About
The College of Westchester is a private institution located in White Plains, New York, focused on career-oriented education. It offers various programs across business, health professions, human and social services, and information technology. The founding year is not mentioned in the provided text.
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 29.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 20 Title IV programs, 7 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 13 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing7 · 35.0%
- No Data13 · 65.0%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 829 students received $4.6M in Pell grants, alongside $4.2M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 460 borrowers who entered repayment, 6 (1.3%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at College of Westchester
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- Public property1
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
College of Westchester vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions College of Westchester selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectThe College of Westchester | 38% | — | 759 | $11,669 | Baccalaureate |
Berkeley College-New York | 44% | — | 2,156 | $25,133 | Baccalaureate |
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 72% | 47.5% | 20,081 | $2,978 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College | — | — | 20,123 | $4,907 | Community College |
CUNY Bronx Community College | — | — | 6,787 | $4,342 | Community College |
CUNY Lehman College | 51% | 56.6% | 13,324 | $3,482 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Iona University | 56% | 86.9% | 3,958 | $27,951 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Mercy University | 45% | 85.8% | 8,991 | $15,770 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Pace University | 60% | 75.9% | 13,634 | $31,046 | Doctoral/Professional |
Rockland Community College | — | — | 5,364 | $8,508 | Community College |
SUNY at Purchase College | 63% | 74.0% | 3,333 | $19,067 | Baccalaureate |
SUNY Westchester Community College | — | — | 9,359 | $9,301 | Community College |
University of Mount Saint Vincent | 57% | 85.1% | 3,774 | $19,920 | Baccalaureate |
| Peer group median | 56% | 75.9% | 6,787 | $11,669 |
Reports & documents (2)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
- Data dictionaryConsumer Information - The College of WestchesterThe document outlines the consumer information available for The College of Westchester, compliant with U.S. Department of Education regulations and other governing bodies. It includes details on accreditation, academic programs, campus climate surveys, career services, financial aid, federal Title IV refund policy, and the use of CARES Act funds. The college is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and authorized by the New York State Education Department to award various degrees and certificates.cw.edu
- DFR reportIPEDS Data Feedback Report 20242024nces.ed.gov
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