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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.

Where Is Western Carolina University?

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?

For the <nil> academic year, part-time WCU students paid $181 per credit hour if they lived in-state. Out-of-state students paid $341 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	$3,453	$3,453
Books and Supplies	$664	$664
On Campus Room and Board	$11,173	$11,173
On Campus Other Expenses	$3,051	$3,051

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 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 10,145 undergraduate students at WCU, with 8,233 being full-time and 1,912 being part-time.

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
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

There are 27 bachelor’s degree and 33 master’s degree programs available online at WCU. In 2020-2021, 6,388 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at WCU has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 10th 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 #1,149 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.