School Name | West Chester University of Pennsylvania (WCU) |
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Address | University Avenue and High Street, West Chester, PA 19383 |
Phone | 610-436-1000 |
Web | https://www.wcupa.edu |
Online Application | https://www.wcupa.edu/_admissions/sch_adm/admissionApp.aspx |
Financial Info | https://www.wcupa.edu/_SERVICES/FIN_AID |
School Type | Public, 4 years |
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Tuition & Fees | $16,758 $11,898 for Pennsylvania Residents |
Student Population | 2,960 |
Offered Degrees/Programs | Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, Doctorate (Research), Doctorate (Professional Practice) |
Number of Programs | 81 graduate programs (17 programs available online learning) |
Student to Faculty Ratio | 19 to 1 |
Tuition & Fees | |
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Pennsylvania Residents | $11,898 |
Out-of-State | $16,758 |
Tuition per Credit Hour | |
Pennsylvania Residents | $516 |
Out-of-State | $774 |
Distance Learning (Online Classes) | 17 Online Programs Available |
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Special learning Opportunities |
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On-Campus Student Services |
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Pennsylvania Residents | Out-of-State | |||
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Tuition | Fees | Tuition | Fees | |
2017-2018 | $12,000 | $3,121 | $18,000 | $3,409 |
2018-2019 | $12,384 | $2,719 | $18,576 | $3,007 |
2019-2020 | $9,288 | $3,052 | $13,932 | $3,268 |
2020-2021 | $9,288 | $2,610 | $13,932 | $2,826 |
2021-2022 | $9,288 | $2,610 | $13,932 | $2,826 |
Residents | Out-of-State | |
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West Chester University of Pennsylvania | $11,898 | $16,758 |
All Graduate Schools | $11,040 | $19,187 |
Public | $11,040 | $20,146 |
Private | $19,294 | |
Pennsylvania Graduate Schools | $17,506 | $21,190 |
Public | $17,506 | $24,265 |
Private | $20,512 |
Living On-Campus | Living Off-Campus | |||
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Room & Board | Other Expense | Room & Board | Other Expense | |
2017-2018 | $12,942 | $2,520 | $12,942 | $2,520 |
2018-2019 | $12,942 | $2,520 | $12,942 | $2,520 |
2019-2020 | $13,174 | $2,520 | $13,174 | $2,520 |
2020-2021 | $13,978 | $2,520 | $13,978 | $2,520 |
2021-2022 | $14,228 | $2,520 | $14,228 | $2,520 |
Pennsylvania Residents | Out-of-State | |
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2017-2018 | $500 | $750 |
2018-2019 | $516 | $774 |
2019-2020 | $516 | $774 |
2020-2021 | $516 | $774 |
2021-2022 | $516 | $774 |
Award Level | Total Number of Programs | Available Online Class | Number of Completers |
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Master's Degree | 42 | 6 | 845 |
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship | 2 | 1 | 20 |
Doctor's degree - other | 2 | 1 | 20 |
Post Bachelor's Degree | 35 | 9 | 276 |
Post Master's Degree | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Total | 85 | 17 | 1,165 |
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
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Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance | ✕ | 51 | - |
Project Management | ✕ | 39 | - |
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies | ✔ | 23 | - |
Business Administration, Management and Operations (other) | ✔ | 22 | - |
Health/Health Care Administration/Management | ✔ | 18 | - |
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
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Business Administration and Management | ✔ | 132 | $90,600 |
Social Work | ✕ | 102 | $44,200 |
Public Health | ✕ | 64 | $48,700 |
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services | ✕ | 61 | $42,700 |
Special Education and Teaching | ✔ | 52 | $55,800 |
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
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Nursing Practice | ✔ | 20 | - |
Educational Leadership and Administration | ✔ | 14 | - |
Public Administration | ✔ | 6 | - |
Clinical Psychology | ✔ | 0 | - |
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
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Architecture [+] | ✕ | 1 completers | - |
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning | ✕ | 1 | - |
