W. Va. Code R. § 135-20-5 - Institutional Titles

5.1. An institution shall use within the state a title appropriate to the program and degree it offers in the state.

5.2. No person, firm, association, institution, trust corporation or other entity shall use in any manner within West Virginia the term "college" or "university" or any abbreviation thereof, or any words or terms tending to designate it as, or create the impression that it is an institution of higher education, unless it shall have obtained the appropriate authorization as provided in this rule.

5.3. This section shall not apply to any institution which used the term "college" or "university" prior to the effective date of this rule.

5.4. This section shall not apply to individual proprietorships, associations, co-partnerships or corporations which use the words "college" or "university" in their training programs solely for their employees or customers, which do not offer degree programs, and whose name includes the word "college" or "university" in a context from which it clearly appears that such entity is not an educational institution.

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W. Va. Code R. § 135-20-5