Bachelor's · West Chester, Pennsylvania
Is Physics at West Chester University of Pennsylvania worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 4.4 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $68,959
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- Not enough graduates to report
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- Not enough borrowers to report
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $105k (likely $105k – $133k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $33k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in PA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 4.4 years (likely 2.9–7.6)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $29k (likely −$117k – $202k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $374k (likely $83k – $755k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 68%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at West Chester University of Pennsylvania
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$147,635
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Graduate certificate)$123,422
- Public Administration (Doctoral)$109,792
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$98,013
- Statistics (Master's)$90,891
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$79,752
- Human Resources Management and Services (Master's)$71,522
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Undergraduate certificate)$71,023
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$70,142
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$69,380
- Psychology, General (Master's)$66,610
- Public Health (Master's)$65,118
Physics at other schools in Pennsylvania
- Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania$91,610
- University of Pennsylvania$89,591
- Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College$81,763
- Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus$81,763
- Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington$81,763
- Drexel University$81,707
- Kutztown University of Pennsylvania$74,813
- Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania$73,703
- Indiana University of Pennsylvania$64,837
- Gettysburg College$53,367