Choose West Virginia Practice Tuition Waiver Program

Jordyn Reed
West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission
ChooseWV@wvhepc.edu
304.558.0838

The Choose West Virginia Practice Program is a medical school tuition waiver for the differential between in-state and out of state tuition in exchange for agreeing to practice at an eligible West Virginia service site. Participants must serve one year for every year they receive the award for a maximum of 4 years.

Participants may complete residency and/or fellowship training in West Virginia or in other states. The service obligation begins within 6 months after the participant completes training.

To be eligible for the award, students must:

• Be accepted or enrolled at Marshall University, West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, or West Virginia University in a program leading to a degree of Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathy.
• Meet institutional requirements for being classified as an out of state student
• Not be in default of any previous student loan

Primary care shortage specialties:

• Addiction medicine
• Emergency medicine
• Family practice
• General internal medicine
• General surgery
• Geriatrics
• Internal medicine/pediatrics
• Neurology
• OB/GYN
• Pediatrics
• Preventive medicine
• Psychiatry (includes addiction, child and adolescent, and geriatric)

Participants will receive a tuition waiver for the differential between in-state and out of state tuition, with an approximate value of $30,000.

Subject to continued state funding, students who receive an award will be eligible to receive an award in each of their remaining years of medical school as long as they:

• Progress to the next academic year of their program
• Maintain good academic standing
• Maintain good professional standing

A link to the online application is available on the program website.