Western Carolina University
Graduate Programs in Asheville

Western Carolina University offers more than 30 master's degree programs, Education Specialist and a Doctor of Education through the Asheville Graduate Center on the UNC Asheville campus. The majority of the programs focus on the areas of business, counseling, education, health sciences, nursing, public affairs and technology. Western enrolls several hundred students in classes through the Asheville Graduate Center. You will find that many of the classes are small, creating opportunities for collaborative learning and individualized instruction.

Master's Degree Programs are as follows:

  • Accountancy
  • Business Administration
  • College Student Personnel
  • Community College Administration
  • Counseling, Community
  • Counseling, School
  • English
  • Elementary Education
  • English Education
  • Entrepreneurship (online only)
  • Health Sciences
  • Human Resources (online only)
  • Mathematics
  • Mathematics Education
  • Middle Grades Education
  • Nursing:  Family Nurse Practitioner
  • Nursing:  Nurse Administrator
    (online only)
  • Nursing:  Nurse Anesthesia
  • Nursing:  Nurse Educator
    (online only)
  • Project Management (online only)
  • Public Affairs
  • School Administration (online only)
  • Social Work
  • Special Education
  • Technology
  • TESOL (Teaching English to Students of Other Languages

Education Specialist Degree Program:
         Educational Leadership

Doctor of Education Degree Program:
         Educational Leadership

Certificate / Licensure Programs:

  • Academically or Intellectual Gifted
     (online only)
  • Gerontology (online only)
  • Post-Master's Nurse Educator
     (online only)
  • Post-Master's Nurse Practitioner
     (online only)
  • Principal Add-on Licensure
     (online only)
  • Project Management
     (online only)
     

Scheduling and Facilities

These programs of instruction, intended primarily for the adult professional student, are taught in late afternoons, evenings and weekends.

Western Carolina University utilizes the educational facilities and resources of UNC Asheville and maintains an office in Karpen Hall adjacent to that of the Asheville Graduate Center. Almost all WCU courses are taught by regular faculty members who travel from Cullowhee. Advising for most programs is available, by appointment, through the WCU Programs in Asheville office.

The Nursing Department is located in the Haynes Center on the Enka campus of Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College, about 20 minutes west of downtown Asheville.

Accreditation

Western Carolina University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award bachelor’s, master’s, education specialist and doctoral degrees and holds special accreditation from more than 40 states and national accrediting agencies.