The College of Westchester Healthcare Programs

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

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

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	Recommended
High School Rank	Neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Recommended
Recommendations	Recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	Neither required nor recommended
TOEFL	Neither required nor recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into CW?

With an acceptance rate of 98%, CW is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 41% of accepted students are men and 59% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 97%, and the acceptance rate for women is 98%.

Can I Afford The College of Westchester?

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At CW, approximately 41% of students took out student loans averaging $5,007 a year. That adds up to $20,028 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at CW is 1.3%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

The College of Westchester Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 873 undergraduate students at CW, with 678 being full-time and 195 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 678 full-time undergraduates at CW, 30% are male and 70% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	12
Black or African American	259
Hispanic or Latino	308
White	54
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	45

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.

Online Learning at The College of Westchester

In 2020-2021, 248 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at CW has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of CW

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at The College of Westchester was 37.8%. This is the #679 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at CW regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

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.