Top 2017 Rankings For West Chester University of Pennsylvania
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All 2017 Rankings For West Chester University of Pennsylvania
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Top Quality Overall
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| Nationwide | 366 of 1387 |
| Middle Atlantic | 101 of 265 |
| Pennsylvania | 32 of 94 |
Best Colleges For The Money (all undergraduates)
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| Nationwide | 391 of 1208 |
| Middle Atlantic | 75 of 234 |
| Pennsylvania | 25 of 85 |
Best Colleges For The Money (undergraduates getting aid)
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| Nationwide | 394 of 1208 |
| Middle Atlantic | 78 of 234 |
| Pennsylvania | 26 of 85 |
Best Colleges For The Money (undergraduates getting no aid)
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| Nationwide | 58 of 1208 |
| Middle Atlantic | 17 of 234 |
| Pennsylvania | 2 of 85 |
Diversity
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Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
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Ethnic Studies
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| Most Popular | |
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Biological & Biomedical Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 290 of 818 |
| Best Value | 281 of 779 |
| Most Popular | 238 of 1399 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 163 of 892 |
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 159 of 363 |
General Biology
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| Top Ranked | 188 of 812 |
| Best Value | 136 of 770 |
| Most Popular | 180 of 1357 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 136 of 850 |
Business, Management & Marketing
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| Top Ranked | 300 of 830 |
| Best Value | 362 of 778 |
| Most Popular | 184 of 2091 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 260 of 904 |
Accounting
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| Top Ranked | 148 of 608 |
| Best Value | 181 of 577 |
| Most Popular | 174 of 1344 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 98 of 652 |
Business Administration & Management
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 281 of 1756 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 263 of 727 |
Business/Managerial Economics
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| Top Ranked | 51 of 107 |
| Best Value | 50 of 105 |
| Most Popular | 36 of 214 |
| Most Focused | 57 of 214 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 44 of 161 |
Finance & Financial Management
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| Top Ranked | 139 of 376 |
| Best Value | 153 of 362 |
| Most Popular | 63 of 634 |
| Most Focused | 103 of 634 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 166 of 420 |
General Sales & Marketing
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| Most Popular | 4 of 65 |
| Most Focused | 10 of 65 |
Computer & Information Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 262 of 555 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 583 of 1632 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 262 of 832 |
Computer Information Systems
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| Top Ranked | 124 of 336 |
| Best Value | 126 of 322 |
| Most Popular | 248 of 871 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 127 of 456 |
Education
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| Top Ranked | 71 of 450 |
| Best Value | 147 of 428 |
| Most Popular | 24 of 1379 |
| Most Focused | 225 of 1377 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 143 of 710 |
Special Education
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| Top Ranked | 21 of 192 |
| Best Value | 44 of 185 |
| Most Popular | 7 of 449 |
| Most Focused | 50 of 449 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 27 of 247 |
Teacher Education Grade Specific
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| Most Popular | 13 of 1171 |
| Most Focused | 182 of 1174 |
English Language & Literature
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| Top Ranked | 68 of 625 |
| Best Value | 46 of 589 |
| Most Popular | 16 of 1356 |
| Most Focused | 54 of 1353 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 219 of 873 |
General English Literature
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| Top Ranked | 170 of 644 |
| Best Value | 111 of 607 |
| Most Popular | 65 of 1275 |
| Most Focused | 261 of 1275 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 124 of 806 |
Writing Studies
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| Most Popular | 11 of 367 |
| Most Focused | 30 of 367 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 66 of 203 |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 209 of 948 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 215 of 661 |
Germanic Languages
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| Most Popular | 62 of 305 |
| Most Focused | 151 of 305 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 97 of 223 |
Linguistics & Comparative Literature
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Romance Languages
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 183 of 828 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 206 of 592 |
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages
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| Most Popular | 48 of 111 |
| Most Focused |
Health Professions
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| Top Ranked | 70 of 577 |
| Best Value | 102 of 545 |
| Most Popular | 80 of 1720 |
| Most Focused | 860 of 1720 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 187 of 692 |
Allied Health Professions
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| Most Popular | 119 of 672 |
| Most Focused |
Communication Sciences
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| Most Popular | 27 of 260 |
| Most Focused | 67 of 260 |
