West Chester University Of Pennsylvania
West Chester, PA Part of Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania
- UEI
- LJGZZLEEMG63
- CAGE
- 0V870
- Primary NAICS
- 611310 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
- SAM.gov registration
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Company facts
- FY2025 rankings
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Its parent company, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, ranks:
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- U.S. Government Entity
- Corporate family
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Parent
Harrisburg, PA
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Parent
Harrisburg, PA
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- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 201 Carter Dr # 200, West Chester, PA 19382, USA
- Website
- wcupa.edu
- Founded
- 1871
- Employees
- 11-50
- Estimated annual revenue
- $1M-$10M
- Industry
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- Consumer Discretionary
- Diversified Consumer Services
- Education Services
- Education
- SIC code
- 82 Educational Services
- Profiles
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Contract awards
| Award | Agency | Obligated | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course MBA 611-90 | Naval Supply Systems Command (Navy) | $4,218 | |
| Course MBA 605-91 | Naval Supply Systems Command (Navy) | $3,857 | |
| For other functions - particle generation and characterization | CDC Pittsburgh | $43,000 | |
| Tuition | Veterans Integrated Service Network 4 (VHA) | $3,411 | |
| Small purchase data | Veterans Integrated Service Network 4 (VHA) | $3,213 |
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Grant awards
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Grant subawards
| Prime recipient | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Washington University (The) | N000142412536 | $192,632 | |
| World Learning Inc. | SECAGD24CA0520 | $23,738 | |
| The Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania | R61DA061206 | $57,817 | |
| George Washington University (The) | N000142412536 | $83,195 | |
| George Washington University (The) | N000142112133 | $7,235 |
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| State System Of Higher Educ Of The Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania | Indiana, PA | 923110 Administration of Education Programs |
| State System Of Higher Educ Of The Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania | Kutztown, PA | 611310 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools |
| Pennsylvania Western University | California, PA | 611310 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools |
| E S U | East Stroudsburg, PA | 611310 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools |
| Office Of The Chancellor | Harrisburg, PA | — |
About the company
West Chester University of Pennsylvania, a state-controlled institution of higher learning and child entity of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania located in West Chester, Pennsylvania, serves the federal government as a recipient of federal research and education grants, with no federal contracting presence. The university operates as a prime grant recipient (88% of recent awards) and as a sub-recipient on collaborative research awards (12%), focused on STEM education, geoscience research, teacher preparation, and social science inquiry.
West Chester University's grant portfolio spans 47 distinct federal agencies with concentration among science and education funders. The top five grantors account for 41% of recent awards: the National Science Foundation (20 awards, including work under the Division of Undergraduate Education and the Office of Integrative Activities), the Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education (11 awards), the Department of the Navy Office of Naval Research (6 awards), and the National Endowment for the Arts (5 awards). The university's research and education footprint centers on STEM capacity-building, teacher preparation, and discovery science.
Representative grant work illustrates this capability. The NSF Division of Ocean Sciences funded a $217,161 Project Grant (CFDA 47.050) awarded July 15, 2025, through May 31, 2026, to develop open-source computational modeling packages predicting uranium-series disequilibria in basalts and advance understanding of mantle melting processes. West Chester University received a $1.47 million Department of Education GEAR UP (CFDA 84.334) Project Grant on October 1, 2025, supporting academic support, counseling, and mentoring services to low-income secondary students across Pennsylvania. The NSF Division of Undergraduate Education funded a $139,691 collaborative research grant (CFDA 47.076) awarded June 1, 2024, investigating video-based analysis to improve STEM teacher preparation, effectiveness, and retention across seven universities including West Chester. The university also received a $715,921 Department of Education grant (CFDA 84.215) awarded June 1, 2023, for the "WCU MOONSHOT: I WANT TO STEM!" initiative supporting K-12 literacy and STEM learning in high-need districts. NSF's Office of Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) awarded $320,463 for acquisition of a tunable ultrafast spectroscopy system (September 1, 2023) and $391,730 for a field emission scanning electron microscope (August 15, 2022), both supporting undergraduate research and hands-on training across chemistry, physics, biology, and materials science. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism funded a Project Grant (September 20, 2024, completing August 31, 2027) investigating effects of combined alcohol and nicotine e-cigarette exposure on physiological and behavioral development using mouse models. The National Endowment for the Arts awarded $149,975 (July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2025) to support research design and implementation by the Research on Equity via the Arts in Childhood (REACH) Lab focused on how the arts promote well-being and resilience.
Seven awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting recompete exposure. As a sub-recipient, West Chester University contributes to collaborative efforts on biorobotic locomotion research led by George Washington University and Yale University (amphibious systems and sea turtle/tortoise biomechanics), psilocybin-assisted therapy clinical research coordinated through the University of Pennsylvania, study-abroad program capacity-building under World Learning Inc., and a NASA Space Grant Consortium led by Pennsylvania State University. The university's grant portfolio reflects a research-active primarily undergraduate institution (R2 rank) with emphasis on undergraduate engagement in discovery and teacher workforce development, absent from federal contracting vehicles and oriented exclusively toward NSF, Department of Education, NIH, and NEA research and education programs.
Quick answers
Is West Chester University Of Pennsylvania registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. West Chester University Of Pennsylvania's SAM.gov registration is active through December 22, 2026.
How does West Chester University Of Pennsylvania rank among federal contractors?
West Chester University Of Pennsylvania's parent company, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, ranked #2 in PSC H199, #6 in NAICS 92312 and #11 in NAICS 923 in FY2025.
What is West Chester University Of Pennsylvania's most recent federal award?
West Chester University Of Pennsylvania's most recent federal grant award is Conference: national peer mentoring network for s-stem principal investigators pilot phase 2 (2618488), from Division of Undergraduate Education, on August 1, 2026.
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