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Appalachian State University
Boone, NC · Public · 19,444 students · mostly bachelor degrees
86th-cheapest of 146 North Carolina colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$16,836
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$23,169
Graduation rate
75%
Admission rate
90%
Median graduate earnings
$51,836
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$20,231
Average SAT
1214
Median ACT
27
Pell grant recipients
26%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
152 programsPhysics, General · Master's Degree10 grads/yr$111,173Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation · Master's Degree14 grads/yr$107,500Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation · Graduate/Professional Certificate5 grads/yr$104,433Computer Science · Bachelor's Degree85 grads/yr$97,670Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology/Technician · Master's Degree8 grads/yr$96,218Business Administration and Management, General · Master's Degree79 grads/yr$94,138Accounting · Master's Degree28 grads/yr$93,013Educational Leadership and Administration, General · Doctoral Degree20 grads/yr$91,173Medical/Health Management and Clinical Assistant/Specialist · Master's Degree24 grads/yr$87,377Management Information Systems, General · Bachelor's Degree84 grads/yr$87,041Accounting · Bachelor's Degree70 grads/yr$85,580Management Science · Bachelor's Degree10 grads/yr$83,033Physics, General · Bachelor's Degree20 grads/yr$82,399Insurance · Bachelor's Degree44 grads/yr$82,306Construction Project Management · Bachelor's Degree105 grads/yr$80,257Clinical Nurse Leader · Bachelor's Degree100 grads/yr$78,943Power Plant Technology/Technician · Bachelor's Degree$76,914Finance, General · Bachelor's Degree91 grads/yr$75,396International Business/Trade/Commerce · Bachelor's Degree19 grads/yr$72,852Industrial and Organizational Psychology · Master's Degree27 grads/yr$72,547Hazardous Materials Management and Waste Technology/Technician · Bachelor's Degree55 grads/yr$69,956Educational Leadership and Administration, General · First Professional Degree$69,830Marketing/Marketing Management, General · Bachelor's Degree204 grads/yr$69,439Econometrics and Quantitative Economics · Bachelor's Degree$67,285Medical/Health Management and Clinical Assistant/Specialist · Bachelor's Degree51 grads/yr$66,227
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.