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Former names | West Chester Normal School (1871–1927) West Chester State Teachers College (1927–1960) West Chester State College (1960–1983) |
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Type | Public research university |
Established | September 25, 1871 |
Parent institution | PASSHE |
Academic affiliation | |
Endowment | $47.2 million (2019)[1] |
Budget | $266.2 million (2019) |
President | Christopher M. Fiorentino |
Provost | Jeffery L. Osgood, Jr. |
Academic staff | 695 full-time; 298 part-time |
Undergraduates | 14,712 (Fall 2020)[2] |
Postgraduates | 3,007[2] |
Location | , , 19383 , United States 39°57′08″N 75°36′00″W / 39.95219°N 75.60010°W |
Campus | College town, 388 acres (1.57 km2) |
Colors | Purple and Gold |
Nickname | Golden Rams |
Sporting affiliations | NCAA Division II – PSAC ECAC |
Mascot | Rammy |
Website | www |
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Official name | West Chester State College Quadrangle Historic District |
Type | NRHP Historic district |
Criteria | Architecture |
Designated | October 8, 1981[3] |
Reference no. | 81000539 |
Official name | Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) |
Type | Roadside |
Criteria | Location of Frederick Douglass' final public lecture |
Designated | February 1, 2006[4] |
West Chester University (also known as West Chester, WCU, or WCUPA, and officially as West Chester University of Pennsylvania) is a public research university in and around West Chester, Pennsylvania.[5] The university is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity".[6] With 17,719 undergraduate and graduate students as of 2019, WCU is the largest of the 10 state-owned universities belonging to the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) and the sixth largest university in Pennsylvania.[7][8] It also maintains a Center City Philadelphia satellite campus on Market Street.
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