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Western Carolina University
Cullowhee, NC · Public · 10,024 students · mostly bachelor degrees
68th-cheapest of 146 North Carolina colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$13,315
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$19,992
Graduation rate
60%
Admission rate
82%
Median graduate earnings
$49,458
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$21,868
Average SAT
1157
Median ACT
22
Pell grant recipients
35%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
109 programsClinical Nurse Leader · Master's Degree38 grads/yr$122,811Business Administration and Management, General · Master's Degree52 grads/yr$100,807Computer Science · Bachelor's Degree22 grads/yr$86,853Construction Engineering Technology/Technician · Bachelor's Degree48 grads/yr$83,954Engineering, General · Bachelor's Degree45 grads/yr$82,500Clinical Nurse Leader · Bachelor's Degree238 grads/yr$79,533Electrical, Electronic, and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician · Bachelor's Degree15 grads/yr$79,441Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General · Bachelor's Degree44 grads/yr$78,801Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General · Master's Degree49 grads/yr$77,673Assistive/Augmentative Technology and Rehabilitation Engineering · Doctoral Degree$77,060Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness, General · Master's Degree29 grads/yr$77,046Accounting · Master's Degree12 grads/yr$75,418Public Administration · Master's Degree22 grads/yr$72,948Medical/Health Humanities · Master's Degree$71,161Public Administration · Bachelor's Degree120 grads/yr$70,331Educational Leadership and Administration, General · Master's Degree19 grads/yr$68,241Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapist · Bachelor's Degree60 grads/yr$65,010Medical/Health Management and Clinical Assistant/Specialist · Master's Degree31 grads/yr$63,641Management Information Systems, General · Bachelor's Degree37 grads/yr$62,128Environmental Health · Bachelor's Degree10 grads/yr$61,698Accounting · Bachelor's Degree45 grads/yr$61,346Mathematics, General · Bachelor's Degree25 grads/yr$59,885Marketing/Marketing Management, General · Master's Degree9 grads/yr$58,995Social Work · Master's Degree69 grads/yr$58,911Design and Visual Communications, General · Bachelor's Degree23 grads/yr$58,467
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.