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Cullowhee, NC · Public

Western Carolina University.

10,024 undergraduate students in fall 2024. Ranked below by four separate College Scorecard measures; each rank is a position among the 1,148 institutions in this collection, not a composite. AI-generated illustration · not this institution’s campus.

Public peer · $13,314 net priceExplore University of Mississippi
#841median earnings · of 1,148$49,458 10 yrs after entry2020–21 · 2022 dollars#224annual net price · of 1,148$13,315 per year2023–24#556completion rate · of 1,14860.3%2018 entering cohort#654admission rate · of 1,08681.8%Fall 2024
The years after enrollment

The earnings picture.

Former students recorded median earnings of $49,458 ten years after entering. Here’s how that compares with the median university in this collection.

Western Carolina University$49,458
Median institution$56,464
60.3%completed within 150%
of the normal program time
Completion: first-time, full-time 2018 entrants. Earnings: federally aided entrants working and not enrolled; measured 2020–21, in 2022 dollars. Different cohorts, not a forecast.
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Similar earnings · publicWright State University-Main Campus$49,500 median earnings · Dayton, OHSimilar net price in NCWinston-Salem State University$13,479 net price · PublicPrivate nonprofit alternative in NCCatawba College$17,879 net price · $48,793 earnings
Where these numbers come fromData & methodology
Period
Median earnings: 2020–21 · Annual net price: 2023–24 · Completion rate: 2018 cohort · Admission rate: Fall 2024 · Undergraduate size: Fall 2024Tuition & fees: 2024–25. Mixed cohort years are how the release is published; no measure is adjusted to another’s year.
Coverage
1,148 operating U.S. public and nonprofit institutionsPredominantly bachelor’s-degree institutions with at least 1,000 undergraduates and published net price, completion and earnings. A defined comparison group, not all universities. Territories are included when they meet the same criteria.
Definition · Median earnings
Median earnings of federally aided entrants who were working and not enrolled ten years after entering; 2009–10 and 2010–11 cohorts, measured in 2020–21 and expressed in 2022 dollars. Includes non-completers. Not starting salaries, not graduates only, and not the causal return on a degree.Ranks use the actual field, ties share a rank, and search or filters keep full-collection ranks. There is no overall composite.

Earnings describe federally aided entrants working and not enrolled ten years after entry, measured in 2020–21 in 2022 dollars, including non-completers. They are not current salaries, not graduates only, and not the causal effect of attending; subjects studied and student backgrounds differ. Campus artwork is a generic AI-generated illustration, not a depiction of any institution.

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