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West Chester University of Pennsylvania

West Chester University of Pennsylvania
700 South High Street
West Chester, PA 19383


Website: https://www.wcupa.edu/
Screen last updated on: February 2024
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 14,392
Full-time undergraduates: 12,586
Part-time undergraduates: 1,806
Total graduate students: 2,883
Full-time graduate students: 993
Part-time graduate students: 1,890
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
0.1% American Indian or Alaskan Native
3.1% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
11.3% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
7.2% Hispanic/Latino
0.0% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino
73.4% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
3.6% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
0.2% Nonresident Alien
1.0% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown

CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 409 acres
Nearest major city: Philadelphia

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms
  • special housing for disabled students
Percent of freshmen who live in school housing: 99%
Percent of students who live in school housing: 38%
Percent of students who live off campus: 62%

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: no
Computer equipment is provided in: computer center/lab(s)
Total number of microcomputers available to students: 3687
Other computer facilities/services: virtual software
School has a library on campus: yes
Additional library facilities/collections:
Other libraries on campus.

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
health service, women's center
Counseling services:
career, psychological
Career placement services:
interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training, Job fairs are available to students through the career center.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Student activities:
student newspaper, radio station, television station
Other student organizations, musical groups, activities, and committees:
Student Government Association; Student Activities Council; Fraternal Programming Board; Sports Club Council; L.E.A.D.

ATHLETICS
Athletic conference memberships: NCAA Division 2

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's baseballyes 
Men's baseball  
Men's basketballyes 
Men's basketball  
Men's bowling  
Men's cheerleading  
Men's cross-country running  
Men's cross-country runningyes 
Men's equestrian sports  
Men's fencing  
Men's field hockey  
Men's football  
Men's footballyes 
Men's golfyes 
Men's golf  
Men's gymnastics  
Men's ice hockey  
Men's indoor track  
Men's lacrosse  
Men's racquetball  
Men's rock climbing  
Men's rugby  
Men's socceryes 
Men's soccer  
Men's softball  
Men's swimming and diving  
Men's swimming and divingyes 
Men's table tennis  
Men's tennis  
Men's tennisyes 
Men's track and fieldyes 
Men's track and field  
Men's ultimate Frisbee  
Men's volleyball  
Men's water polo  
Men's wrestling  
Women's basketballyes 
Women's basketball NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's bowling  
Women's cheerleading NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's cross-country runningyes 
Women's cross-country running NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's equestrian sports  
Women's fencing  
Women's field hockeyyes 
Women's field hockey NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's golf NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's golfyes 
Women's gymnastics NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's gymnasticsyes 
Women's ice hockey  
Women's lacrosse NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's lacrosseyes 
Women's rock climbing  
Women's rugby NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's rugbyyes 
Women's soccer NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's socceryes 
Women's softball NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's softballyes 
Women's swimming and divingyes 
Women's swimming and diving NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's tennis NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's tennisyes 
Women's track and fieldyes 
Women's track and field NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's ultimate Frisbee  
Women's volleyball NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's volleyballyes 
Women's water polo  

Intramural/Recreational sports:
rock climbing; baseball; basketball; field hockey; football; golf; gymnastics; lacrosse; racquetball; rugby; soccer; softball; tennis; volleyball; swimming and diving; track and field; table tennis; cross-country running

GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: Philadelphia International

AFTER GRADUATION
Percent of graduates who enter job market in field related to major: 73% within six months of graduation

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