University · West Chester, United States

West Chester University of Pennsylvania

Public university in southeastern Pennsylvania

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About

instance of	university public educational institution of the United States
inception	1871
academic calendar type	semester

Location and contact

country	United States
located in the administrative territorial entity	West Chester
street address	University Avenue and High Street, West Chester, PA, 19383
postal code	19383
coordinate location	39.9522, -75.6001
official website	http://www.wcupa.edu · language of work or name: English

People and numbers

count of students	18,000
employees	1,869 · September 2020
admission rate	86% · 2020
admission yield rate	23% · 2020

Rankings and recognition

Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education	master's colleges and universities: larger programs very high undergraduate postbaccalaureate: comprehensive programs four-year, large, primarily residential four-year, full-time, more selective, higher transfer-in balanced arts & sciences/professions, some graduate coexistence

Finances

endowment	$26,092,198 · 30 June 2022 Earlier figures (1) $29,684,985 · 30 June 2021

Structure and memberships

parent organization or unit	Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education
member of	Association of American Colleges and Universities American Council on Education National Humanities Alliance American Association of State Colleges and Universities Center for Research Libraries 2 more Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities
athletics program	West Chester Golden Rams

Other facts

number of viewers/listeners	5,583,561 · YouTube video views · YouTube channel ID: UCMhzmiDNM9boV8qUKpPRAQw · YouTube handle: wcuofpa · 7 December 2025

Images and media on Wikimedia Commons (2)

image	Philips Hall WCU 1.JPG
logo image	West Chester University logo.png

Wikimedia and technical details (6)

Commons category	West Chester University of Pennsylvania
topic's main category	Category:West Chester University
category for alumni of educational institution	Category:West Chester University alumni
category for employees of the organization	Category:West Chester University faculty
API endpoint URL	https://shibidp.wcupa.edu/idp/shibboleth · protocol: Shibboleth
social media followers	19,064 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 165894671 · 2 February 2023 Earlier figures (2) 18,806 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 165894671 · 8 January 2022 18,695 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 165894671 · 7 January 2021

Identifiers in other databases (45)

autonomous system number	29848
Canadiana Name Authority ID	ncf11078387 · subject named as: West Chester University of Pennsylvania · alternative name: West Chester University
Crunchbase organization ID	west-chester-university-of-pennsylvania
ELMCIP ID	11025
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID	topic/West-Chester-University-of-Pennsylvania · subject named as: West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Facebook username	WCUPA
FAST ID	637185 · subject named as: West Chester University of Pennsylvania · alternative name: Pennsylvania. West Chester University of Pennsylvania · alternative name: West Chester University
Freebase ID	/m/04wgfy
GeoNames ID	4562134
GND ID	1090578563 · subject named as: West Chester University of Pennsylvania · alternative name: West Chester University · alternative name: Pennsylvania West Chester University of Pennsylvania
GNIS Feature ID	1210792
Google Scholar organization ID	3768806856920113728
GRID ID	grid.268132.c
Instagram username	wcuofpa
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System ID	216764
ISIL	OCLC-QWC
ISNI	0000000107012416
J9U entity ID	987007414316005171 · subject named as: West Chester University of Pennsylvania · alternative name: Pennsylvania. West Chester University of Pennsylvania · alternative name: West Chester University
KISTI ID	K000208370
Libraries Australia ID	35397648 · subject named as: West Chester University of Pennsylvania · alternative name: West Chester University · alternative name: Pennsylvania. West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Library of Congress Authorities ID	n88080372 · subject named as: West Chester University of Pennsylvania · alternative name: West Chester University · alternative name: Pennsylvania. West Chester University of Pennsylvania
LibraryThing author ID	westchesteruniversit · subject named as: West Chester University
LittleSis organization ID	42361
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)	161171246
MUSE publisher ID	33
MusicBrainz place ID	0164f24a-11d6-42a1-b691-791530db3a9b
NL CR AUT ID	ko2017953610 · subject named as: West Chester State College
NLA Trove people ID	938572 · subject named as: West Chester University of Pennsylvania · alternative name: West Chester University · alternative name: Pennsylvania. West Chester University of Pennsylvania
OpenAlex ID	I161171246
Publons publisher ID	4891
Quora topic ID	West-Chester-University-of-Pennsylvania West-Chester-University
Ringgold ID	8510
ROR ID	0053n5071
SEVIS school ID	1292
subreddit	wcupa · language of work or name: English
Threads username	wcuofpa
Times Higher Education World University ID	west-chester-university
UniRank ID	6518
VIAF cluster ID	146684658
WorldCat Registry ID	2638
X (Twitter) username	wcuofpa · has characteristic: verified account or profile · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 165894671 · 14 March 2020 WCUofPA
YouTube channel ID	UCMhzmiDNM9boV8qUKpPRAQw · language of work or name: English · subject named as: West Chester University of Pennsylvania · number of works: 274 · number of subscribers: 2,000 · number of viewers/listeners: 5,498,090 · YouTube handle: WCUofPA · 31 August 2025
YouTube handle	wcuofpa · YouTube channel ID: UCMhzmiDNM9boV8qUKpPRAQw · 20 October 2025
‎Scilit organization ID	3340
‎Yale LUX ID	group/e6a01dce-13f1-4921-a946-53238ff2e6fc