Since 1915, The College of Westchester (CW) has focused on the career success of its students. CW's academic programs are carefully designed to provide the skills and competencies most desired by employers. Our campus environment is highly personal and our culture centers on service to students. CW faculty is selected based on experience, credentials and a caring attitude to bring real world knowledge to the classroom. The College's technologies and web-enhanced learning tools give students anywhere, anytime connectivity to courses, professors, classmates and services. The College of Westchester offers an exceptional experience that can lead to a lifetime of achievement and success.
The CW Advantage
- Career focus programs designed with employer input.
- Personalized admissions, career planning and financial aid advisement.
- Caring small college environment with lots of personal attention.
- Committed professors who care about your success.
- Flexible scheduling: day, evening, and online classes.
- Hybrid Courses offering the best of online and on campus learning.
- Over $1.5 Million in Scholarships for qualified students.
- Excellent academic support services.
- Internship opportunities and lifetime graduate Career Services.
Mission & Vision Statement
CW settles for only excellence in order to prepare you for a successful career.
Vision
We aspire to be The College of choice for students because we are The College of choice for employers.
Mission
The College of Westchester graduates individuals who have completed transformative and purposeful educational experiences leading to careers that foster economic advancement. As an academically student-centered, culturally diverse college, CW is committed to providing the highest quality of education for all career and entrepreneurial-minded students through the delivery of a carefully constructed and focused curriculum, with input from regional employers and other institutional stakeholders. The College supports and encourages academic excellence, career advancement, professional integrity, financial responsibility and good citizenship through a distinctive and highly personal learning environment leading to upward economic mobility.
Commitment
To provide the foundation for successful careers.
College Goals
- Academic Excellence
CW ensures that students learn through a continuously enhanced, employer informed and career-relevant curriculum, effectively delivered through various modalities by fully qualified and student-centered faculty, engaged through continuous assessment and improvement.
- Student Excellence
CW students are accepted based on their potential and commitment to succeed. Students, with support and assistance from faculty, staff and peers remain committed to their education and to CW from enrollment through graduation, and throughout their career progression.
- Operational Excellence
CW’s business operations and support services are clearly defined by compliance measures, standards of excellence, systematically measured, and are clearly communicated through policies and procedures, and delivered by dedicated employees who embrace continuous improvement and The CW Way.
- Business Excellence
CW’s competitive and financial strength is accomplished through planning and resource allocation that anticipates and supports institutional needs through regular strategic planning cycles embracing emerging external needs, while meeting regulatory compliance and accreditation requirements that facilitate student success.
The College of Westchester is accredited by:
The Middle States Commission on Higher Education, 1007 North Orange Street, 4th Floor, MB #166, Wilmington, DE 19801 (267-284-5011) www.msche.org. The Middle States Commission on Higher Education is an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.
Authorized by the New York State Board of Regents to confer:
Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Associate in Applied Science Degree (A.A.S), and the Associate in Occupational Studies Degree (A.O.S).
All programs offered are registered by the New York State Education Department.