Enrollment Trends at WCU

The student population at West Chester University of Pennsylvania is 17,275 (14,392 undergraduate and 2,883 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,864 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at WCU is 83.31% which is increased by 1,095 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 769 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.55 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

1,770 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 431.53% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 16,914 where 17,275 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

83.31% of total students is undergraduate students and 16.69% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 1,095 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 769 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.55 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in WCU than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at West Chester University of Pennsylvania since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	15,411	13,297	5,422	7,875	2,114	646	1,468
2013-14	15,845 434	13,711 414	5,542 120	8,169 294	2,134 20	667 21	1,467 -1
2014-15	16,086 241	13,844 133	5,547 5	8,297 128	2,242 108	721 54	1,521 54
2015-16	16,597 511	14,212 368	5,762 215	8,450 153	2,385 143	679 -42	1,706 185
2016-17	17,005 408	14,397 185	5,860 98	8,537 87	2,608 223	783 104	1,825 119
2017-18	17,306 301	14,451 54	5,936 76	8,515 -22	2,855 247	929 146	1,926 101
2018-19	17,527 221	14,567 116	5,972 36	8,595 80	2,960 105	973 44	1,987 61
2019-20	17,669 142	14,615 48	5,952 -20	8,663 68	3,054 94	929 -44	2,125 138
2020-21	17,719 50	14,712 97	5,878 -74	8,834 171	3,007 -47	952 23	2,055 -70
2021-22	17,614 -105	14,471 -241	5,790 -88	8,681 -153	3,143 136	996 44	2,147 92
2022-23	17,275 -339	14,392 -79	5,858 68	8,534 -147	2,883 -260	922 -74	1,961 -186
Average	16,914	14,243	5,774	8,468	2,671	836	1,835

West Chester University of Pennsylvania Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 14,243 where 14,392 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at West Chester University of Pennsylvania since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	13,297	12,133	4,888	7,245	1,164	534	630
2013-14	13,711	12,463	4,963	7,500	1,248	579	669
2014-15	13,844	12,558	4,986	7,572	1,286	561	725
2015-16	14,212	12,772	5,129	7,643	1,440	633	807
2016-17	14,397	12,823	5,149	7,674	1,574	711	863
2017-18	14,451	13,020	5,278	7,742	1,431	658	773
2018-19	14,567	13,060	5,269	7,791	1,507	703	804
2019-20	14,615	13,044	5,254	7,790	1,571	698	873
2020-21	14,712	13,056	5,164	7,892	1,656	714	942
2021-22	14,471	12,686	5,068	7,618	1,785	722	1,063
2022-23	14,392	12,586	5,146	7,440	1,806	712	1,094
Average	14,243	14,243	5,118	7,628	14,243	657	840

West Chester University of Pennsylvania Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 2,671 where 2,883 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at West Chester University of Pennsylvania since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,114	758	196	562	1,356	450	906
2013-14	2,134	787	231	556	1,347	436	911
2014-15	2,242	845	264	581	1,397	457	940
2015-16	2,385	860	229	631	1,525	450	1,075
2016-17	2,608	892	237	655	1,716	546	1,170
2017-18	2,855	974	277	697	1,881	652	1,229
2018-19	2,960	1,019	300	719	1,941	673	1,268
2019-20	3,054	1,050	291	759	2,004	638	1,366
2020-21	3,007	1,027	301	726	1,980	651	1,329
2021-22	3,143	1,074	294	780	2,069	702	1,367
2022-23	2,883	993	289	704	1,890	633	1,257
Average	2,671	2,671	264	670	2,671	572	1,165

West Chester University of Pennsylvania Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 73.00%. The percentage was 81.41% 10 years ago and WCU still has a high percentage of white students. 3.21% of enrolled students is Asian and 11.77% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at West Chester University of Pennsylvania over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	23	309	1,380	671	8	12,546	246
2013-14	20	349	1,504	700	9	12,778	350
2014-15	18	356	1,644	757	17	12,709	395
2015-16	16	367	1,808	838	17	12,856	446
2016-17	15	387	1,993	876	18	12,981	479
2017-18	17	439	2,016	934	14	13,070	538
2018-19	22	450	2,037	973	9	13,097	582
2019-20	22	464	2,045	1,059	12	13,013	609
2020-21	36	491	2,063	1,003	10	13,057	613
2021-22	32	534	2,053	1,109	0	12,875	558
2022-23	19	554	2,033	1,189	2	12,611	584
Average	22	427	1,871	919	11	12,872	491

West Chester University of Pennsylvania Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,770 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 10% of total students. The number of online students has increased 431.53% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at West Chester University of Pennsylvania from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	16,086	333	894	14,859
2015-16	16,597	475	1,136	14,986
2016-17	17,005	829	1,181	14,995
2017-18	17,306	1,141	1,765	14,400
2018-19	17,527	1,285	2,140	14,102
2019-20	17,669	1,442	2,632	13,595
2020-21	17,719	15,729	1,815	175
2021-22	17,614	1,880	4,464	11,270
2022-23	17,275	1,770	5,212	10,293
Average	17,200	2,765	2,360	12,075

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