Student Population at WCU

The following chart compares WCU's student enrollment with all colleges nationwide, Public, 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Public, 4-Years Colleges in Pennsylvania.

The enrollment is larger than the Public, 4-Years Colleges in Pennsylvania average (6,028 students).

The below chart compares the student population between West Chester University of Pennsylvania and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 6,897 male and 10,274 female students attending WCU. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.67 to 1 and the ratio is than national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at WCU.

By age, there are 14,285 students whose age under twenty five and 1,657 students whose age is over thirty years old at West Chester University of Pennsylvania.

Especially, 240 students are younger than eighteen and 83 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at West Chester University of Pennsylvania.

At West Chester University of Pennsylvania, 8,728 students (50.83% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 1,838 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 1,626 students live in Pennsylvania where West Chester University of Pennsylvania is located in and 173 students have enrolled from other states.