West Chester University of Pennsylvania Student Population and Demographics

WCU Student Population

There are 17,171 students including 14,449 undergraduate and 2,722 graduate students at West Chester University of Pennsylvania for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 14,037 full-time and 3,134 part-time students with gender distribution of 6,897 male and 10,274 female students.

West Chester University of Pennsylvania is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 1,838 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

West Chester University of Pennsylvania has a total enrollment of 17,171 with a gender distribution of 40.17% male (6,897 students) and 59.83% female (10,274 students). There are 6,062 male and 8,387 female students in undergraduate school and 835 male and 1,887 female students are attending graduate school at West Chester University of Pennsylvania.

Student Population By Gender
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
	Total	Men	Women
Total	17,171	6,897	10,274
Undergraduate	14,449	6,062	8,387
Graduate	2,722	835	1,887
Full-time	14,037	5,709	8,328
Part-time	3,134	1,188	1,946

[Chart] West Chester University of Pennsylvania 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

West Chester University of Pennsylvania has 14,037 full-time and 3,134 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 13,013 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 1,436 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 1,024 students are full-time and 1,698 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	17,171	14,037	3,134
Undergraduate	14,449	13,013	1,436
Graduate	2,722	1,024	1,698
Men	6,897	5,709	1,188
Women	10,274	8,328	1,946

[Chart] West Chester University of Pennsylvania Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At West Chester University of Pennsylvania, 1,838 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 6,890 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 17,171 students.

In undergraduate schools, 7,021 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 1,707 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	17,171	14,449	2,722
Online Exclusively	1,838	546	1,292
In Some Online Classes	6,890	6,475	415
Not In Online Classes	8,443	7,428	1,015

[Chart] West Chester University of Pennsylvania Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. There are 13 American Indian/Native American, 12,318 White, 1,864 Black/African American, 542 Asian, 1,320 Hispanic, 3 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 426 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
	Total	Men	Women
Total	17,171	6,897	10,274
American Indian/Native American	13	5	8
Asian	542	210	332
Black/African American	1,864	709	1,155
Hispanic	1,320	508	812
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	2	1
White	12,318	4,995	7,323
Two More	627	236	391
Race Un-Known	393	190	203

[Chart] West Chester University of PennsylvaniaRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

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

Age Distribution
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	17,171	14,449	2,722
Under 18	240	240	0
Age 18-19	5,681	5,681	0
Age 20-21	5,546	5,506	40
Age 22-24	2,818	2,068	750
Age 25-29	1,229	466	763
Age 30-34	596	189	407
Age 35-39	357	115	242
Age 40-49	419	93	326
Age 50-64	202	36	166
Over 64	83	55	28
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] West Chester University of Pennsylvania 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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