Top 2020 Rankings For West Chester University of Pennsylvania
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All 2020 Rankings For West Chester University of Pennsylvania
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Top Quality Overall
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| Nationwide | 373 of 1727 |
| Middle Atlantic | 93 of 328 |
| Pennsylvania | 33 of 123 |
Best Colleges For The Money (all undergraduates)
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| Nationwide | 518 of 1483 |
| Middle Atlantic | 82 of 287 |
| Pennsylvania | 6 of 111 |
Best Colleges For The Money (undergraduates getting aid)
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| Nationwide | 552 of 1483 |
| Middle Atlantic | 106 of 287 |
| Pennsylvania | 6 of 111 |
Best Colleges For The Money (undergraduates getting no aid)
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| Nationwide | 87 of 1482 |
| Middle Atlantic | 20 of 287 |
| Pennsylvania | 2 of 111 |
Diversity
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| Overall | |
| Ethnic | |
| Male / Female | 1053 of 2417 |
| Location |
Architecture & Related Services
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| Most Popular | |
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Urban & Regional Planning
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 206 of 508 |
| Most Focused | |
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Ethnic Studies
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| Most Popular | 125 of 384 |
| Most Focused |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 297 of 824 |
| Best Value | 329 of 808 |
| Most Popular | 235 of 1422 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 163 of 890 |
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 158 of 357 |
General Biology
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| Top Ranked | 193 of 820 |
| Best Value | 177 of 803 |
| Most Popular | 172 of 1379 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 134 of 846 |
Business, Management & Marketing
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| Top Ranked | 281 of 848 |
| Best Value | 345 of 810 |
| Most Popular | 111 of 1930 |
| Most Focused | 673 of 1931 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 260 of 901 |
Accounting
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| Top Ranked | 156 of 621 |
| Best Value | 212 of 601 |
| Most Popular | 104 of 1282 |
| Most Focused | 574 of 1282 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 96 of 647 |
Business Administration & Management
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 187 of 1667 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 263 of 724 |
Business/Managerial Economics
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| Top Ranked | 53 of 112 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 15 of 209 |
| Most Focused | 35 of 209 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 42 of 150 |
Finance & Financial Management
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| Top Ranked | 157 of 389 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 44 of 662 |
| Most Focused | 74 of 662 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 164 of 416 |
General Sales & Marketing
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| Most Popular | 2 of 55 |
| Most Focused | 5 of 55 |
International Business
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Computer & Information Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 267 of 601 |
| Best Value | 263 of 575 |
| Most Popular | 362 of 1512 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 262 of 824 |
Computer Information Systems
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| Top Ranked | 130 of 356 |
| Best Value | 140 of 338 |
| Most Popular | 142 of 829 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 127 of 451 |
Education
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| Top Ranked | 85 of 413 |
| Best Value | 162 of 404 |
| Most Popular | 32 of 1362 |
| Most Focused | 321 of 1363 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 143 of 706 |
Special Education
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| Top Ranked | 20 of 183 |
| Best Value | 45 of 180 |
| Most Popular | 10 of 450 |
| Most Focused | 82 of 450 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 24 of 238 |
Teacher Education Grade Specific
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| Most Popular | 20 of 1163 |
| Most Focused | 265 of 1161 |
English Language & Literature
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| Top Ranked | 63 of 601 |
| Best Value | 49 of 585 |
| Most Popular | 12 of 1348 |
| Most Focused | 49 of 1350 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 217 of 871 |
General English Literature
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| Top Ranked | 187 of 621 |
| Best Value | 147 of 603 |
| Most Popular | 116 of 1266 |
| Most Focused | 492 of 1267 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 124 of 799 |
Writing Studies
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| Most Popular | 7 of 365 |
| Most Focused | 22 of 365 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 64 of 199 |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 224 of 941 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 213 of 653 |
Germanic Languages
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 89 of 196 |
Linguistics & Comparative Literature
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| Most Popular | 132 of 299 |
| Most Focused |
Romance Languages
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 282 of 809 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 201 of 571 |
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages
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| Most Popular | |
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Health Professions
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| Top Ranked | 28 of 591 |
| Best Value | 80 of 564 |
| Most Popular | 86 of 1663 |
| Most Focused | 822 of 1665 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 186 of 686 |
Allied Health Professions
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| Most Popular | 142 of 658 |
| Most Focused |
