by our College Data Analytics TeamEach year, College Factual releases its Best Quality Schools ranking to identify graduate schools that offer a great educational experience and provide excellent student outcomes. Our methodology places a high weight on things such as post-graduation wages, time to graduate, and student-per-faculty ratio. Post-graduation debt, faculty and staff diversity, and other factors are also taken into account.
Out of the 1149 colleges and universities analyzed in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking, Appalachian State University took the #451 spot.
In addition, Appalachian State took the #8 spot for Best Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina.
Of the 676 institutions of higher learning that were examined in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, Appalachian State came in at #214.
In addition, Appalachian State took the #5 spot for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in North Carolina.
The total graduate student population at Appalachian State is made up of 70.9% women and 29.1% men. Note that these percentages may differ for certain degree programs.
Racial-ethnic minorities* make up 13.9% of the graduate student population at Appalachian State. Americans aren't the only ones who appreciate the graduate programs at Appalachian State. Around 1.1% of graduate students are international. For more details on graduate school diversity at the school, check out the chart below. If you click on it, you'll be taken to a page with more details.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $4,839 | $19,849 |
| Fees | $3,168 | $3,168 |
The average starting salary for graduate students who earn their master's degree at Appalachian State is $45,351. That's about 22% lower than the countrywide average of $58,425 for all master's degree holders.
Get more details about the location of Appalachian State University.
Contact details for Appalachian State are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 287 Rivers St, Boone, NC 28608 |
| Phone: | 828-262-2000 |
| Website: | www.appstate.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://facebook.com/appalachianstateuniversity |
| Twitter: | http://www.twitter.com/appstate |
About 66.4% of the graduate students at Appalachian State University took at least one online class during the 2020-2021 academic year. For that same period, 49.0% of grad students took all of their classes online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Educational Administration | 12 |
Footnotes
*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.
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