Computer And Information Sciences [+] | ✕ | 8 completers | - |
Computer and Information Sciences | ✕ | 8 | - |
Education [+] | ✔ (6 completers) | 203 completers | - |
Education | ✔ | 0 | - |
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration | ✕ | 0 | - |
Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education | ✔ | 8 | - |
Special Education and Teaching | ✔ | 52 | $55,800 |
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services | ✕ | 61 | $42,700 |
Secondary Education and Teaching | ✕ | 2 | - |
Early Childhood Education and Teaching | ✔ | 17 | - |
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other) | ✕ | 11 | - |
Health Teacher Education | ✕ | 5 | - |
Reading Teacher Education | ✕ | 38 | - |
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor | ✕ | 9 | - |
Foreign Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics [+] | ✕ | 5 completers | - |
Foreign Languages and Literatures | ✕ | 3 | - |
French Language and Literature | ✕ | 0 | - |
Spanish Language and Literature | ✕ | 2 | - |
Work and Family Studies [+] | ✔ (2 completers) | 23 completers | - |
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences | ✔ | 0 | - |
Human Nutrition | ✔ | 23 | - |
English Language And Literature [+] | ✕ | 28 completers | - |
English Language and Literature | ✕ | 19 | - |
Rhetoric and Composition | ✕ | 9 | - |
Biological And Biomedical Sciences [+] | ✕ | 10 completers | - |
Biology/Biological Sciences | ✕ | 10 | - |
Mathematics And Statistics [+] | ✕ | 34 completers | - |
Mathematics | ✕ | 5 | - |
Computational and Applied Mathematics | ✕ | 2 | - |
Statistics | ✕ | 27 | - |
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, And Fitness Studies [+] | ✕ | 22 completers | - |
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies | ✕ | 0 | - |
Health and Physical Education/Fitness | ✕ | 0 | - |
Kinesiology and Exercise Science | ✕ | 22 | - |
Philosophy And Religious Studies [+] | ✕ | 9 completers | - |
Philosophy | ✕ | 3 | - |
Jewish/Judaic Studies | ✕ | 6 | - |
Physical Sciences [+] | ✕ | 3 completers | - |
Physical Sciences | ✕ | 0 | - |
Geology/Earth Science | ✕ | 3 | - |
Psychology [+] | ✕ | 36 completers | $45,000 |
Psychology | ✕ | 36 | $45,000 |
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, And Firefighting [+] | ✕ | 24 completers | $40,200 |
✕ | 0 | $40,200 | |
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies | ✕ | 24 | - |
Human Services [+] | ✕ | 125 completers | - |
✕ | 0 | - | |
Public Administration | ✕ | 23 | - |
Social Work | ✕ | 102 | $44,200 |
Social Sciences [+] | ✕ | 12 completers | - |
Social Sciences | ✕ | 0 | - |
Geography | ✕ | 12 | - |
Visual And Performing Arts [+] | ✕ | 17 completers | - |
Visual and Performing Arts | ✕ | 0 | - |
Music | ✕ | 12 | - |
Music Performance | ✕ | 5 | - |
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+] | ✕ | 114 completers | - |
Chiropractic | ✕ | 0 | - |
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist | ✕ | 27 | - |
Athletic Training/Trainer | ✕ | 0 | - |
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor | ✕ | 11 | - |
Public Health | ✕ | 64 | $48,700 |
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse | ✕ | 12 | - |
Business [+] | ✔ (4 completers) | 139 completers | - |
Business/Commerce | ✔ | 0 | - |
Business Administration and Management | ✔ | 132 | $90,600 |
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration | ✔ | 7 | - |
History [+] | ✕ | 6 completers | - |
History | ✕ | 6 | - |
Total | 845 |
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
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Education [+] | ✕ | 14 completers | - |
Educational Leadership and Administration | ✕ | 14 | - |
Human Services [+] | ✔ | 6 completers | - |
✔ | 0 | - | |
Public Administration | ✔ | 6 | - |
Total | 20 |
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
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Psychology [+] | ✕ | 0 completers | - |
Clinical Psychology | ✕ | 0 | - |
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+] | ✔ | 20 completers | - |
Chiropractic | ✔ | 0 | - |
Nursing Practice | ✔ | 20 | - |
Total | 20 |
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
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Architecture [+] | ✕ | 3 completers | - |
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning | ✕ | 3 | - |
Communication and Journalism [+] | ✔ (2 completers) | 2 completers | - |