Communication Sciences
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| Most Popular | 24 of 267 |
| Most Focused | 78 of 267 |
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 3 of 130 |
| Most Focused | 9 of 130 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 19 of 79 |
Health Sciences & Services
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| Most Popular | 91 of 301 |
| Most Focused |
Health/Medical Prep Programs
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| Most Popular | 50 of 157 |
| Most Focused |
Nursing
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| Top Ranked | 169 of 518 |
| Best Value | 236 of 500 |
| Most Popular | 335 of 1126 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 203 of 507 |
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences
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| Most Popular | |
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Public Health
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| Top Ranked | 33 of 101 |
| Best Value | 30 of 95 |
| Most Popular | 68 of 294 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 25 of 108 |
History
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| Top Ranked | 198 of 547 |
| Best Value | 165 of 533 |
| Most Popular | 92 of 1247 |
| Most Focused | 461 of 1247 |
| Highest Paid Grads |
History
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| Top Ranked | 200 of 579 |
| Best Value | 171 of 565 |
| Most Popular | 92 of 1247 |
| Most Focused | 461 of 1247 |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting
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| Top Ranked | 22 of 410 |
| Best Value | 81 of 384 |
| Most Popular | 103 of 1086 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 13 of 360 |
Criminal Justice & Corrections
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| Top Ranked | 15 of 413 |
| Best Value | 73 of 387 |
| Most Popular | 95 of 1060 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 13 of 418 |
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
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| Top Ranked | 61 of 341 |
| Best Value | 65 of 329 |
| Most Popular | 144 of 1158 |
| Most Focused | 452 of 1158 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 155 of 455 |
Liberal Arts General Studies
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| Top Ranked | 66 of 351 |
| Best Value | 70 of 338 |
| Most Popular | 144 of 1158 |
| Most Focused | 452 of 1158 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 163 of 503 |
Mathematics & Statistics
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 91 of 1223 |
| Most Focused | 345 of 1223 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 276 of 805 |
Mathematics
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| Top Ranked | 224 of 475 |
| Best Value | 199 of 465 |
| Most Popular | 63 of 1171 |
| Most Focused | 283 of 1171 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 244 of 771 |
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies
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| Top Ranked | 122 of 466 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 55 of 891 |
| Most Focused | 336 of 891 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 77 of 418 |
Health & Physical Education
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| Top Ranked | 98 of 457 |
| Best Value | 187 of 448 |
| Most Popular | 49 of 829 |
| Most Focused | 290 of 829 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 95 of 458 |
Philosophy & Religious Studies
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 211 of 939 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 202 of 605 |
Philosophy
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 98 of 222 |
| Most Popular | 122 of 731 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 207 of 525 |
Physical Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 189 of 479 |
| Best Value | 161 of 470 |
| Most Popular | 98 of 1156 |
| Most Focused | 416 of 1156 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 321 of 786 |
Chemistry
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 186 of 1099 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 251 of 753 |
Geological & Earth Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 105 of 242 |
| Best Value | 93 of 241 |
| Most Popular | 31 of 428 |
| Most Focused | 122 of 428 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 137 of 341 |
Physics
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 102 of 717 |
| Most Focused | 349 of 717 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 213 of 537 |
Psychology
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| Top Ranked | 215 of 835 |
| Best Value | 223 of 809 |
| Most Popular | 126 of 1475 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 26 of 897 |
General Psychology
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| Top Ranked | 201 of 840 |
| Best Value | 209 of 814 |
| Most Popular | 114 of 1382 |
| Most Focused | 668 of 1381 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 26 of 833 |
Public Administration & Social Service
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| Top Ranked | 108 of 401 |
| Best Value | 149 of 393 |
| Most Popular | 189 of 865 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 151 of 453 |
Social Work
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| Top Ranked | 54 of 361 |
| Best Value | 107 of 354 |
| Most Popular | 122 of 578 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 61 of 367 |
Social Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 282 of 670 |
| Best Value | 309 of 654 |
| Most Popular | 313 of 1316 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 314 of 873 |
Anthropology
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 179 of 427 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 153 of 339 |
Geography & Cartography
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| Top Ranked | 58 of 162 |
| Best Value | 71 of 160 |
| Most Popular | 77 of 261 |
| Most Focused | 124 of 261 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 73 of 223 |
Political Science & Government
