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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.

238 Undergraduate Degrees
58 Graduate Degrees
$18,207 Avg Cost After Aid (Undergrad)
85% Acceptance Rate

Where Is Western Carolina University?

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Contact details for WCU are given below.

Contact Details
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?
High School GPA 1
High School Rank 5
High School Transcript 1
College Prep Program 1
Recommendations 5
SAT or ACT Scores 5
TOEFL 1

How Hard Is It To Get Into WCU?

85% Acceptance Rate
61% Of Accepted Are Women
9% Submit SAT Scores
With an acceptance rate of 85%, WCU may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 39% of accepted students are men and 61% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 83%, and the acceptance rate for women is 86%.

Average Test Scores

About 9% 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 520 and 640. Math scores were between 500 and 600.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Western Carolina University  ( 520 to 640 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Western Carolina University  ( 500 to 600 )
200
800
WCU received ACT scores from 28% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 17 and 25. Math scores were between 17 and 0. Composite scores were between 19 and 26.

ACT English Scores for Western Carolina University  ( 17 to 25 )
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36
ACT Composite Scores for Western Carolina University  ( 19 to 26 )
1
36

Can I Afford Western Carolina University?

$18,207 Net Price
54% Take Out Loans
The overall average net price of WCU is $18,207. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

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 54% of students took out student loans averaging $6,250 a year. That adds up to $25,000 over four years for those students.

Western Carolina University Undergraduate Student Diversity

8,760 Full-Time Undergraduates
55% Women
19% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 10,517 undergraduate students at WCU, with 8,760 being full-time and 1,757 being part-time.

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There are also 1,726 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 8,760 full-time undergraduates at WCU, 45% are male and 55% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Western Carolina University students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 111
Black or African American 428
Hispanic or Latino 728
White 6,888
International Students 107
Other Races/Ethnicities 498

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.

Western Carolina University Nursing Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Bachelor’s Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Registered Nursing 238 1 38 0 277
Nursing Practice 0 0 0 19 19
TOTAL 238 1 38 19 296

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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