Western Carolina University Graduate School has excellent graduate programs and endless outdoor recreation opportunities! What better backdrop for your studies than the heart of the Great Smoky Mountains, with the Tuckaseigee and Little Tennessee rivers a few short miles away?

The Graduate School enrolls approximately 1,900 graduate students and offers more than 19 master’s degrees in over 50 professional and academic areas, the Education Specialist degree and the Doctor of Education. Programs are offered in Cullowhee, at the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and via distance and online courses.

Check the status of your Graduate School Application

Applications for the Chancellor's Fellowships, Study Grants and New Graduate Student Incentive Grants are now available.
Click here to access the applications.

Master of Business Administration Information Sessions

Friday - Feb. 3 from noon-1 p.m. (Karpen Hall rm. 113)
Monday - Feb. 20 from  6 - 7 p.m. (Karpen Hall rm. 016)
Friday - March 30 from noon - 1 p.m. (Karpen Hall rm. 113)

New US Government website for International Students

Western Carolina University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (http://www.sacscoc.org/) to award bachelor's, master's, education specialist, and doctor's degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the accreditation of Western Carolina University.