West Chester University of Pennsylvania

West Chester, Pennsylvania · Public · Predominantly bachelor's · Suburb: Large

Official websiteNet price calculatorAccreditor: Middle States Commission on Higher Education

The average annual net price for first-time, full-time undergraduates receiving federal aid (in-state) is $24,778. 68% of first-time, full-time students completed within 150% of normal time. Students who received federal aid had median earnings of $66,629 ten years after entering. The median federal loan debt of graduates is $21,500.

Average net price
$24,778
per year Verified data
Completion rate
68%
within 150% of normal time Verified data
Median earnings
$66,629
10 years after entry Verified data
Median debt
$21,500
graduates, federal loans Verified data

Cost and net price

In-state tuition and fees$11,464
Out-of-state tuition and fees$23,876
Average cost of attendance$30,531
Books and supplies$1,200
Room and board, on campus$15,268
Average net price, all aided students$24,778
Average net price, family income $0 to $30,000$17,822
Average net price, family income over $110,000$29,420

Net price is the average cost after grants and scholarships for first-time, full-time undergraduates who receive federal aid, at in-state rates. Your price depends on your family finances; use the school's net price calculator for an estimate. Tuition: AcadYr 2025-26, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26. Net price and cost of attendance: AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26.

Admissions and enrollment

Admission rate
78%
SAT range, middle 50% (reading plus math)
1100 to 1270
ACT composite range, middle 50%
24 to 28
Undergraduate enrollment
14,164
Graduate enrollment
2,722
Students receiving Pell grants
30%
Student to faculty ratio
20 to 1

Admission rate and enrollment: Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25. SAT and ACT ranges come from IPEDS and may not reflect test-optional policies.

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Graduation, earnings, and debt

Completion within 150% of normal time68%
Completion within normal time52%
First-year retention (full-time)83%
Median federal debt, graduates$21,500
Typical monthly payment on that debt (10 years)$244
Median Parent PLUS debt, completers$27,018
Share earning more than a typical high school graduate, 6 years after entry80%
1 year after completion$49,743
4 years after completion$64,804
6 years after entry$55,455
8 years after entry$61,761
10 years after entry$66,629
Median earnings of former students who received federal aid and are working and not enrolled. Ten years after entry the median is $66,629; the middle half earned $47,406 to $91,721. Cohorts differ by measure; see definitions below.
Measure definitions and cohorts
  • Median earnings of students working and not enrolled 10 years after entry (MD_EARN_WNE_P10): Treasury AY2011-12, AY2012-13 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
  • Median earnings of graduates working and not enrolled 1 year after completing (MD_EARN_WNE_1YR): Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
  • Median earnings of graduates working and not enrolled 4 years after completing (MD_EARN_WNE_4YR): Treasury AY2017-18, AY2018-19 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
  • The median debt for students who have completed (GRAD_DEBT_MDN): NSLDS FY2024, FY2025 pooled cohorts
  • Completion rate for first-time, full-time students at four-year institutions (150% of expected time to completion) (C150_4): Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
  • Average net price for Title IV institutions (public institutions) (NPT4_PUB): AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26

Institution-level earnings cover students who received federal financial aid, including students who did not complete. Debt figures include federal loans only and exclude private loans.

Programs and program-level outcomes

Highest early earnings among programs at West Chester University of Pennsylvania

Median earnings of graduates working and not enrolled one year after completing, by program. Programs with too few graduates are suppressed for privacy and not shown.

149 programs reported. Program earnings are for graduates of this school's program, which is different from the wages of everyone working in a related occupation.