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| Top Ranked | 289 of 590 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 179 of 1081 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 179 of 757 |
Sociology
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 311 of 962 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 297 of 687 |
Visual & Performing Arts
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| Top Ranked | 187 of 640 |
| Best Value | 163 of 626 |
| Most Popular | 146 of 1482 |
| Most Focused | 619 of 1482 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 325 of 848 |
Drama & Theater Arts
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| Top Ranked | 110 of 314 |
| Best Value | 93 of 308 |
| Most Popular | 133 of 808 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Fine & Studio Arts
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| Top Ranked | 247 of 512 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 204 of 1075 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 219 of 693 |
Music
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| Top Ranked | 71 of 371 |
| Best Value | 65 of 365 |
| Most Popular | 13 of 1040 |
| Most Focused | 136 of 1036 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 209 of 658 |
Men's Sports
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| Men's Baseball (D2) | 4 of 237 |
| Men's Basketball (D2) | 51 of 275 |
| Men's Football (D2) | 10 of 162 |
| Men's Soccer (D2) | 25 of 184 |
| Men's Swimming (D2) | 6 of 14 |
Women's Sports
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| Women's Basketball (D2) | 84 of 277 |
| Women's Field Hockey (D2) | 5 of 33 |
| Women's Lacrosse (D2) | 15 of 96 |
| Women's Soccer (D2) | 10 of 231 |
| Women's Softball (D2) | 11 of 261 |
| Women's Swimming (D2) | 6 of 13 |
| Women's Volleyball (D2) | 34 of 264 |
Veterans
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| Overall | 73 of 1751 |
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 202 of 825 |
General Biology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 75 of 820 |
Business, Management & Marketing
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 321 of 852 |
Accounting
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 118 of 624 |
Business Administration & Management
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Business/Managerial Economics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 39 of 112 |
Finance & Financial Management
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 136 of 390 |
Computer & Information Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 266 of 603 |
Computer Information Systems
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 122 of 357 |
Education
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 113 of 416 |
Special Education
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 12 of 186 |
English Language & Literature
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 27 of 601 |
General English Literature
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 93 of 621 |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 97 of 341 |
Romance Languages
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 121 of 352 |
Health Professions
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 19 of 596 |
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Nursing
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 182 of 523 |
Public Health
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 33 of 102 |
History
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 104 of 547 |
History
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 102 of 579 |
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 44 of 413 |
Criminal Justice & Corrections
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 20 of 416 |
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 47 of 344 |
Liberal Arts General Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 43 of 354 |
Mathematics & Statistics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 173 of 472 |
Mathematics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 135 of 476 |
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 125 of 464 |
Health & Physical Education
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 78 of 455 |
Philosophy & Religious Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 105 of 241 |
Philosophy
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 89 of 229 |
Physical Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 136 of 479 |
Chemistry
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Geological & Earth Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 56 of 242 |
Physics
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Psychology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 128 of 834 |
General Psychology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 102 of 839 |
Public Administration & Social Service
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 107 of 400 |
Social Work
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 40 of 360 |
Social Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 241 of 669 |
Anthropology
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Geography & Cartography
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 48 of 162 |
Political Science & Government
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 204 of 589 |
Sociology
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Visual & Performing Arts
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 141 of 640 |
Drama & Theater Arts
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 98 of 314 |
Fine & Studio Arts
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 158 of 513 |
Music
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 46 of 370 |
Non-Traditional Students
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| Overall | 106 of 1291 |
Health Professions
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| Best for Non-Traditional Students | 17 of 543 |
| Top Ranked Online | 16 of 300 |
| Most Popular Online | 223 of 662 |
Nursing
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| Best for Non-Traditional Students | 183 of 480 |
| Top Ranked Online | 71 of 241 |
| Most Popular Online | 178 of 471 |
West Chester University of Pennsylvania has no rankings in this category.