Speech Communication and Rhetoric | ✔ | 0 | - |
Publishing | ✔ | 2 | - |
Computer And Information Sciences [+] | ✕ | 53 completers | - |
Computer and Information Sciences | ✕ | 0 | - |
Information Science/Studies | ✕ | 0 | - |
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance | ✕ | 51 | - |
Web/Multimedia Management and Webmaster | ✕ | 2 | - |
Education [+] | ✔ (6 completers) | 33 completers | - |
Education | ✔ | 0 | - |
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration | ✕ | 0 | - |
Educational/Instructional Technology | ✔ | 1 | - |
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Autism | ✕ | 16 | - |
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services | ✕ | 2 | - |
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other) | ✔ | 0 | - |
Technology Teacher Education/Industrial Arts Teacher Education | ✔ | 4 | - |
Reading Teacher Education | ✕ | 0 | - |
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (other) | ✕ | 1 | - |
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor | ✕ | 9 | - |
Mathematics And Statistics [+] | ✕ | 2 completers | - |
Mathematics | ✕ | 0 | - |
Statistics | ✕ | 2 | - |
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+] | ✕ | 11 completers | - |
Biological and Physical Sciences | ✕ | 0 | - |
Gerontology | ✕ | 10 | - |
Holocaust and Related Studies | ✕ | 1 | - |
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, And Fitness Studies [+] | ✕ | 15 completers | - |
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies | ✕ | 0 | - |
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management | ✕ | 15 | - |
Philosophy And Religious Studies [+] | ✕ | 0 completers | - |
Philosophy | ✕ | 0 | - |
Ethics | ✕ | 0 | - |
Psychology [+] | ✕ | 7 completers | - |
Psychology | ✕ | 0 | - |
Industrial and Organizational Psychology | ✕ | 7 | - |
Human Services [+] | ✕ | 10 completers | - |
✕ | 0 | - | |
Public Administration | ✕ | 10 | - |
Social Sciences [+] | ✔ (2 completers) | 12 completers | - |
Social Sciences | ✔ | 0 | - |
Geographic Information Science and Cartography | ✔ | 12 | - |
Visual And Performing Arts [+] | ✕ | 4 completers | - |
Visual and Performing Arts | ✕ | 0 | - |
Music Performance | ✕ | 2 | - |
Keyboard Instruments | ✕ | 2 | - |
Music Technology | ✕ | 0 | - |
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+] | ✔ (2 completers) | 21 completers | - |
Chiropractic | ✔ | 0 | - |
Health/Health Care Administration/Management | ✔ | 18 | - |
Public Health | ✕ | 0 | - |
Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy | ✕ | 3 | - |
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse | ✕ | 0 | - |
Business [+] | ✔ | 93 completers | - |
Business/Commerce | ✔ | 0 | - |
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management | ✕ | 3 | - |
Project Management | ✕ | 39 | - |
Business Administration, Management and Operations (other) | ✕ | 22 | - |
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies | ✔ | 23 | - |
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration | ✔ | 6 | - |
Total | 276 |
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
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Education [+] | ✕ | 3 completers | - |
Special Education and Teaching | ✕ | 1 | - |
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services | ✕ | 2 | - |
Reading Teacher Education | ✕ | 0 | - |
Psychology [+] | ✕ | 1 completers | - |
Psychology | ✕ | 0 | - |
Clinical Psychology | ✕ | 1 | - |
Total | 4 |
Total | Male | Female | |
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Total | 3,007 | 952 | 2,055 |
Full-time | 1,027 | 301 | 726 |
Part-tme | 1,980 | 651 | 1,329 |
Total | Male | Female | |
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Total | 3,007 | 952 | 2,055 |
American Indian/Native American | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Asian | 98 | 42 | 56 |
Black/African American | 423 | 123 | 300 |
Hispanic | 143 | 44 | 99 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 2 | 0 | 2 |
White | 2,156 | 670 | 1,486 |
Two More | 69 | 25 | 44 |
Un-Known | 68 | 31 | 37 |
Non-resident Alien | 42 | 14 | 28 |
Number of Graduate Students | |
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Total | 3,007 |
Enrolled Online Exclusively | 2,544 |
Enrolled Some Online Courses | 415 |
Not in Online Courses | 48 |
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