by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual began producing its annual Best Quality Schools rankings as a means to assist students in finding top-quality graduate colleges and universities that are invested in preparing their students for their future endeavors. Our methodology places a high weight on things such as post-graduation wages, time to graduate, and student-per-faculty ratio. Post-graduation debt, faculty and staff diversity, and other factors are also taken into account.
Out of the 1149 colleges and universities analyzed in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking, West Chester University of Pennsylvania took the #247 spot.
For the Best Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania, WCUPA came in at #16.
Of the 676 institutions of higher learning that were examined in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, WCUPA came in at #128.
For the Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania, WCUPA came in at #11.
The total graduate student population at WCUPA is made up of 68.3% women and 31.7% men. Note that these percentages may differ for certain degree programs.
Racial-ethnic minorities* make up 24.6% of the graduate student population at WCUPA. The school attracts students from outside the U.S., too. Around 1.4% of graduate students hail from another country. For more details on graduate school diversity at the school, check out the chart below. If you click on it, you'll be taken to a page with more details.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $9,288 | $13,932 |
| Fees | $2,610 | $2,826 |
Master's degree recipients from WCUPA earn an average salary of $53,297 during the early years of their career. Unfortunately for those graduates, that figure is about 9% lower than the national average of $58,425.
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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: | https://www.wcupa.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/WCUPA |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/wcuofpa |
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 55.0% of the graduate students at WCUPA took at least one online course. For that same period, 42.3% of grad students took all of their classes online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Educational Administration | 14 |
| Nursing | 5 |
| Public Administration | 22 |
Footnotes
*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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