?
Best suited for West Virginia students who want to start a nutrition bachelor’s at Potomac State’s smaller Keyser campus and finish it at WVU Morgantown without a separate transfer application.
Students who want simplicity avoid a second application, a second acceptance decision, and a credit-by-credit transfer review, since Potomac State and Morgantown share one university record.
Students watching cost pay the lower associate-division rate for two years before moving to Morgantown’s bachelor’s-level tuition.
The honest trade-off is that this associate degree carries no ACEND status on its own, and Potomac State’s own tuition pages disagree with each other, so confirm current rates directly before budgeting.
Accreditation
Potomac State is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) as an integrated division of West Virginia University, rather than as a separately, independently accredited institution.
The A.S. in Human Nutrition and Food carries no ACEND accreditation of its own; it does not appear on ACEND’s decisions pages. As the first two years of WVU Morgantown’s bachelor’s degree, it does not by itself lead to RDN eligibility. Students who want the RD credential transfer to Morgantown, complete the ACEND-accredited Didactic Program in Dietetics, and separately match into an accredited dietetic internship.