Undergraduate certificate (12)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Biological and Physical Sciences
CIP 30.01
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Community Organization and Advocacy
CIP 44.02 · No credentials fully online
0Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management
CIP 11.10
$71,023$26,947
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
CIP 51.00 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other
CIP 30.99
$55,094$22,000
Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution
CIP 30.05
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Political Science and Government
CIP 45.10 · All credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Real Estate
CIP 52.15 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
CIP 23.13 · No credentials fully online
0Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
CIP 16.09
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Sustainability Studies
CIP 30.33 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
CIP 13.13
$46,383$27,750
Bachelor's degree (50)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Accounting and Related Services
CIP 52.03 · No credentials fully online
99$69,380$22,543
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
CIP 51.09 · No credentials fully online
26Suppressed for privacy$20,500
Anthropology
CIP 45.02 · No credentials fully online
11$32,795Suppressed for privacy
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
CIP 26.02 · No credentials fully online
8Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Biology, General
CIP 26.01 · No credentials fully online
128$50,190$25,000
Biomedical/Medical Engineering
CIP 14.05 · No credentials fully online
11Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Business Administration, Management and Operations
CIP 52.02 · No credentials fully online
274$53,475$23,000
Business/Managerial Economics
CIP 52.06 · No credentials fully online
64$62,161$23,562
Chemistry
CIP 40.05 · No credentials fully online
17$59,968$25,130
City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning
CIP 04.03 · No credentials fully online
9Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
CIP 51.02 · No credentials fully online
77$27,565$23,250
Communication and Media Studies
CIP 09.01 · No credentials fully online
80$42,870$22,125
Community Organization and Advocacy
CIP 44.02 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Computer and Information Sciences, General
CIP 11.01 · No credentials fully online
80$70,142$22,955
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management
CIP 11.10
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Criminal Justice and Corrections
CIP 43.01 · No credentials fully online
141$44,711$25,000
Data Analytics
CIP 30.71 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services
CIP 51.31 · No credentials fully online
60$36,741$25,562
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
CIP 50.05 · No credentials fully online
9Suppressed for privacy$27,000
Education, General
CIP 13.01 · No credentials fully online
0Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
English Language and Literature, General
CIP 23.01 · No credentials fully online
44$44,201$23,911
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies
CIP 05.02 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Finance and Financial Management Services
CIP 52.08 · No credentials fully online
176$61,670$20,500
Fine and Studio Arts
CIP 50.07 · No credentials fully online
35$37,720$22,250
General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations
CIP 52.18 · No credentials fully online
240$50,357$23,242
Geography and Cartography
CIP 45.07 · No credentials fully online
10Suppressed for privacy$22,750
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences
CIP 40.06 · No credentials fully online
20$43,632$25,250
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
CIP 51.00 · No credentials fully online
33$79,752$19,893
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs
CIP 51.11 · No credentials fully online
6Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
History
CIP 54.01 · No credentials fully online
35$47,926$22,250
International Business
CIP 52.11 · No credentials fully online
15Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
CIP 24.01 · No credentials fully online
118$40,167$27,000
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services
CIP 16.01 · No credentials fully online
18$43,789$23,500
Mathematics
CIP 27.01 · No credentials fully online
35$56,651$22,960
Music
CIP 50.09 · No credentials fully online
78$39,511$26,639
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration
CIP 51.20 · No credentials fully online
8Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Philosophy
CIP 38.01 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Physics
CIP 40.08 · No credentials fully online
11$64,200Suppressed for privacy
Political Science and Government
CIP 45.10 · No credentials fully online
39$42,990$21,939
Psychology, General
CIP 42.01 · No credentials fully online
273$36,233$23,250
Public Health
CIP 51.22 · No credentials fully online
45$45,865$23,712
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
CIP 51.38 · No credentials fully online
212$91,462$26,000
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
CIP 51.23 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
CIP 23.13 · No credentials fully online
76$46,732$22,500
Social Work
CIP 44.07 · No credentials fully online
48$43,516$26,044
Sociology
CIP 45.11 · No credentials fully online
7Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Special Education and Teaching
CIP 13.10 · No credentials fully online
62$52,465$23,625
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
CIP 31.05 · No credentials fully online
172$39,974$26,000
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
CIP 13.12 · No credentials fully online
263$48,573$24,819
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
CIP 13.13 · No credentials fully online
35Suppressed for privacy$21,901
Post-baccalaureate certificate (6)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Educational Administration and Supervision
CIP 13.04
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs
CIP 51.11
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Music
CIP 50.09
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Social Work
CIP 44.07
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Special Education and Teaching
CIP 13.10
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Student Counseling and Personnel Services
CIP 13.11
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Master's degree (37)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
CIP 51.09 · No credentials fully online
54Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Applied Mathematics
CIP 27.03
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Biology, General
CIP 26.01 · No credentials fully online
9Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Business Administration, Management and Operations
CIP 52.02 · All credentials fully online
205$102,606Suppressed for privacy
City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning
CIP 04.03
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
CIP 51.02 · No credentials fully online
38Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Computer and Information Sciences, General
CIP 11.01 · No credentials fully online
11Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Criminal Justice and Corrections
CIP 43.01 · No credentials fully online
21$59,091Suppressed for privacy
Educational Administration and Supervision
CIP 13.04 · No credentials fully online
20Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
English Language and Literature, General
CIP 23.01 · No credentials fully online
13Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services
