Admissions & selectivity
West Chester University of Pennsylvania Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at West Chester University of Pennsylvania?
West Chester University of Pennsylvania’s reported acceptance rate is 78.4%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 78.4%
Source: College Scorecard · Fall 2024 admissions. Acceptance rates can change from year to year; this figure does not predict the current or next admission cycle.
Source: West Chester University of Pennsylvania Common Data Set 2025-26, C1 · first-time, first-year students.
How to interpret the acceptance rate
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 18,009 first-year applicants, 13,657 admitted applicants, and 3,024 enrolled students. The federal admission rate is 78.4%, meaning the reported entering-class applicant pool received admission decisions at that rate.
That sits close to the median of 78.1% for comparable institutions (same type and size).
What SAT and ACT scores do enrolled West Chester University of Pennsylvania students report?
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported that the middle half of enrolled first-year students who submitted SAT scores fell between 1110 and 1260. The median was 1170.
Only 12% of the entering class submitted an SAT, so this range describes a small slice of the cohort. Among enrolled students with a reported high-school class rank, 14% placed in the highest tenth of their graduating class and 35% in the highest quarter.
Keep in mind that the score range reflects a narrow group of submitters. The class-rank shares describe only those who reported a rank.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
12% of entering students submitted SAT scores
- 25th percentile
- 1110
- Median
- 1170
- 75th percentile
- 1260
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Source: West Chester University of Pennsylvania Common Data Set 2025-26, C9 · Enrolled first-time, first-year score submitters.
Who enrolls at West Chester University of Pennsylvania?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 25.4%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 26.1%
- First-year retention
- 83.1%
Retention source: College Scorecard; full-time first-year retention.
About these student measures
The entering-student group includes part-time entrants as well as other attendance patterns.
West Chester University of Pennsylvania enrolls 14,164 undergraduates across direct-entry and transfer pathways, with 25.4% receiving Pell Grants and an estimated 26.1% arriving as transfer-in students. This composition suggests that both federal grant recipients and people continuing coursework begun elsewhere are part of the undergraduate body.
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 1,939 degree-seeking transfer applicants, 1,761 admitted, and 1,035 enrolled.
Completion is a relative strength at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. Of the first-time full-time cohort, 70.5% graduate within six years, compared with 65.0% at comparable institutions of the same control and size.
First-year retention is nearly level but slightly lower: 83.1% of full-time bachelor’s-seeking first-year students return, versus 83.1% for comparable institutions. Pell recipients in the first-time full-time cohort have a six-year completion rate of 41.4%, below the overall rate by 29.1 percentage points.
Enrolled students can expect six-year completion to compare well with similar institutions, although the Pell completion figure points to a less even outcome across the cohort.
Data & methodology
Sources and reporting periods: methodology.
Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.
Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.
Admission rates describe past applicants, not an individual’s chance of admission; confirm requirements and deadlines with the institution.
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