Test-optionalNo early plan

West Chester University of Pennsylvania

PA · Public · Mid-Atlantic · National university · 14,398 undergraduates (medium)

Admission rates

Latest admit rates

Overall admit rate75.8%
Early roundNo early plan 
Regular round†75.8%no early round, so same as overall

† This school has no early round, so the regular rate equals the overall admit rate.

Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2025

Admission rates

Overall
0%45%90%'19'20'21'22'23'24'2575.3%86.2%89.4%87.8%79.2%78.2%75.8%

Early plans

Fall 2027 applicants

No early plan (rolling admission) · School admissions page ↗

Testing

Testing policy

Fall 2027
Test-optionalStated for the current admissions cycleSchool testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026
Fall 2028
Fall 2028 policy not yet announced.School testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026

Superscoring

What this means:

SAT
Not stated
ACT
Not stated

Source ↗ · checked Nov 9, 2026

Test-optional for fall 2027 entry.

How to send scores

Not stated on the school’s site

The saved pages do not describe a submission method.

checked Nov 9, 2026

Students submitting scores

Est. % submitting scores‡12.2%SAT 12% + ACT 0.2%

‡ Est. % submitting scores adds the share of enrolled first-years who submitted the SAT to the share who submitted the ACT.

Submitted SAT12%
365 students
Submitted ACT0.2%
7 students

Score ranges (middle 50%)

Enrolled first-years who submitted scores, Fall 2025. A quarter scored below the range and a quarter above.

SAT composite
1110–1260 median 1170
10001600
SAT Reading & Writing
570–660 median 600
500800
SAT Math
530–620 median 570
500800
ACT composite
20–28 median 25
2036

Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2025

Share of enrolled students submitting scores

SAT + ACT (est.)SATACT
0%50%100%'19'20'21'22'23'24'25100%100%33.0%24.0%17.0%15.0%12.2%92.0%91.0%27.0%23.0%16.0%14.0%12.0%8.0%9.0%6.0%1.0%1.0%1.0%0.23%

SAT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
1600140012001000'19'20'21'22'23'24'251040–1200120010401020–1170117010201080–1240124010801100–1250125011001100–1260126011001110–1250125011101110–126012601110

ACT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
3632282420'19'20'21'22'23'24'2520–26262020–26262023–29292323–30302325–29292524–28282420–282820

Waitlist admit rate

Share of students who stayed on the waitlist and were later admitted, by entering class.

  • 2025: 43%
  • 2024: 42%
  • 2023: 69%
  • 2022: 56%
  • 2021: 94%

What is a waitlist? How is it different from a deferral?

Test policy in each Common Data Set

History only. The current policy is under Testing above.

  1. Fall 2027 Not reported2025-26 CDS
  2. Fall 2026 Not reported2024-25 CDS
  3. Fall 2026 Not reported2023-24 CDS
  4. Fall 2023 Not reported2022-23 CDS
  5. Fall 2023 Not reported2021-22 CDS
  6. Fall 2022 Not reported2020-21 CDS
  7. Fall 2021 Not reported2019-20 CDS

Sources