CIP 19.05 · All credentials fully online
23Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Geography and Cartography
CIP 45.07
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Geography and Environmental Studies
CIP 30.44 · No credentials fully online
12Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences
CIP 40.06 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
History
CIP 54.01 · No credentials fully online
7Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Human Resources Management and Services
CIP 52.10 · All credentials fully online
55$71,522Suppressed for privacy
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services
CIP 16.01 · No credentials fully online
8Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Mathematics
CIP 27.01 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
CIP 51.15 · No credentials fully online
19Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Music
CIP 50.09 · No credentials fully online
12$49,119Suppressed for privacy
Philosophy
CIP 38.01 · No credentials fully online
6Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Psychology, General
CIP 42.01 · No credentials fully online
42$66,610Suppressed for privacy
Public Administration
CIP 44.04 · No credentials fully online
25$60,753Suppressed for privacy
Public Health
CIP 51.22 · No credentials fully online
32$65,118Suppressed for privacy
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
CIP 51.38 · No credentials fully online
7Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Religion/Religious Studies
CIP 38.02 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
CIP 23.13 · No credentials fully online
14Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Social Work
CIP 44.07 · No credentials fully online
117$59,063Suppressed for privacy
Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education
CIP 13.09 · All credentials fully online
16Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Special Education and Teaching
CIP 13.10 · All credentials fully online
28$61,745Suppressed for privacy
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
CIP 31.05 · No credentials fully online
8Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Statistics
CIP 27.05 · No credentials fully online
20$90,891Suppressed for privacy
Student Counseling and Personnel Services
CIP 13.11 · No credentials fully online
26$53,782Suppressed for privacy
Sustainability Studies
CIP 30.33 · No credentials fully online
0Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
CIP 13.12 · No credentials fully online
72$56,390Suppressed for privacy
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
CIP 13.13 · No credentials fully online
37$57,176Suppressed for privacy
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language
CIP 13.14 · No credentials fully online
6Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Graduate certificate (38)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Business Administration, Management and Operations
CIP 52.02 · All credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Business/Commerce, General
CIP 52.01
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning
CIP 04.03
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology
CIP 42.28 · No credentials fully online
12Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management
CIP 11.10 · No credentials fully online
21Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Criminal Justice and Corrections
CIP 43.01 · No credentials fully online
0Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services
CIP 51.31 · All credentials fully online
3$55,605Suppressed for privacy
Educational Administration and Supervision
CIP 13.04 · No credentials fully online
35$123,422Suppressed for privacy
Educational/Instructional Media Design
CIP 13.05 · All credentials fully online
6Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations
CIP 52.07
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services
CIP 19.05 · All credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Geography and Cartography
CIP 45.07 · All credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Gerontology
CIP 30.11 · No credentials fully online
9Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Health and Medical Administrative Services
CIP 51.07 · Some credentials fully online
6$61,657Suppressed for privacy
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs
CIP 51.11 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Holocaust and Related Studies
CIP 30.21 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Human Resources Management and Services
CIP 52.10 · All credentials fully online
22Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Information Science/Studies
CIP 11.04 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Movement and Mind-Body Therapies and Education
CIP 51.36 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Music
CIP 50.09 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution
CIP 30.05 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Philosophy
CIP 38.01 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Public Administration
CIP 44.04 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Public Policy Analysis
CIP 44.05 · All credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication
CIP 09.09 · All credentials fully online
11Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Publishing
CIP 09.10 · All credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
CIP 51.38 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
CIP 51.23 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Social Work
CIP 44.07 · No credentials fully online
12Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education
CIP 13.09 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Special Education and Teaching
CIP 13.10 · No credentials fully online
11Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
CIP 31.05 · All credentials fully online
7Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Statistics
CIP 27.05 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Student Counseling and Personnel Services
CIP 13.11 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Sustainability Studies
CIP 30.33 · No credentials fully online
1Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
CIP 13.12 · No credentials fully online
9Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
CIP 13.13 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language
CIP 13.14 · Some credentials fully online
6Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Doctoral degree (4)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology
CIP 42.28
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Educational Administration and Supervision
CIP 13.04 · No credentials fully online
20Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Public Administration
CIP 44.04 · All credentials fully online
22$109,792Suppressed for privacy
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
CIP 51.38
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Professional degree (JD, MD, and similar) (2)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology
CIP 42.28 · No credentials fully online
6Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
CIP 51.38 · All credentials fully online
9Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most Recent Field of Study Data. Varies by measure; see measure definitions. Published October 15, 2026. Retrieved October 18, 2026. Methodology.
UNITID 216764, OPEID 003328. Data unavailable means the Department of Education did not publish the figure or suppressed it for privacy. Report a data issue.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most Recent Institution-Level Data. Varies by measure; see measure definitions. Published October 15, 2026. Retrieved October 18, 2026. Methodology.