Area Advantages

Education
Five colleges and universities serve the Putnam County area offering quality undergraduate and graduate degree programs. These are Marshall University, West Virginia State College, Marshall University College of Graduate Studies, West Virginia University Institute of Technology and the University of Charleston. In addition to the dozens of public elementary, middle, junior high and high schools in the area, there are several vocational-technical schools, an adult career center, an alternative high school, a special education school , the International School at Scott Teays Elementary and many parochial and private elementary and secondary schools. Throughout the area, students consistently score above the state averages on total basic skills tests.

For more information on secondary school systems, please visit the school board link below:

Putnam County Board of Education