Back جامعة ويست تشيستر ARZ Vest Çester Universiteti Azerbaijani Уэст-Чэстэрскі ўніверсітэт Byelorussian West Chester University Spanish West Chester Universiteti GAG Universitas West Chester ID Università di West Chester Italian West Chester University of Pennsylvania NB West Chester University of Pennsylvania Portuguese Уэст-Честерский университет Russian
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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.
- ^ West Chester University of Pennsylvania (Report). U.S. News & World Report. 2019.
- ^ a b "West Chester University of Pennsylvania". IES PASSHE. Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. Archived from the original on August 4, 2021.
- ^ "Asset Detail". focus.nps.gov. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
- ^ "PHMC Historical Markers Search". Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on March 21, 2016. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
- ^ "Mail service", West Chester University official website, retrieved October 12, 2022
- ^ "Carnegie Classifications | Standard Listings". carnegieclassifications.iu.edu. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
- ^ "Our Universities". PA State System of Higher Education. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
- ^ "Biggest Colleges in Pennsylvania". collegestats.org. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
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