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West Chester, PA · Public · 14,164 undergraduates · suburban

West Chester University of Pennsylvania

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West Chester offers Pennsylvania public-university value in a walkable Philadelphia suburb, with especially visible education, business, health, and music programs.

Institutional profile

Well established Solid in mobility, and solid in career outcomes.
Academic Steady Affordability Steady Career Solid Mobility Solid Experience Steady
Academic standing Steady
Affordability Steady
Career outcomes Solid
Mobility Solid
Student experience Steady
Admission
79.2% admitted

16,467 applicants in the reported year

Price by income
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Completion
73.1%

$61,258 median earnings 10 years after enrollment

What sets West Chester University of Pennsylvania apart

Academic design

Teacher education, business, nursing and health sciences, music, communication, and sciences are prominent.

Campus pattern

Campus borders the walkable borough of West Chester west of Philadelphia.

Career & value signal

Philadelphia suburbs provide schools, healthcare systems, financial services, corporations, and public-sector employers.

Can I get in?

79.2% admitted

Music applicants generally complete program-specific auditions.

Recent applicant pool

16,467

About 79 in every 100 applicants were admitted.

Admission rate 79.2%
Entering class

Academic range

SAT middle 50%1100–1270
9801380
ACT middle 50%24–28
2131

Of admitted students, 16% submitted an SAT, and 1% submitted an ACT. Scores were rare in this class, so the SAT and ACT ranges say more about who volunteered one than about who was admitted.

Entered with a 4.0 GPA8%

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Where your GPA sits in the entering class

The full entering-class GPA distribution for West Chester University of Pennsylvania, in nine bands from 4.0 down, with your own record marked on it.

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What West Chester University of Pennsylvania weighs when it reads a file

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  • Test scores  
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What moves the application

The evidence that separates a strong file

01

Show preparation for this curriculum

Teacher education, business, nursing and health sciences, music, communication, and sciences are prominent.

02

Make institutional fit specific

West Chester offers Pennsylvania public-university value in a walkable Philadelphia suburb, with especially visible education, business, health, and music programs.

03

Use the application route carefully

Music applicants generally complete program-specific auditions.

How to apply

Rounds, route, and required materials

Music applicants generally complete program-specific auditions.

Regular Decisionrolling
Fee and waiver$45 application fee

Fee waiver: accepted

Major and program admission

Some fields have their own entry path.

The college admit rate above covers the university as a whole. These requirements apply only to the named program.

BusinessAdmits separately

What this program asks for, and when it closes.

Communication and journalismAdmits separately

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Computer scienceAdmits separately

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Teacher preparationAdmits separately

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Health professionsAdmits separately

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NursingAdmits separately

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Can I afford it?

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Published annual cost$32,894
Average annual cost after aid, in-state$23,000
Affordability profileSteady

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Average annual cost by household income at West Chester University of Pennsylvania

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  • $0–30k 
  • $30–48k 
  • $48–75k 
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  • $110k+ 
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Is it worth it?

Completion, debt, and earnings

Read completion, borrowing, field mix, and earnings together. One university-wide earnings figure does not describe every student path.

Complete within 8 years73.1%

Degree completion across the reported entering cohort

Return after year one83.8%

First-year students who return for year two

Median federal debtWhat students owe on the way out

And what that comes to against what they earn.

Median earnings$61,258

Reported 10 years after enrollment

Academic portfolio

Largest bachelor’s fields

How many students finish in each field, and median earnings four years after completing the program.

Psychology, General

Recent graduates256
Median earnings—

What is campus life like?

West Chester University of Pennsylvania beyond the classroom

Campus borders the walkable borough of West Chester west of Philadelphia.

Academics

A defining academic feature

Teacher education, business, nursing and health sciences, music, communication, and sciences are prominent.

Campus setting

What shapes an ordinary week

Campus borders the walkable borough of West Chester west of Philadelphia.

Career & value

Where the degree can lead

Philadelphia suburbs provide schools, healthcare systems, financial services, corporations, and public-sector employers.

14,164 undergraduatesMid-Atlanticsuburban settingCampus housing available