As of 2026, Western Carolina University offers 119 degree programs through Bachelor's, Master's, Doctorate, Post-Graduate Certificate programs. Of that, 34 programs can be conferred by distance learning.
At the school, the Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse Bachelor program has the most completers of 292 and the Business Administration and Management Bachelor program has the second most completers of 224 students.
The Computer Science program has the highest salary ($72,367) after graduation and the Construction Engineering Technologies program is reported as the second-highest earning program with a $64,334 average salary.