Graduate School Tuition at West Chester University of Pennsylvania

West Chester University of Pennsylvania (WCU) is a four-year, public school located in West Chester, PA.
It offers 96 graduate programs - 42 Master's, 4 Doctorate, 44 Post-bachelor's, and 6 Post-master's.
The 2024 average tuition & fees of graduate programs is $12,564 for Pennsylvania residents and $17,424 for others. A total of 2,883 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 17,275 students at WCU.
WCU offers online graduate programs and 1,239 out of 2,883 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.
You can find WCU's health profession programs at health professions information page.

Graduate Program Overview

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $12,564 for Pennsylvania residents and $17,424 for out-of-state students. It offers ninety-six (96) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School NameWest Chester University of Pennsylvania
TypeFour-year, Public
AddressUniversity Avenue and High Street, West Chester, PA
Graduate School Students3,143 students
1,239 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)In-State$12,564
Out-of-State$17,424
Student to Faculty20:1 (5.00%)
Number of Graduate ProgramsTotal 96 Graduate Programs
42 Master's, 4 Doctorate, 50 Post graduate certificates

2024 Graduate Program Tuition at West Chester University of Pennsylvania

The following tables describe 2023-2024 graduate tuition & fees at West Chester University of Pennsylvania with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. For Pennsylvania residents, the tuition & fees are $12,564 and $17,424 for non-Pennsylvania residents.

The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $516 for Pennsylvania residents and $774 for out-of-state students.

2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
In-StateOut-of-State
Tuition$9,288$13,932
Fees$3,276$3,492
Cost per Credit$516$774
Books & Supplies$1,200
Room & Board$12,474 (On-Campus) / $17,124 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses$4,740 (On-Campus) / $4,740 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total$30,978$35,838
Off-Campus Total$35,628$40,488
Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2020-2024)
2019-20202020-20212021-20222022-20232023-2024
In-State$12,340$11,898$11,898$12,451$12,564
Out-of-State$17,200$16,758$16,758$17,312$17,424

Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major

West Chester University of Pennsylvania offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 96 major areas - 42 Master's (6 online programs), 4 Doctorate (2 online programs), 44 Post-Bachelor's (11 online programs), 6 Post-Master's (1 online programs). 1,041 students have been conferred Master's degree and 74 students have received Doctorate degree last year.

The following table summarizes the total number of completers by degree and gender.

Total Number of Conferred Graduate Degree
Master'sDoctorate Post-Bachelor'sPost-Master's
Total1,041741514
Men3471542-
Women694591094

Below, you can check major programs and concentration for each area of study with offered degrees and completers. ONLINE denotes the program offered by distance learning (online degree). You may want to see all graduate schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.

ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied CommunicationNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 5ONLINE NOT OFFER
PublishingNOT OFFER NOT OFFER ONLINE NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Information Science/StudiesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information AssuranceNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 28 NOT OFFER
Web/Multimedia Management and WebmasterNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services (other)NOT OFFER NOT OFFER ONLINE NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Statistics NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Peace Studies and Conflict ResolutionNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 2 NOT OFFER
GerontologyNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 12 NOT OFFER
Holocaust and Related StudiesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 3 NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Sport and Fitness Administration/ManagementNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 6 NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
EthicsNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Industrial and Organizational PsychologyNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 10 NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Public Administration ONLINE 2 NOT OFFER
Education Policy AnalysisNOT OFFER NOT OFFER ONLINE NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Geographic Information Science and CartographyNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 3ONLINE NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Music PedagogyNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Music TechnologyNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Health/Health Care Administration/ManagementNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 10 NOT OFFER
Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical StudiesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational TherapyNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Movement and Mind-Body Therapies and Education (other)NOT OFFER NOT OFFER 3 NOT OFFER
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Business/CommerceNOT OFFER NOT OFFER ONLINE NOT OFFER
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational ManagementNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 1ONLINE NOT OFFER
Project ManagementNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 1 NOT OFFER
Business Administration, Management and Operations (other)NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial StudiesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER ONLINE NOT OFFER
Human Resources Management/Personnel AdministrationONLINE NOT OFFER 13 NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning6 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Computer and Information Sciences25 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Foreign Languages and Literatures14 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Human Nutrition29ONLINE NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
English Language and Literature21 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Rhetoric and Composition12 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Biology/Biological Sciences12 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Mathematics5 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Computational and Applied Mathematics2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Statistics27 NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Health and Physical Education/Fitness NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Kinesiology and Exercise Science18 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Philosophy6 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Jewish/Judaic Studies1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Geology/Earth Science6 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Psychology42 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies37 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Public Administration28 ONLINE NOT OFFER
Social Work116 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Geography7 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Music5 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Music Performance14 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist35 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Physician Assistant NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Athletic Training/Trainer33 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor15 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Public Health24 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse10 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Business Administration and Management223ONLINE NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration61ONLINE NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
History7 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Statistics NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Clinical PsychologyNOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Dietetics/DietitianNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER 4ONLINE
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Educational Leadership and AdministrationNOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Public Administration ONLINE NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Clinical PsychologyNOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Nursing PracticeNOT OFFER ONLINE NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS

Graduate Student Population

WCU graduate schools have a total of 3,143 postgraduate students. By gender, it has 996 male and 2,147 female postgrad students.

By attending status, there are 1,074 full-time and 2,069 part-time students in graduate schools. It offers distance learning for graduate programs, and 1,239 students enrolled through online exclusively and 384 students are taking some online graduate courses.

By race/ethnicity 2,250 White, 432 Black, and 106 Asian students are attending at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

23 grad students are younger than 22 and 517 students are older than 65. It has 1,642 students aged between 22 and 30 and 701 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total3,143
Men996
Women2,147
Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total3,143
Full-time Students1,074
Part-time Students2,069
Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total3,143
American Indian /
Native American
7
Asian106
Black432
Hispanic151
White2,250
Two or more races70
Un-Known86
Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total3,143
21 & Under23
22-24752
25-29890
30-34426
35-39275
40 & Over517

Online Population

At West Chester University of Pennsylvania graduate schools, 1,239 students enrolled online exclusively and 384 students enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment2,883
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses1,239
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses384
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses1,260
Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses1,239
Pennsylvania Resident998
Other State In U.S.203
Outside of U.S.38
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