West Chester University

Did a college tour here an my daughter really enjoyed her visit an speaking with faculty abt her major. We also visited the dorms an student center along with some of the classrooms.

Call me biased; I don’t care. I am a graduate student at this university. I decided on WCU after a plethora of research, interviews and applications. I was pretty stubborn initially, and really wanted to attend a college in the city, but this awesome university nestled in this awesome town lured me in.
From my perspective (working professional pursuing a masters degree), this university did more to accommodate me than any other college in this area. They host several open house events throughout the year where a rep from each program is available. It may seem like a small gesture, but they put out all sorts of drinks, cheeses, crackers, veggies, cookies and other snacks. For a working professional going to an open house directly from work, this was really a nice added touch. Also, there was a water ice stand set up – that was really cool.
The programs are excellent and the scheduling is very convenient. The added bonus is that WCU has a payment plan option that enables students to make payments over the course of four months. I honestly don’t know of any college in this area that does that.
The staff in each of the offices I’ve dealt with have always been extremely kind. Even my advisor (who also happens to be the professor of the class I’m taking this term and is also the director of the program) offered to register me for my classes so I don’t have to go online and do it myself (because that would be so inconvenient for me, right?).
It is amazing the lengths they go to in order to help students.
The tuition is competitive with other area colleges. I’m in a program offered by every college in the south Jersey and Philadelphia area. I could go to a school much closer to home, but WCU is where I want to be – and it’s totally worth the 55 mile commute each way.

West Chester University (hereinafter «WCUPA») is a large university [fourth largest in the Philadelphia area] but it is a university that an outsider [I have no affiliation with WCUPA as student/​staff/​faculty] can consider legit. The business that brought me to campus was the recent Forensics tournament.
WCUPA is situated in a «college town» that is really part of a larger, mostly upscale suburb that is about 40 minutes from all the fun stuff deep inside the Philadelphia city center. By «college town» I mean the narrow streets, nice people, friendly shopkeepers, and «local» options as well as the «college town» staples of Dunkin Donuts and so forth. Located extremely conveniently within walking distance is a Papa John’s, if you are craving pizza, or a Burrito Loco if you are in the crazy burrito mode like I usually am.
WCUPA seems mostly geared towards the undergraduate degrees however, what caught my attention, is that they offer one of the few directed study Masters of Arts in Holocaust Studies. The school has some design touches like the art work/​sculptures/​free-​standing art stuff around Main Hall. And I can tell they take academics seriously because their Forensics team was legit, nearly rising to the level of «too legit to quit.»
I had never heard of WCUPA until a few days ago but I am now a fan of this institution of higher learning.