Western Carolina University is a four-year, public school located in Cullowhee, North Carolina. It offers 12 health profession degree programs. By offered degree types, Western Carolina have 6 bachelor's degree programs, and 6 graduate programs for the health profession degrees.
The 2025 undergraduate tuition & fees of Western Carolina is $4,630 for North Carolina residents and $8,630 for out-of-state students. For graduate programs, the Western Carolina's graduate tuition & fees is $7,876 for North Carolina residents and $18,595 for out-of-state students.
Last year, total 692 students have completed their health profession studies. 526 students earned the bachelor's degrees, and 88 students earned master's or doctorate degrees.
Western Carolina University 2025 Tuition & Academic Characteristics
The 2025 tuition & fees of Western Carolina is $4,630 for North Carolina residents and $8,630 for out-of-state students. For graduate programs, the average tuition & fees is $7,876 for in-state rate and $8,630 for out-of-state rate.
The acceptance rate at Western Carolina is 81.83% and the graduation rate is 60%. The students to faculty ratio is 16 to 1 and the retention rate is 79%.
You can find the detailed information about Western Carolina University at cost of attendance and admission pages.
Number of Health Profession Programs and Completers
Western Carolina University offers 12 health profession programs through bachelor's programs and graduate programs.
A total of 692 students have completed the health profession programs including 526 bachelor's degree earners and graduate degree earners.
The following table shows the number of health profession programs offered at Western Carolina with number of completers and online availability.
Health Profession Programs by Offered Degrees
| Degrees | Number of Programs | Online Programs | Number of Completers |
|---|
| Bachelor |
6 |
2 |
526 |
|---|
| Master |
4 |
2 |
78 |
|---|
| Doctoral (Professional Practice) |
2 |
1 |
88 |
|---|
| Post-Bachelor Certificate |
2 |
1 |
- |
|---|
| Post-Master Certificate |
1 |
1 |
- |
|---|
Health Profession Programs by Concentrated Study
The following table shows the health profession programs by concentrated major with number of completers and online availability for each program.
"-" in a column means that there were no completers last year (or data is not available), and "online" means the program has online degrees and/or courses available.