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services
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| Top Ranked | 35 of 70 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 2 of 122 |
| Most Focused | 7 of 122 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 20 of 80 |
Health Sciences & Services
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| Most Popular | 79 of 247 |
| Most Focused |
Health/Medical Prep Programs
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Nursing
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| Top Ranked | 169 of 508 |
| Best Value | 235 of 481 |
| Most Popular | 348 of 1106 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 205 of 511 |
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences
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Public Health
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 26 of 109 |
History
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| Top Ranked | 179 of 590 |
| Best Value | 114 of 557 |
| Most Popular | 75 of 1250 |
| Most Focused | 335 of 1251 |
| Highest Paid Grads |
History
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| Top Ranked | 185 of 615 |
| Best Value | 124 of 581 |
| Most Popular | 75 of 1250 |
| Most Focused | 335 of 1251 |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting
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| Top Ranked | 23 of 396 |
| Best Value | 58 of 368 |
| Most Popular | 173 of 1152 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 13 of 365 |
Criminal Justice & Corrections
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| Top Ranked | 18 of 402 |
| Best Value | 56 of 373 |
| Most Popular | 163 of 1128 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 13 of 423 |
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
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| Top Ranked | 59 of 350 |
| Best Value | 55 of 330 |
| Most Popular | 119 of 1181 |
| Most Focused | 395 of 1180 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 160 of 465 |
Liberal Arts General Studies
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| Top Ranked | 64 of 362 |
| Best Value | 61 of 341 |
| Most Popular | 119 of 1181 |
| Most Focused | 395 of 1180 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 167 of 508 |
Mathematics & Statistics
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| Top Ranked | 227 of 486 |
| Best Value | 197 of 465 |
| Most Popular | 72 of 1237 |
| Most Focused | 285 of 1238 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 280 of 818 |
Mathematics
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| Top Ranked | 211 of 504 |
| Best Value | 164 of 482 |
| Most Popular | 50 of 1190 |
| Most Focused | 242 of 1190 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 248 of 786 |
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies
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| Top Ranked | 115 of 462 |
| Best Value | 198 of 443 |
| Most Popular | 81 of 883 |
| Most Focused | 389 of 883 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 76 of 416 |
Health & Physical Education
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| Top Ranked | 92 of 451 |
| Best Value | 155 of 432 |
| Most Popular | 65 of 819 |
| Most Focused | 339 of 819 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 96 of 460 |
Philosophy & Religious Studies
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 371 of 944 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 201 of 613 |
Philosophy
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 112 of 248 |
| Most Popular | 240 of 742 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 207 of 536 |
Physical Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 191 of 462 |
| Best Value | 147 of 443 |
| Most Popular | 143 of 1143 |
| Most Focused | 504 of 1143 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 320 of 792 |
Chemistry
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 186 of 1084 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 253 of 748 |
Geological & Earth Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 104 of 242 |
| Best Value | 103 of 237 |
| Most Popular | 60 of 423 |
| Most Focused | 163 of 423 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 139 of 345 |
Physics
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 223 of 718 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 217 of 544 |
Psychology
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| Top Ranked | 220 of 848 |
| Best Value | 188 of 800 |
| Most Popular | 113 of 1491 |
| Most Focused | 582 of 1490 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 26 of 900 |
General Psychology
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| Top Ranked | 205 of 854 |
| Best Value | 178 of 805 |
| Most Popular | 104 of 1421 |
| Most Focused | 517 of 1421 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 28 of 856 |
Public Administration & Social Service
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| Top Ranked | 115 of 392 |
| Best Value | 145 of 380 |
| Most Popular | 279 of 851 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 152 of 455 |
Social Work
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| Top Ranked | 57 of 354 |
| Best Value | 109 of 344 |
| Most Popular | 205 of 572 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 61 of 368 |
Social Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 322 of 691 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 291 of 1320 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 315 of 878 |
Anthropology
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 184 of 423 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 153 of 344 |
Geography & Cartography
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| Top Ranked | 70 of 181 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 72 of 227 |
Political Science & Government
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| Top Ranked | 294 of 613 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 161 of 1075 |
