The College of Westchester Overview

The College of Westchester is a private for-profit institution situated in White Plains, New York. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

What Is The College of Westchester Known For?

• The bachelor's degree is the highest award offered at CW.
• During a recent academic cycle, 27% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from CW with a bachelor's degree make about $42,215 a year. That's 3% more than those who graduate from other schools.
• On average, it takes about 4.1 years for students from CW to earn a bachelor's degree. This is excellent when compared to the average of 4.4 years.

Where Is The College of Westchester?

Contact details for CW are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	325 Central Ave, White Plains, NY 10606-1200
Phone:	914-948-4442
Website:	www.cw.edu

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How Do I Get Into CW?

You can apply to CW online at: https://success.cw.edu/forms/apply/career/acct.aspx

Admission Requirements for CW

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	3
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	3
Recommendations	5
SAT or ACT Scores	3
TOEFL	3

How Hard Is It To Get Into CW?

With an acceptance rate of 95%, CW is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 40% of accepted students are men and 60% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 95%, and the acceptance rate for women is 96%.

Can I Afford The College of Westchester?

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At CW, approximately 35% of students took out student loans averaging $4,289 a year. That adds up to $17,156 over four years for those students.

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The College of Westchester Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 934 undergraduate students at CW, with 687 being full-time and 247 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 687 full-time undergraduates at CW, 33% are male and 67% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of The College of Westchester students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	14
Black or African American	255
Hispanic or Latino	346
White	38
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	34

Geographic Diversity

New York students aren't the only ones who study at The College of Westchester. At this time, 2 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 5 countries are represented at CW. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Ethiopia, Georgia, and Equatorial Guinea.

The College of Westchester Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
Health & Medical Administrative Services	33	2	38	73
Business Administration & Management	21	0	34	55
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services	53	0	0	53
Accounting	8	0	10	18
General Visual & Performing Arts	0	0	12	12
Computer Information Systems	0	0	8	8
Information Technology	8	0	0	8
Computer Software & Applications	0	0	0	0
Human Services	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	123	2	102	227

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.