Student Population at West Chester University of Pennsylvania

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
17,275	14,392	2,883

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 17,275 students have enrolled in West Chester University of Pennsylvania with 14,392 undergraduate and 2,883 graduate students.

By gender, 6,780 male and 10,495 female students are attending the school.

It has relatively many students compared to similar colleges (16,325 students in average - public Research University (high research activity)).

1,770 students are enrolled exclusively, and 5,212 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

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Student Population by Gender

West Chester University of Pennsylvania has a total of 17,275 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 14,392 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 2,883 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 6,780 male and 10,495 female students (the male-female ratio is 39:61) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	17,275	14,392	2,883
Men	6,780	5,858	922
Women	10,495	8,534	1,961

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 12,611 White, 2,033 Black, and 554 Asian students out of a total of 17,275 are attending at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

All Students

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	19	9	10
Asian	554	221	333
Black	2,033	736	1,297
Hispanic	1,189	440	749
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	2	2	0
White	12,611	5,006	7,605
Two or more races	584	224	360
Race Unknown	192	101	91

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	15	8	7
Asian	465	184	281
Black	1,647	613	1,034
Hispanic	1,031	389	642
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	2	2	0
White	10,539	4,363	6,176
Two or more races	512	202	310
Race Unknown	142	76	66

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	4	1	3
Asian	89	37	52
Black	386	123	263
Hispanic	158	51	107
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	-	-	-
White	2,072	643	1,429
Two or more races	72	22	50
Race Unknown	50	25	25

Student Age Distribution

By age, WCU has 319 students under 18 years old and 60 students over 65 years old. There are 13,965 students under 25 years old, and 3,309 students over 25 years old out of 17,275 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 319 students are younger than 18 and 42 students are older than 65. WCU has 13,190 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,201 students aged 25 and over.

It has 775 graduate students aged under 25 and 2,108 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	319	221	98
18-19	5,215	3,192	2,023
20-21	5,546	3,394	2,152
22-24	2,885	1,567	1,318
25-29	1,507	933	574
30-34	666	407	259
35-39	402	264	138
40-49	454	330	124
50-64	220	161	59
Over 65	60	25	35

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	319	221	98
18-19	5,215	3,192	2,023
20-21	5,523	3,378	2,145
22-24	2,133	1,020	1,113
25-29	617	330	287
30-34	240	150	90
35-39	127	93	34
40-49	114	84	30
50-64	61	51	10
Over 65	42	14	28

Graduate

Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At West Chester University of Pennsylvania, 1,770 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 5,212 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,508 students lived in Pennsylvania or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 262 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
	All Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses	Enrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students	17,275	1,770	5,212
Undergraduate	14,392	531	4,828
Graduate	2,883	1,239	384

Online Student Population by Locality
	Pennsylvania Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	1,508	214	48
Undergraduate	510	11	10
Graduate	998	203	38

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 14,392 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,021 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 7.09%.826 students have transferred in as full-time status and 195 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	11,760
Transfer-in Full-time	826
Regular Part-time	1,611
Transfer-in Part-time	195

Student Population at West Chester University of Pennsylvania

Student Population by Gender

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