| Most Focused | 492 of 1075 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 183 of 768 |
Sociology
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 213 of 969 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 298 of 697 |
Visual & Performing Arts
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| Top Ranked | 189 of 672 |
| Best Value | 140 of 641 |
| Most Popular | 178 of 1566 |
| Most Focused | 748 of 1565 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 327 of 851 |
Drama & Theater Arts
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| Top Ranked | 124 of 322 |
| Best Value | 95 of 312 |
| Most Popular | 171 of 814 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Fine & Studio Arts
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| Top Ranked | 238 of 533 |
| Best Value | 240 of 513 |
| Most Popular | 168 of 1123 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 223 of 700 |
Music
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| Top Ranked | 72 of 393 |
| Best Value | 60 of 382 |
| Most Popular | 26 of 1036 |
| Most Focused | 186 of 1035 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 209 of 660 |
Men's Sports
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| Men's Baseball (D2) | 16 of 229 |
| Men's Basketball (D2) | 33 of 269 |
| Men's Football (D2) | 5 of 166 |
| Men's Soccer (D2) | 36 of 180 |
| Men's Swimming (D2) | 10 of 22 |
Women's Sports
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| Women's Basketball (D2) | 13 of 270 |
| Women's Field Hockey (D2) | 2 of 28 |
| Women's Lacrosse (D2) | 9 of 87 |
| Women's Soccer (D2) | 15 of 228 |
| Women's Softball (D2) | 20 of 261 |
| Women's Swimming (D2) | 8 of 22 |
| Women's Volleyball (D2) | 38 of 255 |
Veterans
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| Overall | 61 of 1429 |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 183 of 828 |
General Biology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 61 of 822 |
Business, Management & Marketing
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 360 of 866 |
Accounting
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 105 of 629 |
Business Administration & Management
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Business/Managerial Economics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 32 of 109 |
Finance & Financial Management
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 125 of 386 |
Computer & Information Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Computer Information Systems
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 130 of 350 |
Education
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 78 of 459 |
Special Education
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 6 of 196 |
English Language & Literature
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 23 of 632 |
General English Literature
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 59 of 651 |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 118 of 362 |
Romance Languages
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 86 of 377 |
Health Professions
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 63 of 600 |
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Nursing
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 208 of 525 |
History
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 76 of 597 |
History
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 76 of 623 |
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 42 of 418 |
Criminal Justice & Corrections
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 20 of 424 |
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 26 of 361 |
Liberal Arts General Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 35 of 373 |
Mathematics & Statistics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 150 of 490 |
Mathematics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 115 of 508 |
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 101 of 467 |
Health & Physical Education
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 65 of 456 |
Philosophy & Religious Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 129 of 266 |
Philosophy
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 96 of 261 |
Physical Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 133 of 465 |
Chemistry
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 206 of 431 |
Geological & Earth Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 56 of 244 |
Physics
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Psychology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 117 of 864 |
General Psychology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 89 of 870 |
Public Administration & Social Service
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 124 of 397 |
Social Work
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 52 of 357 |
Social Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 298 of 698 |
Anthropology
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Geography & Cartography
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 54 of 181 |
Political Science & Government
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 186 of 619 |
Sociology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 247 of 557 |
Visual & Performing Arts
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 128 of 683 |
Drama & Theater Arts
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 98 of 324 |
Fine & Studio Arts
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 139 of 539 |
Music
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 37 of 396 |
Non-Traditional Students
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| Overall | 467 of 989 |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
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| Top Ranked Online | 2 of 5 |
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Linguistics & Comparative Literature
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West Chester University of Pennsylvania has no rankings in this category.
