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Located in Cullowhee, North Carolina, Western Carolina University is a public institution. Cullowhee is a great place for students who enjoy small town life.
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Where Is Western Carolina University?
Contact details for WCU are given below.
Contact Details | |
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Address: | Highway 107, Cullowhee, NC 28723-9646 |
Phone: | 828-227-7100 |
Website: | www.wcu.edu |
How Do I Get Into WCU?
You can apply to WCU online at: www.wcu.edu/apply/undergraduate-admissions/apply.aspx
Admission Requirements for WCU
Submission | Required? |
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High School GPA | Required |
High School Rank | Recommended |
High School Transcript | Required |
College Prep Program | Required |
Recommendations | Considered but not required |
SAT or ACT Scores | Considered but not required |
TOEFL | Required |
How Hard Is It To Get Into WCU?
Approximately 38% of accepted students are men and 62% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 79%, and the acceptance rate for women is 80%.
Average Test Scores
About 12% of students accepted to WCU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 540 and 620. Math scores were between 520 and 610.
Can I Afford Western Carolina University?
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.
Student Loan Debt
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At WCU, approximately 57% of students took out student loans averaging $6,242 a year. That adds up to $24,968 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at WCU is 2.3%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
Western Carolina University Undergraduate Student Diversity
There are also 1,732 graduate students at the school.
Gender Diversity
Of the 8,233 full-time undergraduates at WCU, 45% are male and 55% are female.
Racial-Ethnic Diversity
The racial-ethnic breakdown of Western Carolina University students is as follows.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Grads |
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Asian | 106 |
Black or African American | 445 |
Hispanic or Latino | 675 |
White | 6,389 |
International Students | 135 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 483 |
Geographic Diversity
North Carolina students aren't the only ones who study at Western Carolina University. At this time, 25 states are represented by the student population at the school.
Over 36 countries are represented at WCU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, Japan, and Canada.
Online Learning at Western Carolina University
The following chart shows how the online learning population at WCU has changed over the last few years.
This school is the 5th most popular in North Carolina for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.
Online Growth Rankings of WCU
The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Western Carolina University was 12.4%. This is the #903 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at WCU regardless of major.
When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.
References
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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