About West Chester University

West Chester University of Pennsylvania (West Chester University, West Chester, WCU, or WCUPA) is a public the academy in Chester County, Pennsylvania. WCU is the largest of the 14 give leave to enter universities of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) and the sixth largest academe in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The academe is accredited by the Middle States Commission upon Higher Education.

West Chester is a borough and the county chair of Chester County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Located within the Philadelphia metropolitan area, the borough had a population of 18,461 at the 2010 census. West Chester is the mailing house for most of its neighboring townships. When calculated by mailing address, the population as of the 2010 US Census was 108,696, which would make it the 10th largest city by mailing quarters in the make a clean breast of Pennsylvania.

Much of the West Chester University of Pennsylvania North Campus and the Chester County dealing out are located within the borough. The center of town is located at the intersection of Market and High Streets.