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West Chester University of Pennsylvania is a public institution situated in West Chester, Pennsylvania. West Chester is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

1,127 Master's Degrees
55 Doctor's Degrees

Where Is West Chester University of Pennsylvania?

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Contact details for WCUPA are given below.

Contact Details
Address: University Avenue And High Street, West Chester, PA 19383
Phone: 610-436-1000
Website: www.wcupa.edu

West Chester University of Pennsylvania Graduate Student Diversity

3,143 Graduate Students
68% Women
24% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

Gender Diversity

Of the 3,143 graduate students at WCUPA, 32% are male and 68% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of West Chester University of Pennsylvania graduate students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 106
Black or African American 432
Hispanic or Latino 151
White 2,250
International Students 41
Other Races/Ethnicities 163

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. At this time, 14 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 51 countries are represented at WCUPA. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, China, and Norway.

Online Learning at West Chester University of Pennsylvania

1,770 Took All Classes Online
6,982 Took At Least One Class Online
In 2022-2023, 6,982 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at WCUPA has changed over the last few years.

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This school is the 5th most popular in Pennsylvania for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of WCUPA majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major 1-Year Growth Rate
Communication & Journalism 32%
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences 28%
Public Administration & Social Service 26%
Social Sciences 25%

West Chester University of Pennsylvania Graduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Business Administration & Management 4 265 0 269
Social Work 0 122 0 122
Public Administration 7 44 31 82
Teacher Education Grade Specific 5 73 0 78
Educational Administration 30 29 16 75
Human Resource Management 12 53 0 65
Public Health 0 53 0 53
Special Education 4 43 0 47
Information Technology 46 0 0 46
Communication Sciences 0 44 0 44
Teacher Education Subject Specific 4 36 0 40
Food, Nutrition & Related Services 1 35 0 36
Student Counseling 0 32 0 32
Allied Health Professions 0 32 0 32
General Psychology 0 31 0 31
Computer Information Systems 0 30 0 30
Criminal Justice & Corrections 0 29 0 29
Statistics 0 28 0 28
Music 1 24 0 25
Health & Medical Administrative Services 23 0 0 23
Health & Physical Education 11 9 0 20
Geography & Cartography 10 8 0 18
Mental & Social Health Services 0 15 0 15
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 13 0 2 15
General Biology 0 13 0 13
General English Literature 0 13 0 13
Education Philosophy 0 12 0 12
Gerontology 12 0 0 12
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 0 11 0 11
Nursing 0 5 6 11
Teaching English or French 8 1 0 9
History 0 9 0 9
Instructional Media Design 8 0 0 8
Mathematics 0 7 0 7
Writing Studies 0 6 0 6
Movement & Mind-Body Therapies 6 0 0 6
Philosophy 0 6 0 6
Geological & Earth Sciences 0 6 0 6
Urban & Regional Planning 2 3 0 5
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services 5 0 0 5
Publishing 3 0 0 3
Public Relations & Advertising 2 0 0 2
Entrepreneurial Studies 1 0 0 1
Holocaust Studies 1 0 0 1
Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution 1 0 0 1
Public Policy 1 0 0 1
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 0 0 0 0
Accounting 0 0 0 0
Business/Managerial Economics 0 0 0 0
Finance & Financial Management 0 0 0 0
General Business/Commerce 0 0 0 0
International Business 0 0 0 0
General Sales & Marketing 0 0 0 0
Communication & Media Studies 0 0 0 0
Information Science 0 0 0 0
Biomedical Engineering 0 0 0 0
Ethnic Studies 0 0 0 0
Germanic Languages 0 0 0 0
Romance Languages 0 0 0 0
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages 0 0 0 0
Health/Medical Prep Programs 0 0 0 0
Health Sciences & Services 0 0 0 0
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 0 0 0 0
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 0 0 0 0
Liberal Arts General Studies 0 0 0 0
Applied Mathematics 0 0 0 0
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 0 0 0 0
Sustainability Science 0 0 0 0
Religious Studies 0 0 0 0
Chemistry 0 0 0 0
Physics 0 0 0 0
Anthropology 0 0 0 0
Political Science & Government 0 0 0 0
Sociology 0 0 0 0
Community Organization & Advocacy 0 0 0 0
Drama & Theater Arts 0 0 0 0
Fine & Studio Arts 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 221 1,127 55 1,403

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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