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Western Carolina University is a public institution located in Cullowhee, North Carolina. Cullowhee is a good match for students who enjoy small-town life.

8,760 Full-Time Undergraduates
$1,000 Avg In-State Tuition

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

Can I Afford WCU?

$1,000 In-State Tuition
54% Take Out Loans
For the <nil> academic year, part-time WCU students paid $184 per credit hour if they lived in-state. Out-of-state students paid $340 per credit hour. The costs for full-time students are given in the table below.

In State Out of State
Tuition $1,000 $5,000
Fees $3,532 $3,532
Books and Supplies $693 $693
On Campus Room and Board $11,764 $11,764
On Campus Other Expenses $3,330 $3,330

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. 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 Trade School Concentrations

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

Major Bachelor’s TOTAL
General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences 127 127
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic) 90 90
Engineering Technology 53 53
Construction Engineering Technology 43 43
Athletic Training 17 17
Electrical, Electronic & Communications Engineering Technology 16 16
Health Care Management 0 0
TOTAL 346 346

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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