Graduate School Tuition at Western Carolina University

Western Carolina University is a four-years, public school located in Cullowhee, NC. It offers 44 graduate programs - 30 Master's, 4 Doctorate, 7 Post-bachelor's, and 3 Post-master's. The 2024 average tuition & fees of graduate programs is $7,778 for North Carolina residents and $18,497 for others. A total of 1,679 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 11,635 students at Western Carolina.
Western Carolina offers online graduate programs and 690 out of 1,679 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.
The Master's Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse program has the highest salary ($98,800) after graduation and the Doctorate Art Therapy/Therapist program is reported as the second highest-earning program with a $65,000 average salary.
You can find Western Carolina's health profession programs at health professions information page.
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Graduate Program Overview

Western Carolina University is a four-years, public school located in Cullowhee, North Carolina. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs.
For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $7,778 for North Carolina residents and $18,497 for out-of-state students. It offers forty-four (44) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.
Graduate Programs Key Facts
School NameWestern Carolina University
Typefour-years, public
AddressHighway 107, Cullowhee, NC
Graduate School Students1,732 students
690 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)In-State$7,778
Out-of-State$18,497
Student to Faculty16:1 (6.25%)
Number of Offered Graduate ProgramsTotal 44 Graduate Programs
30 Master's, 4 Doctorate, 10 Post graduate certificates

2024 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2023-2024 graduate tuition & fees at Western Carolina University with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs.
For North Carolina residents, the tuition & fees are $7,778 and $18,497 for non-North Carolina residents. The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $441 for North Carolina residents and $1,276 for out-of-state students.
2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
In-StateOut-of-State
Tuition$4,568$15,287
Fees$3,210$3,210
Cost per Credit$441$1,276
Books & Supplies$693
Room & Board$11,764 (On-Campus) / $12,322 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses$3,330 (On-Campus) / $3,330 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total$23,565$34,284
Off-Campus Total$24,123$34,842
Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2019-2024)
2019-20202020-20212021-20222022-20232023-2024
In-State$7,414$7,414$7,480$7,566$7,778
Out-of-State$17,821$17,821$17,887$17,973$18,497

Graduate Programs By Area of Study

Western Carolina University offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 44 major areas - 30 Master's (11 online programs), 4 Doctorate (1 online programs), 7 Post-Bachelor'(3 online programs), 3 Post-Master'(2 online programs).
614 students have been conferred Master's degree and 79 students have received Doctorate degree last year. The following table summarizes the total number of completers by degree and gender.
Total Number of Conferred Graduate Degree
Master'sDoctoratePost-Bachelor'sPost-Master's
Total61479568
Men2062830-
Women40851268
Below, you can check major programs and concentration for each area of study with offered degrees and completers. ONLINE denotes the program offered by distance learning (online degree). You may want to see all graduate schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.
what is Natural Resources and Conservation program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Land Use Planning and Management/DevelopmentNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
American Indian/Native American StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED ONLINE NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is English Language and Literature program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
English Language and Literature NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Mathematics and Statistics program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Mathematics and StatisticsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED ONLINE NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Substance Abuse/Addiction CounselingNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Business program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Business Administration, Management and Operations (other)ONLINE NOT OFFERED 56ONLINE NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Marketing (other)ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Education program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Education54ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing $39,400 - -
Educational Leadership and Administration33ONLINE NOT OFFERED ONLINE
Salary After Completing $50,200 - -
Educational, Instructional, and Curriculum Supervision33 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services13 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing $35,500 - -
College Student Counseling and Personnel Services23 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)11ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Engineering Technology program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Industrial Technology/Technician2 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Construction Engineering Technology/Technician20ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is English Language and Literature program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
English Language and Literature6 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Biological and Biomedical Sciences program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Biology/Biological Sciences8 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Science, Technology and Society NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management39ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Outdoor Education18ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Physical Sciences program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Chemistry15 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Psychology program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Psychology12 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
School Psychology NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Human Services program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Public Administration8 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing $42,900 - -
Social Work52 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing $43,100 - -
what is Visual and Performing Arts program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Fine/Studio Arts4 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Communication Sciences and Disorders27 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing $50,000 - -
Health/Health Care Administration/Management40ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing $44,400 - -
Athletic Training/Trainer NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse39ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED ONLINE
Salary After Completing $98,800 - -
what is Business program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Business Administration and Management29 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing $49,600 - -
Business Administration, Management and Operations (other)39ONLINE NOT OFFERED ONLINE NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Accounting13 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing $53,200 - -
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration42ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing $60,100 - -
Marketing (other)17ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is History program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
History8 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Education program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Educational Leadership and AdministrationONLINE NOT OFFERED 1ONLINE
Salary After Completing $50,200 - -
what is Psychology program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
School Psychology NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 7
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Registered Nursing/Registered NurseONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED ONLINE
Salary After Completing $98,800 - -
what is Education program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Educational Leadership and AdministrationONLINE NOT OFFERED ONLINE
Salary After Completing $50,200 - -
what is Psychology program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Clinical PsychologyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Physical Therapy/TherapistNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Nursing PracticeNOT OFFERED ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -

Graduate Student Population

Total 11,877 students enrolled in Western Carolina University including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, 1,732 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees.
By gender, it has 556 male and 1,176 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 932 full-time and 800 part-time students in graduate schools.
It offers online degree programs and 690 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 409 students are taking some online graduate courses.
Graduate Students Gender Distribution
TotalFull-timePart-time
Total1,732932 800
Men Students556286 270
Women Students1,176646 530
By race/ethnicity 1,390 White, 117 Black, and 22 Asian students are attending at Western Carolina University. The detailed graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.
Graduate Students Race Distribution
TotalMenWomen
Total1,732 5561,176
American Indian or Native American17 98
Asian8 14117
Black117 4275
Hispanic110 3674
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders1 01
White1,390 431959
Tow or More Races46 1432
Race Unknown2 02
45 students are younger than 22 and 414 students are older than 65. The school has 794 students aged between 22 and 30 and 426 students aged 30 to 40.
Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total1,732
21 & Under45
22-24388
25-29406
30-34231
35-39195
40 & Over414
Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field.
At Western Carolina, 690 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 409 students are enrolled in some online courses.
Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment1,679
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses690
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses409
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses580
Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses690
North Carolina Resident612
Other State In U.S.76
Outside of U.S.2
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